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WHY DOMESTIC TERRORISTS GO SOFT 30 by Karen Bunso FEATURES:

30 Firsthand: 0 8 DEADLY FORCE: THE USE OF FORCE CONTINUUM AND DEFENSIVE TACTICS OR COMBATIVES by Andrew Curtiss

Case Study: 18 THE CIA’S CREATION OF ISLAMIC TERRORISM ON AMERICAN SOIL by Paul L. Williams, Ph.D.

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The Counter Terrorist ~ October/November 2015 5 FROM THE EDITOR: The 9/11 Denial Counter by Henry Morgenstern Journal for Law Enforcement, Intelligence & Special Operations Professionals

VOLUME 8 • NUMBER 5 n the recent, and for me sacred, 9/11 anniversary, commemorating the lives of the OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2015 O 2977 fallen and the heroes that together make up the worst Terrorist act on American Editor soil ever, I was shocked to hear John Hockenberry, a regular on National Public Radio give a Henry Morgenstern tirade called: Why I am done with 9/11: Director of Operations I was actually done with the whole 9/11 thing sometime between the famous and politically Carmen Arnaes disastrous “Mission Accomplished” moment from George W. Bush after the Iraq invasion, and the Director of Advertizing empty announcement by Barack Obama that this feeble terrorist mastermind, Osama bin Laden, had Sol Bradman been killed by Navy SEALs in Pakistan. Administrative I’m done with the whole heroes’ thing. Aren’t we over this? There’s the American tragedy story and Ashley Villegas the talk of America as the preeminent victim of terrorism—America isn’t even close to being the most Contributing Editors victimized nation by terrorism. If anything, we are more of a victim of our own domestic terrorism Garret Machine than from any foreign enemies, even though it’s easy and convenient to fear them more than kids with Paul L. Williams, Ph.D Karen Bunso guns who wander into churches to kill. Andrew Curtiss And as if this were not appalling enough he continues: John Cassara But I think the 9/11-ization of American life has been a kind of poison for all of us. We had our William A. Gralnick, BA, MA, DHL moment when the whole world was with us after 9/11, and we squandered it. Graphic Design We spent trillions on two wars that turned a battlefield into a killing field for ISIS and gave us a Morrison Creative Company refugee tidal wave from Syria and Iraq. And another battlefield in Afghanistan was turned into a Copy Editor fragile puppet government that rules over the biggest opium crop in the history of the world. Some of Laura Town that Afghan heroin finds its way into our cities where it kills and destroys lives much more easily than Advertising Sales Sol Bradman flying planes into towers. [email protected] But should I be shocked? Since the beginning of this year, Police are being hunted by terrorists 305-302-2790 incited by Black Lives Matter to openly kill our Police. The killing of a veteran police officer Publisher: north of Chicago is the latest in a string of recent law enforcement deaths. Lt. Charles Joseph Security Solutions International Gliniewicz’ death came after the death of Police Officer Darren Goforth was shot and killed 13155 SW 134th St. • STE 103 Aug. 28 in suburban Houston as the Harris County deputy stopped to put gas in his patrol car. Miami, Florida 33186 Henry Nelson, an officer in Sunset, Louisiana, was shot and killed Aug. 26 while responding to a domestic-violence call. Louisiana State trooper Steven J. Vincent died Aug. 14 after being shot in ISSN 1941-8639 The Counter Terrorist Magazine, Journal for Law Enforcement, the head while assisting a motorist. Intelligence & Special Operations And then what about Chattanooga, where brave Americans that had every right to feel Professionals is published by Security comfortable at a Recruiting Office, gunned down by a hateful Muslim Jihadist inspired by ISIS. Solutions International LLC, as a service to the nation’s First Responders and Homeland And ISIS continues to publish details of US servicemen and their families inciting their followers Security Professionals with the aim of to attack them here—in the USA. deepening understanding of issues related Yet, where is the official condemnation of these acts? The well-worn mantra about the Religion to Terrorism. No part of the publication can be reproduced without permission of Peace was trotted out yet again after the Chattanooga murders by none less than Jeh Johnson, from the publisher. The opinions expressed Secretary of Homeland Security: “it is “critical” to refrain from the “Islamic” label in order to herein are the opinions of the authors “build trust” among Muslims. The Tennessee murderer, Mohammad Abdulazeez, is officially a represented and not necessarily the opinions “homegrown violent extremist,” according to the government—even though he blogged about of the publisher. Please direct all Editorial correspondence related to the magazine to: his Islamic religious motivations for the attack. He and his family also attended a local mosque Security Solutions International SSI, 13155 controlled by a terror-tied Islamic trust. SW 134th Street, Suite 103, Miami, Florida. So is anything of any wonder anymore? As long as we bathe in these false moral equivalencies 33186 or [email protected] The subscription price for 6 issues is $34.99 generated by some misguided multi-cultural, post-modern relativism and equate a disturbed and the price of the magazine is $5.99. child’s acts in Charleston with 19 Terrorists killing nearly 3000 Americans; or we apologize (1-866-573-3999) Fax: 1-786-573-2090. for Muslim Jihadists but don’t condemn the attacks on our Police; when our leadership does For article reprints, e-prints, posters and plaques please contact: not step in to clear up the confusion but instead supports the illusion, we drift more and more Security Solutions International at towards chaos. Thanks to all that serve and protect despite this insanity. Thanks so very much. [email protected] or call 786-573-3999 Please visit the magazine web site where you can also contact the editorial staff: www.thecounterterrroristmag.com Henry Morgenstern © 2015 Security Solutions International Editor, The Counter Terrorist

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DEADLY FORCE: THE USE OF FORCE CONTINUUM AND DEFENSIVE TACTICS OR COMBATIVES

8 The Counter Terrorist ~ October/November 2015 by Andrew Curtiss

Recently, the term “use of force” has gotten a lot of publicity. First, we saw the Michael Brown incident and the rear naked choke applied to Eric Garner in New York City that gained worldwide attention with the slogan “Black Lives Matter.” Then we saw the incident in Baltimore, where martial law was required to quell the city after another incident with local police.

s an arms professional, I the military and security professionals. stated, this article is written from the frequently find myself training There are two areas where my services are perspective of someone who sees the membersA of various law enforcement frequently requested: deadly force and issue of defensive tactics from numerous agencies. From run-of-the-mill patrolmen the use of force continuum and defensive standpoints and not from a narrow, to SWAT to undercover narcotics tactics or combatives. limited scope. This wide view was taught task forces, I have consulted, trained, One advantage of working to me by none other than Ultimate or advised a broad spectrum of law operationally and consulting on a broad Fighting Championship living legend enforcement officers (LEO). I also have spectrum is that I get to see things Dan “The Beast” Severn. Dan is a good the honor and privilege of working with from various perspectives. That being friend of mine and I have been privileged

The Counter Terrorist ~ October/November 2015 9 one of my client organizations. During are individuals with law enforcement this rewrite, I realized something that backgrounds who have elevated their reversed the way I was seeing things. positions politically and have consulted Because the program I was developing with the State’s attorneys rather than requires a high degree of knowledge of individuals who truly understand how the use of deadly force and the use of to apply biomechanics to the field of What techniques force continuum, I decided to use case unarmed defense techniques. law as a reference. During my research The next problem is the false idea that are best used of case law, I noticed a recurring theme. the State has the authority or the foresight and applied for Of the several cases of excessive force to dictate which techniques officers on studied, nearly all of them entailed the the street can and should be limited to law enforcement officer or officers charged making the for self-protection. When planning for and security following claims: combat operations, we used to say that professionals in 1. They rarely received training in “even the enemy has a vote sometimes.” defensive tactics (4–8 hours per year This means that you can develop the best the real world? on average). plan in the world beforehand, but a plan 2. During the event in question they is really just a theory until it is time to could not effectively apply the execute it. The following things dictate approved techniques required by their which techniques should be used: parent organization. • Mission: What is the desired end state 3. They were restricted to the use of the officer wants to achieve for this ONLY APPROVED TECHNIQUES. particular situation? 4. When all else failed, they simply • Enemy: What actions is the enemy resorted to causing their victim or taking? What is the actual “real” threat? subject more pain in order to get • Terrain/ Weather: What is the layout of the victim or subject to comply with the environment? Is it urban or rural? their commands. Wet and slippery? Crushed gravel? 5. They were in a panicked state, or what Icy? Etc. is commonly referred to in Cooper’s • Time Available: How urgent and dire to have the opportunity to train with him Color Spectrum Code as “The Black.” is the situation at hand? What is the on numerous occasions. It was on one of Therefore, based on these facts, I relative positioning of the threat? these occasions that I asked him what the will make my assessment of the “best” • Troops Available: How available is the best techniques were to use on the ground techniques for defensive tactics. nearest backup? in a professional fight. His answer was Officers restricted to the use and • Civil Considerations: Are there the age-old expression about techniques implementation of ONLY APPROVED innocents or other potential collateral being as relative as the individual TECHNIQUES. damage at risk? using them. This methodology, although useful All of these things are in direct This brings us to the subject at hand: in theory for mitigating legal liability, is correlation to the Ability, Opportunity, What techniques are best used and the start of all other failures. First, the and Intent equals Jeopardy algorithm. applied for law enforcement and security officials who decide which techniques This means that the tactical situation professionals in the real world? Because are approved and which are not usually dictates the methods and techniques techniques are relative and preferential, I not subject matter experts (SMEs), used, not the State. Organizations would would like to present this matter in a way even by the legal definition of the term. be wise to adhere to this model rather that identifies criteria upon which to base This means that they are not specialists than setting myopic standards based the choice of techniques. in the combative arts, nor are they solely on the premise of limiting the In late 2014, I began working on the medical doctors or specialists in the field State’s liability in a use of force case. rewrite of a defensive tactics program for of biomechanics. In most cases, they Officers rarely received training in

10 The Counter Terrorist ~ October/November 2015 Circle 16 on Reader Service Card The Counter Terrorist ~ October/November 2015 11 defensive tactics (4–8 hours per year 3. Because officers are largely untrained, technique, he or she is essentially making on average) they are not operant conditioned and the decision to cause harm to the subject After Basic Law Enforcement Training, crumble under the stress of real life in question in some way, shape, or form. many precincts and organizations situations. They panic and resort to The problem with this decision is that only focus on their defensive tactics the animal instinct to survive rather everyone perceives pain differently. The curriculum once per year. This is mostly than the calm, collected state of the perception of pain is dependent on due to the cost of providing such trained mind. A trained mind is able so many variables, including genetics, training, the availability of the trainees to focus on the whole situation because body composition, body hardening or and instructors, and in some cases a the trained body instinctively regresses physical conditioning, substance use, shortage of personnel. As a result, setting to the organized firing of neural mindset, mental state, and more. All of more than one day per year aside for transmitters, which operate along finely this can result in what an arresting officer Defensive Tactics (DT) seems a bit too developed neural pathways honed by perceives as a direct challenge by the much to ask. This, however, does has thousands of repetitions of training subject when he or she attempts to use multiple shortcomings: under stressful conditions. pain as a motivator during an arrest. This 1. Officers are not familiar with the Additionally, it is important for officers ultimately has the egotistical potential to approved techniques. to be familiar with the jurisprudence escalate to an excessive force scenario. 2. Officers learn just enough to confuse regarding the use of proportionate force, When mechanical failure and themselves, have a loose understanding the use of deadly force, and the premise leverage techniques are implemented, of the concepts, and eventually of vital targets. All of this brings us they change the diametric. When an succumb to the old adage of “more and to the discussion of pain compliance officer is concerned about mitigating a harder is better.” This leads to excessive versus mechanical failure. When an threat by bringing the threat to a state force cases. officer decides to use a pain compliance of mechanical failure, he or she is not focused on using pain or harm as a tool to force compliance by a subject. These techniques are completely likely to shut down the function of an edged -weapon- wielding arm without causing pain to the subject. In most cases where mechanical- failure-driven techniques are used, it is the subject’s refusal and outright resistance to the control technique that causes pain and discomfort. The officer is not concerned with causing pain to achieve compliance and instead aims to mitigate or neutralize the specific threat. Both the subject and the threat itself are inconsequential to the arresting authority, meaning that if the subject causes himself or herself pain it is unfortunate but it does not matter. There is no direct challenge with this methodology, therefore there is little or no ego involved. This means the officer is less likely to use a level of force that greatly outweighs the threat. Some basic but effective techniques include the following:

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www.desantisholster.comwww.desantisholster.com The Counter Terrorist ~ October/November 2015 13 Circle 262 on Reader Service Card THE AMERICAN 2-ON-1, ARM BAR: This is based on the classic “Russian 2-on-1” wrestling arm hold. When properly employed, this technique implements complex torque and immobilization of multiple joints. It also provides the leverage required for a smaller subject to take down a much larger subject with ease. This technique THE CHIN LIFT places the officer in a tactical position and TAKEDOWN: gives him or her the option of escalating Similar in concept to the cross-face to a level of deadly force (by applying forehead takedown, this decentralizing enough force to break the elbow) or de- method attacks the body’s ability to escalating to a simple escort position. stand erect.

THE HEAD TWIST TAKEDOWN: This technique is similar to the cross- face forehead and chin lift takedowns. The difference in this case is that it is important to gain control of the entire THE CROSS-FACE head in order to dictate where the body FOREHEAD TAKEDOWN: will go. In the event that a subject attempts to escape either the escort or American arm bar, this is a great takedown that mechanically disables the subject’s ability to stand upright by decentralizing the subject with minimal force.

14 The Counter Terrorist ~ October/November 2015 THE REAR NAKED In closing, the vast landscape of political correctness should not dictate THE SEATBELT CHOKE: CHOKE: the arsenal of techniques that an officer This is a speedy and effective blood This is a blood choke that can render can use to deal with tactical situations. choke that also implements a neck crank. a person completely unconscious in The use of pain compliance should be This particular choke capitalizes on the seconds. This technique can easily be abandoned in favor of the mechanical virtue of position to render the near arm turned into a lethal technique by holding failure solution, which is deeply rooted of the subject immobile and ineffective. it for longer than a minute. in science. Officers need more training time in order to develop their techniques, and that means the State needs to take responsibility for ensuring that employees in uniform are receiving that training. The two things for which there is no substitute are repetition and stress. The things that officers should take away from this are that commonality in training and technique and effective and versatile implementation of techniques leads to certain fluidity and reflexiveness. After all, if your training is not instinctive it’s useless. •

THE KIMURA ARM AND SHOULDER LOCK: This arm and shoulder lock is excellent for controlling a hostile subject and preparing the subject to be restrained. This technique utilizes the principle of complex torque and immobilizes the elbow, shoulder, and wrist.

The Counter Terrorist ~ October/November 2015 15 ABOUT THE AUTHOR runner up kickboxer at the amateur Andrew Curtiss is a former US Army level. Andrew is a former national Special Forces Soldier and combat level full contact karate champion. He veteran. Andrew was nominated for the is the author of two published books Silver Star and was awarded the Bronze 1984 Redux a political commentary; Star with Valor. He holds advanced and Combat Application Techniques, black belt ranks in the martial arts of an instructional on edged weapon and Taekwondo and Shurite Kenpo Karate. unarmed combat. He is currently a Andrew was ranked black belt in tactical consultant for various government Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under Professor Jon and private organizations and travels the Siracusano. He is a Professional Mixed country teaching firearms, use of force, Martial Arts Athlete and former world defensive tactics and combatives.

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Circle 25 on Reader Service Card The Counter Terrorist ~ October/November 2015 17 Case Study: THE CIA’S CREATION OF ISLAMIC TERRORISM ON AMERICAN SOIL

18 The Counter Terrorist ~ October/November 2015 by Paul L. Williams, Ph.D.

Islamic paramilitary camps have been set up in the United States and Canada to train African-American Muslims in guerilla warfare. After months of training on firing ranges and obstacle courses, the black Muslims are sent to Pakistan where they receive advanced training in explosives. Many never return.

tories about these camps are when the Agency sent hundreds not news. They have been of radical Islamic clerics to the United reportedS by the mainstream media, States in an effort to recruit black including Fox News. Muslims for the holy war against the The news is that these camps—from Soviets in Afghanistan. which the next 9/11 is expected to occur—have been established by the THE TABLIGHI Central Intelligence Agency. MISSIONARIES The origin of these compounds for By and large, these missionaries hailed would-be jihadis dates back to 1979, from Pakistan and belonged to Tablighi The seal of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency inlaid in the floor of the main lobby of the Original Headquarters Building. Photo by: Duffman

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The Counter Terrorist ~ October/November 2015 19 Jamaat, a Muslim movement with 150 contact with all those who do not share members in 213 countries.1 Upholding their beliefs, and their approval of jihad a strict interpretation of Islamic law by sword (jihad bin saif).2 Members of (shariah), the Tablighi were united in the movement gathered every year for their resistance to Western culture, their three days in the small Pakistani town insistence that Muslims should avoid of Raiwind. In 1979, Sheikh Mubarek Ali Gilani, a Tablighi missionary from Lahore, Pakistan, arrived in Brooklyn, where he called upon members of Dar ul-Islam, a notoriously violent street gang, to take arms in the great jihad. Scores answered his call and were headed off to Pakistan with payments of thousands of dollars in cash and promises of seventy hours in seventh heaven if they were killed in action.3

WELCOME TO ISLAMBERG By 1980, the Agency realized that considerable expense could be saved by setting up paramilitary camps under the supervision of Shiekh Gilani in a rural area of the country. An ideal location was located near Hancock, New York, at 2009 Malaysian Annual Congregation of Tablighi. Photo by: Muhammad Hamza the base of Point Mountain, where the east and west branches of the Delaware River converge to form the headwaters that flow through Pennsylvania and New Jersey to the Atlantic Ocean. The rocky terrain was infested with rattlesnakes, and the woods were home to black bears, coyotes, wolves, and a few bobcats. Islamberg, a seventy acre complex, came into existence. Firing ranges and obstacle courses were set up in Islamberg along with a massive underground bunker and a landing strip. The residents lived in single-wide trailers that lined the hillside. The settlement contained a small shack that served as a laundry facility, a claptrap community center, a tiny grocery store, and a masjid. A sentry post was placed at the entranceway.4 The sound of gunfire and explosions Journalist, Paul L. Williams at the entranceway to Islamberg.

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The sound of gunfire and explosions emanating from the property alarmed local residents, who filed complaints with local and state law enforcement agencies.

emanating from the property alarmed The camp also came to contain an local residents, who filed complaints illegal cemetery where bodies were with local and state law enforcement buried in unmarked graves.6 This alone agencies. But a marked law enforcement should have warranted a raid by the vehicle never appeared at the compound.5 New York State Police. But not even Islamberg was off-limits to police dead bodies could prompt a police inspection on the spurious grounds of investigation. “national security.” When Islamberg was established, Sheikh Mubarek Ali Gilani

The Counter Terrorist ~ October/November 2015 21 A mujahideen fighter in Kunar uses a communications receiver. Photo by: Erwin Lux

Mujahideen fighters in the Kunar Province of Afghanistan in 1987. Photo by: Erwin Lux

Gilani presented himself as an employee Hundreds of African-American Muslims of the CIA, and the future jihadis made their way to Afghanistan and joined who resided in the compound called the ranks of the mujahedeen. Several themselves CIA operatives.7 Few in law were killed in action.8 Others, including enforcement doubted the professed Clement Rodney Hampton-El, returned credentials of the Muslim newcomers. to the U.S. to plot the 1993 bombing of Mujahideen fighters with two captured the World Trade Center in New York.9 Soviet ZiS-2 field gun in Jaji of Paktia Province in Afghanistan. COMMUNITIES OF THE A host of other paramilitary camps Photo by: Erwin Lux IMPOVERISHED were established in such places as Red Islamberg was a great success. House, Virginia; Commerce, Georgia;

22 The Counter Terrorist ~ October/November 2015 Circle 213 on Reader Service Card York, South Carolina; Dover, Tennessee; more of his African-American recruits Buena Vista, Colorado; Macon, Georgia; appeared among the rank and file Squaw Valley, California; Marion, mujahedeen in various theaters of warfare Alabama; Talihina, Oklahoma; and throughout the world. Toronto, Ontario.10 Dr. Zawahiri’s help was so valuable Gilani placed Islamberg and the other that he was granted permanent U.S. camps under a governing organization residence by the U.S. Immigration and called “Jamaat ul-Fuqra” or “the Naturalization Service in January 2000.14 community of the impoverished.” He established the headquarters of this “charity” in Lahore. The American arm of Jamaat ul-Fuqra became the “The Muslims of America,” a tax-exempt corporation with Gilani’s mosque in Brooklyn as its address.11 Achieving the Goals of INCREASED NEED OF Shared Security and Prosperity RADICALS 3RD ANNUAL The Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan in 1989 did not spell an end to the CIA’s support of radical Islam. Throughout the 1990s, Dr. Ayman Zawahiri, al-Qaeda’s second in command, travelled at the expense and bidding of the CIA throughout Central Asia, where he cultivated new armies of jihadis to destabilize the newly created republics. His efforts resulted in the uprising of the Chechens against the Russian Federation, the attempted toppling of the government in Uzbekistan, and the insurgence of the Uigurs in the Xinjiang province of China.12 A dutiful operative, Dr. Zawahiri met regularly with U.S. military and intelligence officials at the U.S. embassy in Baku, Azerbaijan, to plan the Balkan operations in which the CIA worked with al-Qaeda to overthrow the government OCTOBER 27 - 28, 2015 of Slobodan Milosevic for the creation of COBO CENTER | DETROIT, MI “Greater Albania,” encompassing Albania, Sponsors Kosovo, and parts of Macedonia.13 These operations, particularly in the Balkans, required the recruitment of more and more jihadis. Gilani’s camps continued to prosper. And more and Visit www.Beyond-Border.com for information on attending and sponsorships

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Circle 335 on Reader Service Card The Counter Terrorist ~ October/November 2015 25 U.S. court of such crimes as conspiracy to commit murder, firebombing, gun smuggling, and workers’ compensation fraud. Others remain leading suspects in criminal cases throughout the country, including ten unsolved assassinations and seventeen firebombings between 1979 and 1990.19 In 2001, a resident of the ul-Fuqra camp in California was charged with first-degree murder in the shooting of a sheriff’s deputy; another was charged with gun-smuggling; and twenty-four from the camp in Red House, Virginia, were convicted of firearms violations.20 By 2004, investigators uncovered evidence that purportedly linked both the Washington, DC “sniper killer” John Allen Muhammad and “Shoe Bomber” Richard Reid to Gilani’s group, and reports surfaced that Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl had been captured and killed in the process of attempting to gain an interview with Sheikh Gilani in Pakistan.21 The Al-Farooq Mosque at in Brooklyn, New York City, which describes itself as one of the oldest Islamic centers in New York City, was founded in 1976. The mosque has been described By 2015, Jamaat ul-Fuqra had been as having been “a center of radical Islamic thought in Brooklyn and a major spiritual and involved in more terror attacks on operational al-Qaeda hub in the United States before and after the September 11, 2001 America soil (30 and counting) than terrorist attacks.” Photo by: Beyond My Ken all the other terrorist groups combined. Despite these attacks, the group has never been placed on the official U.S. Terrorist Gilani continued to churn out more and Watchlist, and The Muslims of America more African-American jihadis. More and continues to operate as a legitimate non- more training camps opened, including profit, tax-exempt organization.22 one in Texas.18 More and more bodies were buried in unmarked graves. More THE WARNING and more complaints were made to law Investigators, including Patrick enforcement officials. And more and Walsh and William Krayer, who have more graduates from the training camps visited Islamberg and other paramilitary made their way to Pakistan. settlements, believe that the next major attack on U.S. soil will emanate The Bushmaster XM-15 used by the BLOWBACK from Gilani’s jamaats of homegrown Washington D.C. snipers during their Of course, there was blowback to terrorism. Based on the history of the attacks in October 2002. It is equipped the CIA’s establishment of Islamic CIA’s involvement in the creation with a 20-round STANAG magazine and paramilitary camps on American soil. of these camps, such an attack may a holographic weapon sight of some sort. Over the years, numerous members of occur in accordance with the Agency’s Photo by: Federal Bureau of Investigation Jamaat ul-Fuqra have been convicted in own design. •

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Email: [email protected] 13 Circle 255 on Reader Service Card Circle on Reader Service Card The Counter Terrorist ~ October/November 2015 27 ABOUT THE AUTHOR Jamaat ul-Fuqra Training Compound Paul L. Williams holds a Ph.D. Inside the U.S.,” Northeast Intelligence in philosophical theology from Drew Network, February 28, 2006, http:// University. An award-winning journalist, politicsofcp.blogspot.com/2006/02/ he is the author of The Day of Islam and special-report-released-jamaat-ul.html 5 Crescent Moon Rising: The Islamic Ibid. 6 Transformation of America. His latest Paul L. Williams, Crescent Moon book is Operation Gladio: The Unholy Rising: The Islamic Transformation Alliance between the Vatican, the CIA, of America (Amherst, New York: and the Mafia (Prometheus, 2015). Prometheus Books, 2013), 134. 7 Williams served as a consultant (CI-14) “Afghanistan Update,” Daily Telegraph to the FBI. His work with the Agency (London), August 5, 1983; Los Angeles resulted in arrests and convictions. His Times, August 5, 1983. This is the title. 8 field work also served to unravel the Ibid. 9 plot of the Toronto 18 to blow up Zachary Crowley, “Jamaat ul-Fuqra Parliament and behead the Canadian Dossier,” Center for Policing Terrorism, prime minister. March 16, 2005, hard copy. 10Gordon Gregory and Sonna ENDNOTES Williams, “Jamaat ul-Fuqra,” Special 1Alex Alexiev, “Tablighi Jamaat: Jihad’s Research Report, Regional Organized Stealthy Legion,” Middle East Quarterly, Crime Information Center, 2006. 11 no. 1 (Winter 2005), 3-11. Ibid. 12 2Jane I. Smith, Islam in America (New Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed, York: Columbia University Press, 1999), “Whistleblower: Al Qaeda Chief Was US 161. Asset,” Huffington Post, May 21, 2013. 3Robert Dannin, Black Pilgrimage http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/dr- to Islam (New York: Oxford University nafeez-mosaddeq-ahmed/whistleblower- Press, 2002), 75-76. alqaeda-chi_b_3305954.html 13 4Douglas J. Hagmann, “Special Report: Sibel Edmonds, “Know Your Terrorists: Ayman al-Zawahiri,” Boiling

28 The Counter Terrorist ~ October/November 2015 Circle 87 on Reader Service Card Frogs Post, February 16, 2013, http:// “Gripping reading.” www.boilingfrogspost.com/2013/02/16/ NEXUS MAGAZINE video-report-know-your-terrorists-ayman- “Will cause the reader to question what person of al-zawahiri/ authority and leadership can be trusted. . . .” 14 SGT. THOMAS JUBY Rory McCarthy, “The Real Ayman Member of the Advisory Council for the Intelligence Summit al-Zawahiri,” The Guardian, August 5, “Well-researched. . . . [This] scholarly work fills a major 2005, http://www.prisonplanet.com/ lacuna in the study of the US foreign policy.” articles/august2005/050805therealayman. THE WASHINGTON BOOK REVIEW htm (note: this site links to The WWW.PROMETHEUSBOOKS.COM Guardian)See also Michel Chossudovsky, The Globalization of War (Montreal: Global Research Publishers, 2015), 111. 15Zbigniew Brzezinski, The Grand Chessboard: American Primacy and Its Geostrategic Imperative (New York: Basic INNOVATION, NOT IMITATION Books, 1997), 20, 40. 16“Americans Are Training Syria Rebels in Jordan,” Reuters, March 10, 2013, /www.reuters.com/ article/2013/03/10/us-syria-crisis-rebels- usa-idUSBRE9290FI20130310 17Ibid. See also Sy Hersch, “Beyond Partisan politics: What Benzagi Is Really About,” WashingtonBlog, April 15, 2014, http://www.washingtonsblog. com/2014/04/real-benghazi-story.html 18Ryan Mauro, “Islamic Terror Enclave Discovered in Texas,” The Clarion Project, February 18, 2014, http://www. clarionproject.org/analysis/exclusive- clarion-project-discovers-texas-terror- enclave 19“Jamaat ul-Fuqra: Terror Group of Pakistan,” Institute of Contact Management, 2001, http://www.satp. org/satporgtp/countries/pakistan/ terroristoutfits/jamaat-ul-fuqra.htm 20Ibid. 21“The Jamaat ul-Fuqra Threat,” Stratfor, Security Consulting Intelligence Resources, June 3, 2005. 22Patrick B. Briley, “Al Fuqra: U.S. FROM THE MAKERS OF THE ORIGINAL Islamic Terror Network Protected by M9 ASSAULT MEDICAL BACKPACK FBI, U.S. State Department,” Liberty Medical, Response and EOD Kits / Logistics Services Solutions Post, July 28, 2006, http://www. newswithviews.com/Briley/Patrick28.htm TSSI-OPS.COM [email protected] Toll-free 877 535-8774

Circle 123 on Reader Service Card The Counter Terrorist ~ October/November 2015 29 WHY DOMESTIC TERRORISTS GO SOFT

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30 The Counter Terrorist ~ October/November 2015 by Karen Bunso

With all of the information we have learned about mass shootings and domestic terror attacks, we have learned all too much of, I thought it would be a good idea to design visual models that could visually explain some of the factors contributing to such violent incidents.

s for explaining the “why” pyramid scale. It begins with the easiest behind these incidents is more category of target to assault and works Adifficult because that’s one detail that upward to the most difficult category of we usually learn after the fact; and even target to assault. I will attempt to explain then, these incidents still do not make factors that play a part in an assault based any sense. on the type of target. Tactical factors like the category of target, the degree of PART I difficulty, available targets (people), and TARGET HIERARCHY the preparation time will be covered. The first model is called the Target While the possibilities for a target Hierarchy and it is a hierarchy in a objective are unlimited, potential target

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The Counter Terrorist ~ October/November 2015 31 TARGET HIERARCHY

u HARD Fewer targets TARGET Low opportunity for mass casualty event, unless attack on secondary target used as distraction Fort Knox Bullion Depository, White House, 1 assailant Level V Federal Buildings

Some preparation and planning needed to carry out an HARDENED Many targets to choose from SOFT TARGET

High opportunity for mass casualty event because Sport Stadiums, Concert Event, City Hall, Airports, Federal Buildings (Below Level V), 1 A on a Hardened Soft Target Police Station, Court Houses

est

Little to no preparation or planning needed, spontaneous assault possible

Numerous targets available SOFT TARGET

Medium opportunity for mass casualty event School, Medical Facilities, Places of Worship, Public Transportation, Restaurant, Mall, Theater, Park, Parade, Public Access spaces, Fire Station, Community Figures with routine public interaction

Note: all targets are stationary.

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objectives can be sorted into two categories: into the design of the building and site. (monument), and they require extensive, soft targets and hard targets. The degree It has layers of access constricts, multiple well thought out security measures to of difficulty assaulting a target depends on layers of security rings establishing stand- keep them safe. Some good examples of the category it is in, the number of targets off distance for explosives, line of site hard targets are the United States Bullion available, and the amount of time and precautions and steel-concrete barriers. It Depository at Fort Knox, the Pentagon, other resources the assailants will invest. has also prepared for and taken extensive and the Statue of Liberty. For this paper, all targets are fixed and are measures to handle and repel an intrusion Assaulting a hard target has the highest permanently stationary. or assault of varying tactics. Hard targets degree of difficulty because of the layered have permanent security personnel that security measures that are permanently in THE HARD TARGET are vetted, trusted, trained, and armed. place and have been specifically designed A hard target is a site that has well- Hard targets have a large monetary value, to actively defend it. established physical and technical house a world leader, or are a symbol There are 446,000 federal buildings defensive security measures engineered of national or international importance according to the U.S. Department of

32 The Counter Terrorist ~ October/November 2015 The Pentagon, headquarters of the United States Department of Defense, taken from an airplane in January 2008. Photo by: David B. Gleason

The United States Bullion Depository at Fort Knox, Kentucky. Photo by: David B. Gleason

Statue of Liberty. Photo by: Derek Jensen Justice, U.S. Marshals Service (USMS), (e.g., the Pentagon).” Information about Vulnerability Assessment of Federal Facilities the number of federal buildings classified report. Because of the Oklahoma City as Level V is not readily available, but I Bombing, an evaluation of security at all estimate there are less than 100 buildings federal buildings was commissioned and with this classification. was released in 1995. The report placed The amount of preparation time buildings into five categories, Level V “… required to plan an effective assault on a are considered critical to national security hard target depends upon the objective of

The Counter Terrorist ~ October/November 2015 33 An assailant has flexibility and can act spontaneously or on a whim.

the assailant(s). If they want to take over and destroy the target, it will necessitate a lot of planning and preparation in order to mount a sophisticated assault. If the assailant(s) simply wants to test security and see if they can breach it (for their 15 minutes of notoriety), very little planning time will be needed.

THE SOFT TARGET A soft target is the most vulnerable type of target because it has almost no security measures or protection in place, imaginary or otherwise. I do not consider observational security measures such as video monitoring as security, but view them as passive deterrents and investigative tools. Soft targets are places or people that the public has unrestricted, routine access to, such as unticketed public events, like parades. Other examples include schools, fire stations, public transportation, grocery stores, shopping malls, public parks, vulnerabilities. Perhaps the most difficult Hierarchy, there are more available soft places of worship, and medical facilities. thing for assailants assaulting soft targets than any other category. Community activists, local celebrities, targets is choosing which one to attack. From a preparation standpoint, very local judges, school principals and town Consider the fact that nearly every place little time is needed to plan an assault on mayors are also examples of soft targets. a person frequents throughout the day is a soft target. An assailant has flexibility Assaulting soft targets is not a a soft target. Soft targets are everywhere and can act spontaneously or on a whim. difficult task because of their security and they are abundant. On the Target For the reasons previously discussed,

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Circle 93 on Reader Service Card The Counter Terrorist ~ October/November 2015 35 or site after it was constructed. These added security measures may include unarmed temporary security personnel interspersed with armed local or state law enforcement, bollards, chain link fencing, locking gates, and video cameras. Examples of hardened soft targets include police stations, sport stadiums or event sites, concert venues, airports, federal buildings, office buildings, courthouses, and city halls. A hardened soft target usually has some form of perimeter security that it is, in fact, duplicitous: it keeps the bad guys out and the attendees confined inside. With the attendees as a captive audience, the assailant(s) have the potential to carry out a mass casualty event. How difficult is it to carry out an assault on a hardened soft target? Not Super Bowl XLVII Kick Off. Photo by: Au Kirk very, especially if the assailant works at the venue. The insider threat is a very real vulnerability. Even without soft targets represent the worst case insider threats, hardened soft targets are scenario-they are the most likely places appealing targets because they advertise for mass casualty events to occur. security that they cannot deliver. Wherever a lot of people congregate with Security measures cannot keep people no security it IS the worst case scenario- it at venues 100% safe because the venues is a target rich environment. themselves were designed to let people in (spectators), not keep them out. THE HARDENED SOFT Additionally, most events scheduled at TARGET hardened soft targets are well publicized, Sandwiched between these two well- providing notice of certain events and a defined categories is what I term the timeline or deadline for those planning hardened soft target. This is simply a an assault. soft target that has been hardened with A hardened soft target with limited some security measures. A hardened soft security measures is an inviting target is a closed venue with restricted and possibly symbolic target for an access granted by purchased event tickets, assailant(s). Such an assault, while identification credentials, or employment. needing less preparation time than an It has passive but visible security assault on a hard target, still requires time The site of the first bomb at the 2013 Boston measures that were added to the venue to plan. Marathon finish line at 1:56:44pm April 15th, 54 minutes before the explosion. Photo by: Aaron “tango” Tang

36 The Counter Terrorist ~ October/November 2015 Even without insider threats, hardened soft targets are appealing targets because they advertise security that they cannot deliver.

The Counter Terrorist ~ October/November 2015 37 TACTIC HIERARCHY

$ $ $ HME R R R Can have a large blanket coverage range, not great precision, deadly by proximity + IEDs TATP, ANFO, TNT, RDX Moderate time needed for device preparation and planning for assault IED – Pipe bomb, grenade, VBIED – Car, truck, tractor HME could be made and used by just 1 assailant trailor, model aircraft, bicycle, motorcycle, SBIED

$ $ $ Inexpensive and easy to obtain

< 20 - > 50 yards for handgun, precision to blanket coverage; Range depends on FIREARMS R R R assailant’s expertise, Rifle range < 1000 yards, precision weapon

Handgun, automatic, revolver, shotgun,

$ $ $ Requires little expertise to be weaponized Has a blanket coverage range, not a weapon of precision unless FIRE R R R assailing one victim

Very little time needed for preparation or planning

Can be weaponized and used as a tactic by just 1 assailant Arson, incendiary device (Molotov cocktail)

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PART II excluding Advanced Conventional attainability, their ease of operability, TACTIC/WEAPONRY Weapons (ACW) such as Man-Portable their effective range (precision or blanket Air Defense Systems (MANPADS), HIERARCHY coverage), the time required to plan or tanks, etc., and military grade, state- prepare for their use (expertise, practice), Tactic-noun tac·tic \'tak-tik\ manufactured weapons. Basically, I and the number of assailants necessary :an action or method that is planned will cover small conventional weapons to carry out an effective assault. and used to achieve a particular goal that the average assailant can afford to Regarding the number of assailants Weaponry-noun weap·on·ry \-rē\ purchase or make on their own. necessary to carry out an effective 1: weapons Like the previous model, I have put assault, it only takes one. -Merriam-Webster Dictionary these weapons as tactics in a hierarchy, While pretty much anything can be creatively titled Tactic / Weaponry FIRE used as a weapon—your hand, a pencil, Hierarchy. The weapons are ranked According to the 2014 Global etc.—I will cover conventional weapons according to their affordability and Terrorism Index, “60% of all attacks

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The Counter Terrorist ~ October/November 2015 39 Counterterrorism Calendar that is tri-acetone tri-peroxide (TATP). posted to their website (www.nctc. • “Mixtures with solid oxidizers, (e.g. gov). Along with profiles of terrorist perchlorates and ammonium nitrate.)” groups and dates of terrorist incidents In this combination, ammonium worldwide, the NCTC includes a nitrate plus fuel oil yields ANFO. practical list of “Common Explosives— • “Mono-molecular mixtures, (e.g. urea Identification and Characteristics.” The nitrate, TATP, petric acids.)” In this explosives on this list are broken into combination, hydrogen peroxide can three categories: Military/Commercial, become tri-peroxide, the other half of Primary Explosive Booster, and tri-acetone tri-peroxide (TATP). Secondary Explosive/Main Charge. • “Nitrogen based explosives, (e.g. nitro Examples of military or industrial grade glycerin, EGDN, and methyl nitrate.)” explosives are Trinitrotoluene (TNT), In this combination, urea nitrate which is used in mining and industrial explosive is dissolved urea fertilizer plus operations; Tovex, a more stable version nitric acid. of dynamite in a liquid gel formula; and While the names given to these cyclotrimethylene trinitramine (RDX). HMEs reads like Chemistry 101, the Even though these explosives cannot combination information is my attempt be purchased at a local gun store, they to remove the glaze from your eyes. can be easily acquired by theft from an HMEs can be built out of common industrial worksite as domestic terrorist household and farming chemicals by and mass murderer Timothy McVeigh literate, determined assailants. If assailants did prior to the Oklahoma City Bombing lacks those skills, they can always opt to in 1995. Some education or expertise is steal industrial grade explosives rather be needed to make this type of explosive than mix their own. device, but it can most certainly be done An IED can use either commercial by those who are determined with know- explosives or HME. Some examples how, and the Internet. include, grenade, pipe bombs, pressure While NCTC lists two other cookers, people, bicycles, mail, and categories, I will be focus on Homemade vehicles or model aircraft. The options are Explosives (HME) and Improvised limited only by the assailant’s creativity Explosive Devices (IED). In 2008, the and expertise. Department of Homeland Security’s Detonation of the device can be (DHS) Science and Technology simple, such as a device that is command Directorate produced a document titled detonated by the assailant. Detonation “Homemade Explosives (HME) Program can also be more complex, such as a Overview.” The following HME’s were device that uses a timer, remote control or listed under the section “Taxonomy of physical or infrared activation. Current Threat”: In spite the ease with which the • “Liquid hydrogen peroxide/fuel components for HMEs can be obtained, formulations (HP/F)—(e.g. hydrogen other explosives are more commonly used. peroxide with various fuels)” In this According to information from the Bomb combination, hydrogen peroxide can Arson Tracking System, (BATS), the most become tri-peroxide, the other half of common explosive used are black powder,

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LEARN MORE at: www.thecounterterroristmag.com/conference Call now for more information. Phone: 866-573-3999 180 Fax: 866-573-2090 Circle on Reader Service [email protected] Circle 177 on Reader Service Card The Counter Terrorist ~ October/November 2015 45 BOOK REVIEW Cycle of Fear: Syria’s Alawites in War and Peace by Leon T. Goldsmith Reviewed by the Counter Terrorist Hurst and Company, London 2015 Magazine’s Editorial staff

ith the Syrian Conflict many of unknown tribal affiliation. dominating the news Indeed much of the support derived by Wrecently due to the flood of refugees that Asad’s Baathist party has come from a are swarming Europe, it seems like a good more secular element in the sect. They idea to understand this costly civil war a are not Shi’a but a break-away sect little better through understanding the from within the Twelver Shi’a Islam. Alawites, the Muslim religious sect that Their main point of difference is their through the family of Asad, has ruled elevation of the fourth caliph Ali ibn Syria since the 12th of March, 1971. Abi Talib and his descendants to near In March, of 2011, some 40 years divine status. The beliefs of the Alawite later, anti-government demonstrations incorporate Christianity and Paganism broke out that would lead to an estimated and they are liberal in the role of religion 250,000 - 300,000 Syrians killed in in their daily lives. Alcohol is permitted the conflict, with fully half the Syrian and women are not required to cover population being displaced either within their heads and can freely associate in Syria or spread into Turkey, Lebanon and public. Because they view their religious beyond. Now, that huge refugee swell commitment as a personal one, they is threatening Europe. The savagery of In 1305, Ibn-Taymiyya declared the are not required to attend the Mosque. the fighting, including Bashar Al-Asad’s sect heretics and enemies of Islam, a Needless to say, these attitudes have not use of Chemical weapons against his status the caused them to be persecuted, endeared them, not to the Shi’a where own population, has never raised any and contributed as other factors to the they are accused of being “extremists”. protests at Berkeley, Columbia, The feelings of solidarity in this very rural According to Goldstein, the revolt London School of Economics or other mountain tribe. The cycle of fear created that threatened to bring down the Liberal bastions of Academia. So fond of by these prosecutions gave rise to their Government in 2011 threatened the protesting when the Israelis, in defending tendency to be supportive of the Asad social and political order which had been themselves, hit a few Palestinians. So regime way past the point where it served favorable to them, and threatened once who are these Teflon Alawite’s that have their tribal interest. During the regime, again to make them, as they had been the backing of Iran and Russia, and who the tribe became the foremost element in for their 1100 year history, persecuted are demonized by the Sunni Muslim governing Syria. violently again. insurgency in Syria and Iraq and of The group cross-cuts the identities of To support their rise to power under course ISIS? How relevant is the Alawite Muslims, Shi’ites, Arabs, and Syrians Asad, the sect turned a blind eye to the sect to the Asad regime? (by no means are the last two the same). regime’s repression. It was a repression Alawites are a product of the great 4 main tribes: Khaytin, Kalbiyya, made necessary by the opposition. The divide between Sunni and Shia Islam. Haddadin and Matawira and there are Muslim Brotherhood, so active here in

46 The Counter Terrorist ~ October/November 2015 the USA, challenged the Government’s does have something to do with the It is highly recommended that secular constitution and economic Alawite’s. These rough mountain men, the current managers of our Foreign dissatisfaction among Sunni merchants. considered “hillbillies” by the Sunni Policy read books like this so that they The Brotherhood resorted to Majority in Syria have played a key can understand that in the Middle assassinations, a very well-known role in the stability and since that time, East there is nothing we recognize as Brotherhood tactic (think Sadat). equally, the destruction of Syria. democratic impetus outside of Israel. This resulted in brutal repression by But the book further underscores how Rather there are forces that have been Asad’s Brother Rifaat, that meant 6000 our US “religious” zeal in supporting created over more than a thousand years imprisoned and 30 executed. As fighting what appears, but rarely is, an that create solidarities that have nothing between Asad and his brother eventually outpouring of “democratic” aspirations to do with Democratic parties. And a led to the alliance with Iran. In 2000, his leads us into quagmires. There was no better reading of these forces, like the son Bashar was taken from his studies need to topple Hosni Mubarak, and Alawites, may make the moves we make as an optometrist and catapulted into a it certainly served to encourage the less damaging and more productive for dynastic succession which his father had Muslim Brotherhood opposition to our own interests. • assured by stocking the military with Asad. Given the nature of the regime; loyalists and ruthlessly eliminating any the usual suspects, corruption, brutal potential source of conflict to the Dynasty. repression, dynastic succession and The resulting decline of the rulers complete control of the power of the culminating in the revolution which State, these may indeed be a more began with the protests of 2011, shows palatable option in the Middle East than how complex the ruling situation in the forces that come to replace them like these countries really is. The interplay ISIS or in the case of Egypt, Morsi and between Iran and Russia with the regime the Brotherhood.

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48 The Counter Terrorist ~ October/November 2015 by William A. Gralnick, BA, MA, DHL

Law Enforcement Chaplains are called on to play many roles. Their ministry, according to the International Conference of Police Chaplains, is a “ministry of presence.” And they are present in many different ways.

n some departments, the role is Beach County Sheriff’s Office (PBSO) chaplains don vests and do ride alongs. primarily ceremonial. The chaplain chaplain married two PBSO deputies The rationale comes from the old Iis seen giving invocations and to each other. Chaplains do baptisms proverb that you can’t know a man until benedictions at all manner of functions, and funerals. In many departments in you’ve walked a mile in his shoes. It is from banquets to departmental the Midwest, chaplains do an annual only through experience that a chaplain funerals. Chaplains often perform life blessing of the crops and of the animals. can feel the roller-coaster ride of a shift cycle events for sworn and non-sworn In a small west coast of Florida City, the and what that ride, day in and day out, employees of their departments who chaplain blesses the fishing fleet. can do to an officer and by extension are “unchurched.” Last year, a Palm In more and more departments, his or her family. Other than the

The Counter Terrorist ~ October/November 2015 49 New York, NY, September 30, 2001— A Chaplain is on hand at Ground Zero. Photo by Andrea Booher/ FEMA News military, law enforcement is the only job our chaplains, “If you’re talking… the social media are electronic means of where the morning kiss goodbye could deputy can’t.” continuing that presence so essential to potentially not be followed by an end Technology provides chaplains with the chaplain’s ministry. of shift kiss hello. The car also provides ever-increasing ways to “reach out and More departments, like this one, are the best “office” for spiritual counseling touch someone,” aside from dropping assigning chaplains to the more high- during a slow shift or after an intense in to the district and “schmoozing.” stress “specialty units.” This is not for encounter on the street. As we train Phone calls, emails, texts, and every chaplain, and frankly it takes a

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lot longer for these “brotherhoods” to be accepting of a chaplain. PBSO staffs K-9, Homicide, TAC Gang Task Force, Marine, and Aviation. So as law Chaplain (Maj.) Jack Stanley, 422nd Air Base Group chaplain, runs along the perimeter enforcement has evolved, so has the role road at RAF Croughton, England, May 11, 2015, during a ruck march in honor of of the chaplain, a role first recognized in National Police Week. The event was held to honor law enforcement officers who have this country by the military in 1787! given their lives in the line of duty. Photo by: Staff Sgt. Jarad A. Denton

The Counter Terrorist ~ October/November 2015 51 American Airlines Flight 587 crash site. Photo by: NOAA

There is one glaring omission in most chaplaincies’ use: the natural or man- caused disaster. Disasters include acts of terrorism, domestic and foreign. As some departments like NYPD and the FBI have learned, who better to serve those traumatized but uninjured and who better to serve those injured waiting for triage than the chaplain? This lesson was learned during the aftermath of 9/11. As recounted by Fr. Paul Wierichs, there was a chaplain’s command post; it also dealt with the grief of the chaplains when they lost one of their own. Then came the plane crash of American Airlines Flight 587 in Queens at Long Island Sound. The second-worst domestic airlines crash in the U.S., it killed 280 Recovery of the American Airlines Flight 587 vertical stabilizer. Photo by: NTSB people on the plane and five more on the ground. Fear and anxiety ran rampant. Was it another act of terrorism? Or was it just another terrible tragedy? Either way, said Fr. Wierichs, the days ran into nights and night ran into days as chaplains played the hand that fate dealt them, many still in deep shock and great fatigue from 9/11.

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So comes the training. Chaplains The intent is to invite from around the region, with the chaplains to a variety cooperation of the International Conference of Police Chaplains, came of different exercises: together at the PBSO training center tabletops at the Ops to spend three hours with Red Cross trainers. The academics of disaster relief Center, active shooter were covered: there were videos for trainings, and even discussion and even CPR training in the latest technique, one which SWAT trainings. eliminates mouth-to-mouth breaths. Clearly this isn’t enough. The Unit has There is also history in the face of that reached out to the Emergency Operations reality that shows the pulling together Center and the HLS Security Bureau of of the counties to help one another. the SO. The intent is to invite chaplains Thus chaplains from one community, to a variety of different exercises: tabletops even if well trained, shouldn’t be the at the Ops Center, active shooter only chaplains used. They might know trainings, and even SWAT trainings. the issues, but they would not know the Over the top, you say? The idea is not communities and their personalities, to have chaplains just learn how such often invaluable insight in helping to things are handled; the primary goal is calm an individual or area. to expose them to chaos—screaming and

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Shortly after the September 11 terrorist attacks, I had a conversation with a Pakistani businessman involved with the underworld of crime. He was involved in the gray markets of South Asia and the Middle East.

e said, “Mr. John, don’t you laundering” (TBML) and the transfer use trade-based value transfer. H know that the criminals and of “value” via commodities and trade The magnitude of TBML is difficult the terrorists are moving money and goods. In addition to customs fraud, to quantify and has never been transferring value right under your noses? trade-based value transfer is often used systematically examined. However, the But the West doesn’t see it. Your enemies to provide “counter-valuation,” or a way Financial Action Task Force (FATF), an are laughing at you.” of balancing the books in many global inter-governmental body that sets global The Pakistani businessman was underground financial systems such as anti-money laundering standards, believes referring to various forms of what hawala/hundi. Criminal organizations TBML is one of the three principal we loosely call “trade-based money and those that finance terror sometimes categories of money laundering.

The Counter Terrorist ~ October/November 2015 59 According to the U.S. State and/or the value of goods is Department, TBML has reached misrepresented. Sometimes this is done “staggering” proportions in recent years. to facilitate simple customs fraud—i.e., It is found in every country but remains minimizing the payment of taxes and virtually unrecognizable. duties. In most jurisdictions, customs The rapid expansion of worldwide fraud is a predicate offense for money trade increases the possibilities for TBML. laundering. However, often invoice fraud Today, total annual global merchandise is part of value transfer. As Raymond trade is in the tens of trillions of dollars. Baker, the Director of Global Financial Money laundering in international Integrity (GFI), said, “Anything that trade works just as in traditional money can be priced can be mispriced and false laundering via financial institutions, in pricing is done every day…” which criminals “mix” or “co-mingle” illicit money with licit money. However, INVOICE MANIPULATION the large volume of international trade AND VALUE TRANSFER masks the occasional suspect transfer. MADE SIMPLE: The FATF defines TBML as “the To move money out: process of disguising the proceeds of • Import goods at overvalued prices or crime and moving value through the use export goods at undervalued prices of trade transactions in an attempt to To move money in: legitimize their illicit origins.” • Import goods at undervalued prices or The key word in the definition is export goods at overvalued prices value, particularly because it is getting The illustration below1 shows the increasingly difficult to define currency. fluctuating value associated with Most forms of TBML revolve around thousands of refrigerators exported from invoice fraud and manipulation. the United States (light color) to Country Generally speaking, “invoice fraud” X (dark color). Official trade data from means that the contents, description, both sides was matched and compared.

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he U.S. Coast Guard Port of the CG go through this training. the course and get our minds right. We Security Training Detachment or Similar toIn the Marines, in which spent the next few days in a classroom TPSU TRADET was is the USCG premier each member goes through Marine environment, learning the fundamentals training site for operational readiness, Combat Training (MCT) in order to of Tactical Combat Casualty Care, or maritime security training, and CT/ operate in a combat environment, and TCCC, discussing Chemical Biological Force Protection tactics techniques and Coastguardsmen should also have this Radiological and Nuclear defense, or procedures (TTP). Originally located ability. I firmly believe that this training CBRN, creating range cards, and the in Port Clinton, Ohio and tasked with like. We also had classes on the finer training the 8 PSUs, it now sits within points of land navigation, patrolling, the Special Missions Training Center and entry control points. The water side or SMTC in Camp Lejeune, NC (since of the operation has its own training 1998). The SMTC name came into courses and is separate from the shore being in 2002 and the training center side operations. was commissioned in 2003. This was After only a few days in the shortly after the USCG was transferred classroom and in crew-serviced weapons from the Department of Transportation familiarization, we were in the field to DHS and the scope of operations for the remainder of the course., Wwe expanded to USCG Maritime Safety learned how to set up a base camp, and Security Teams (MSST), as well as entry control points (ECP), guard other Deployable Special Forces (DSF) shifts, and did daily patrols which units within the CG and Navy/Marine included MOUT training and basic expeditionary forces. land navigation. During this course we Let me start by saying that I have had trained on the M240B 7.62mm machine the privilege of attending many training gun and M2HB .50 caliber machine courses related to the topics of physical gun. We had the opportunity to engage security and, security operations and targets out to 1000 meters and manage have managed security operations and should be included in CG basic training simulated malfunctions in a stress- PSD teams both here in the U.S. and and could even afford to be extended. induced environment on those weapon internationally in high risk environments. I was able to take this course on my systems, but you we weare expected to Like anyone in my position, I came with annual Active Duty for Training, or come with a basic knowledge of the an open mind and, of course, an internal AD-T. Iand if you are a reservist in M16 and other related field equipment knowledge set, which worked both for the CG (blue side), then this is a great from your our parent commands. The and against me. The course1 is 12 days opportunity for you to see a side of course culminated with a force-on-force in duration and open to anyone in the the guard (green side) few will likely scenario that involved multiple squads, CG, active duty or reserve. You do not experience and get some great hands-on flanking maneuvers, TCCC, CBRN, need to be a member of a Port Security real-world training in combat arms. and exfiltration. All of this is directly in Unit to attend, but PSU members do On Monday morning, on day one, line with the PSU fundamental mission get priority. http://www.uscg.mil/smtc/ andthe first classes we received was of being able to deploy anywhere in Training_PSU_Basic.asp were on combat mindset and the the world in 96 hours, set up security After taking the course, it is my importance of mental conditioning., operations within 24 hours, and sustain recommendation that every member Tthis was a great way to set the tone of itself for 30 days.

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