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Jemaah Islamiyah : reevaluating the most dangerous terrorist threat in Southeast Asia

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dc.contributor Malley, Michael S.
dc.contributor Leavitt, Sandra R.
dc.contributor Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
dc.contributor Security Studies
dc.creator Kippe, Gregory R.
dc.date 2012-03-14T17:44:03Z
dc.date 2012-03-14T17:44:03Z
dc.date 2010-12
dc.date.accessioned 2022-05-19T07:40:42Z
dc.date.available 2022-05-19T07:40:42Z
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10945/5060
dc.identifier 698377111
dc.identifier.uri http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/100126
dc.description This thesis examines Jemaah Islamiyah (JI), Southeast Asia's most dangerous terrorist threat. Since the group manifested its presence with its suicide bombings in Bali, Indonesia on October 12, 2002, considerable efforts have been devoted to describing the group responsible for the most damaging terrorist attacks in Southeast Asia and interpreting how it has changed over time. Over the course of the last decade, two competing interpretations of JI emerged. One view held that JI was divided between a large group of traditionalists and a smaller group of pro-violence militants. This became the conventional wisdom and served as the foundation for most countries' counterterrorism policies. The other held that the two factions worked closely together. By reconsidering JI's evolution in light of recently available evidence, this thesis shows that the second view more accurately describes JI. In particular, this thesis suggests that the two factions should be viewed as mutually supportive "administrative" and "operational" components of a single, adaptable terrorist group. To be successful over the long term, counterterrorism policies will need to pay greater attention to the administrative faction and its relationship to the operational wing, which conducts actual terrorist attacks.
dc.description http://archive.org/details/jemaahislamiyahr109455060
dc.description US Navy (USN) author
dc.description Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
dc.format xii, 131 p. ;
dc.format application/pdf
dc.publisher Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
dc.rights This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.
dc.subject Terrorism
dc.subject Prevention
dc.subject Radicals
dc.subject National security
dc.title Jemaah Islamiyah : reevaluating the most dangerous terrorist threat in Southeast Asia
dc.type Thesis


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