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...Since Sept. 11, 2001, there have been three significant developments among Southeast Asian terrorist groups. First, local jihadists are behaving like al-Qaeda, from which they take their inspiration. Between 2002 and 2004, Jemaah Islamiah (J.I.), the regional group closest to al-Qaeda, conducted three mass-fatality suicide attacks against Western targets, including the bombing of nightclubs in Bali. The Abu Sayyaf group bombed a superferry in February 2004 in the Philippines, the worst maritime terrorist attack in history. And, in 2003, Singaporean and Indonesian authorities disrupted an al-Qaeda-style operation by a J.I. cell to hijack an Aeroflot...
...intervention by a U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan in 2001 helped reduce the strategic threat from terrorism in Southeast Asia. But the invasion of Iraq in 2003 angered Muslims in the region. Some have expressed their anger by supporting terrorist and extremist groups opposed to the U.S. Even more than Palestine, the events in Iraq have had a profound effect on Southeast Asian Muslims. It is only a matter of time before small numbers of radicalized Southeast Asians travel to Iraq to participate in the jihad. But though local Asian terrorist groups have been strengthened by the invasion of Iraq...
...Christian communities. Local Muslims have traditionally been moderate and tolerant. As in other regions, terrorism in Southeast Asia is supported only by a minority. But as Southeast Asia has had no indigenous history of terrorism, counterterrorism institutions in the region are weak or nonexistent. So domestic and foreign terrorist groups have been able to operate with relative ease. J.I., for example, is virtually a legal entity in Indonesia. To reduce the terrorist threat in Asia, regional governments must continue to build up their intelligence and enforcement capabilities. And regional leaders need to develop the political will to combat politically motivated...
...addition to developing the ability to target terrorist operational capabilities, governments must also take aim at the ideological wellsprings of terrorism. Regional governments and institutions can work together with the Muslim community and religious leaders to marginalize the radicals' message. Furthermore, they must seek to resolve existing and emerging regional conflicts, such as those in southern Philippines and southern Thailand. So long as such conflicts persist, with the perception that Muslims are suffering persecution, existing and new radical groups will find it easy to recruit members. For the governments of Southeast Asia, there is no agenda item so important...
...would not have suicide bombers or the suspicion of terrorism in every public place in the world. Would Osama bin Laden have masterminded the 9/11 attacks without Arafat's having led the way? Doubtful. All citizens of the Western world (not just Israelis) should remember Arafat and the terrorist acts he inspired every time they have to go through a metal detector or take their shoes off to get on an airplane. Mark Feld New York City...