October 2, 2006 FEMA Emergency Management Higher Education Project Activity Report

(1) CLASH OF CIVILIZATIONS?:

Goldberg, Jonah. "Confronting Terrorists Makes Us Less Secure - Or Does It?" Philadelphia Inquirer, October 1, 2006. At: http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/editorial/15656899.htm

[Excerpt: "Every serious analysis of the Islamic world today describes a genuine tectonic shift in a vast civilization, an upheaval that cuts across social, religious and demographic lines. This phenomenon dwarfs transient issues such as the Iraq war. Are we to believe that once-moderate and relatively secular Morocco is slipping toward extremism because we toppled Baathist Saddam Hussein? Do we believe that the mobs who burned Danish embassies in response to a cartoon wouldn't have done so if only President Bush had gone for the 18th, 19th or 20th U.N. resolution on Iraq? Millions of young men yearning for meaning and craving outlets for their rage would have become computer programmers and dental hygienists if only Hussein's statue still towered over central Baghdad? Would the pope's comments spark nothing but thoughtful and high-minded debate from the Arab street if only Al Gore or John Kerry were in office?.... If you live your life calculating that it's a mistake to do anything that might prompt murderers and savages to act like murderers and savages, you've basically decided to live under their thumb and surrender your civilization in the process."]

Last, Jonathan. "One Last Thing - Post 9/11 Conflicts Rooted in History." Philadelphia Enquirer, 1 Oct 2006. http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/special_packages/sunday_review/15648243.ht m

[Subtitle: "It's not just Afghanistan, Iraq and a "war on terror." It's the West vs. the Islamic world, a clash that has never abated."]

Spencer, Robert. "The Philosopher and the Fatwa." Front Page Magazine, October 2, 2006. Accessed at: http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=24692

(2) MATERIALS RECEIVED TO REVIEW:

Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, Vol. 6, No. 4, 2006. (European Geosciences Union, Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany; http://www.natural-hazards-and-earth-system-scienes.net.)

(3) MILITARY ROLE IN DISASTER: Dunlap, Charles J. Jr. "Putting Troops on the Beat." Washington Post, September 30, 2006. At: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp- dyn/content/article/2006/09/29/AR2006092901518.html

[Excerpt: "some military officers welcome domestic law enforcement roles. In a world where hijacked airliners, anthrax-infested envelopes and other serious threats arise close to home, there is a certain appeal to their thinking. And praise for the better-late-than- never Katrina effort has created an attitude friendly to domestic security duties among many in uniform. What are they missing? Appreciation for the erosion that law enforcement duties could cause in the public affection and admiration the military wants -- and needs -- to sustain itself as an all-volunteer force. Americans in the end do not like heavy-handed security efforts, regardless of how well-intended they are, and typically react quite negatively to them. Think Kent State, Waco and Ruby Ridge. Midnight searches by well-armed troops might fly in Baghdad (though perhaps not even there anymore), but certainly not in Baltimore. Once the military loses the respect of ordinary Americans, what kind of person will want to enlist? Is there another way? Yes. Getting together to organize the country's nearly 800,000 civilian police could provide governors nationwide with experienced law enforcement resources in times of crisis....America's full-time military will do whatever is asked of it, but America must carefully consider what it asks. Otherwise, Katrina's legacy could take yet another tragic twist." Note: The writer is deputy judge advocate general of the Air Force.]

(4) PANDEMIC:

Associated Press. "Regular Flu Shots May Help Fight Bird Flu." September 30, 2006. Accessed at: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/09/30/ap/health/mainD8KES0V81.shtml

(5) UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE COUNTY -- EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT GRADUATE CERTIFICATE:

Dr. Rick Bissell, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Department of Emergency Health Services, notes that it is now official, the long-in-the-making Graduate Certificate in Emergency Management has recently been implemented and six courses are now being offered via distance learning, with one more to be developed this semester. The existing description of this program, found in The College List in the "Under Development" section -- is being updated and moved to the "Stand Alone" section and the "Distance Learning" section of The College List -- where it should be accessible shortly. In the meantime, for additional information, Dr. Bissell can be reached at: [email protected]

(6) WAR ON TERROR: Baldor, Lolita C. "Rumsfeld Comments on Intelligence Reports." Associated Press, 28 Sept 2006. At: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060928/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/rumsfeld_intelligence;_ylt=Al TTcfgGDkIQs2EzO0MeNxYD5gcF;_ylu=X3oDMTBjMHVqMTQ4BHNlYwN5bnN1Y mNhdA--

[Excerpt: "It is impossible to know with any precision whether the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have created more terrorists than they've killed, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Thursday."]

Department of Defense. "Secretary Rumsfeld Interview with Frank Sesno, CNN." Defense Link News, 30Sep2006, 10 pages. http://www.defenselink.mil/Transcripts/Transcript.aspx?TranscriptID=3741

Edelman, Eric. "Amb. Edelman's Remarks at the Department of State and Department of Defense Counterinsurgent Conference at the Ronald Reagan Building, Wash. D.C." Defense Link News, September 28, 2006. At: http://www.defenselink.mil/Transcripts/Transcript.aspx?TranscriptID=3739

Mansur, Salim. "I'm Sorry...For the Terrible Crimes Committed by Muslims." Toronto Sun, 30Sep2006. http://www.torontosun.com/News/Columnists/Mansur_Salim/2006/09/30/1923945.html

[Excerpt: "In a recent column, Michael Coren, my colleague here at the Sun, demanded Muslims apologize for wrongs too numerous to list.... Like many others who share his frustration and legitimate anger, Coren is asking to hear a contrite voice from within institutionalized Islam -- to repent for Muslim misconduct, past and present, that is indefensible by any standard of civility and decency, and seek forgiveness. But Coren and others might well wait indefinitely for such an apology from those representatives of institutionalized Islam convinced of their own righteousness, even as they are engineers of a civilization's wreckage and prosper in it by the art of bullying.... since this institutionalized Islam is at war with the West, for Coren or anyone else to expect an apology from its generals is rather naive."]

Shane, Scott, Adam Liptak. "Detainee Bill Shifts Power to President." New York Times, 29Sep2006. Accessed at: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/30/us/30detain.html?_r=1&th&emc=th&oref=slogin

West, Diana. "The Gap Between Islam and Peace." Jewish World Review, October 1, 2006. Accessed at: http://www.jewishworldreview.com/1006/west100106.php3

[Excerpt: "When George W. Bush says "Islam is peace," and Tony Blair insists the war now begun "has nothing to do with Islam," some of us scratch our heads and try, brows furrowed, to reconcile their soothing words with our frightening vision: the dirty war on Western civilization waged by evil forces in the name of Islam. The experts tell us militant Islamic fundamentalists, or "Islamists," represent a narrow, if murderous, fringe. They number no more than 10, maybe 15, percent of all Muslims. That estimate works out to somewhere between 100 million and 150 million people. Which is a lot of murderous fringe."]

White House. "President Bush Discussed Global War on Terror." September 29, 2006. Accessed at: http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/09/20060929-3.html

[Excerpt: "'Some have selectively quoted from this document {leaked NIE} to make the case that by fighting the terrorists, by fighting them in Iraq we are making our people less secure here at home. This argument buys into the enemy's propaganda that the terrorists attack us because we're provoking them.... this argument was powerfully answered this week by Prime Minister Tony Blair. Here is what he said. He said, 'I believe passionately [that] we will not win until we shake ourselves free of the wretched capitulation to the propaganda of the enemy, that somehow we are the ones responsible... He went on to say, 'This terrorism is not our fault. We didn't cause it. And It is not the consequence of foreign policy.' He's right. You do not create terrorism by fighting terrorism... If that ever becomes the mind set of the policymakers in Washington, it means we'll go back to the old days of waiting to be attacked and then respond. Our most important duty is to protect the American people from a future attack, and the way to do so is to stay on the offense against the terrorists.... We'll defeat the terrorists in Iraq. We'll deny them the safe haven to replace the one they lost in Afghanistan. We're going to make it harder for them to recruit a new generation of terrorists, and we're going to help the Iraqis build a free society.... We can have confidence in the outcome of the war on terror -- because our nation is determined'."]

Wypijewski, JoAnn. "Uncomfortably Numb to Torture." Los Angeles Times, September 30, 2006. Accessed at: http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-wypijewski30sep30,0,3553179,print.story

(7) WAR ON TERROR -- AL QAEDA:

Fattah, Hassan M. "Al Qaeda Increasingly Reliant on Media." New York Times, September 30, 2006. Accessed at: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/30/world/30jordan.html?th&emc=th

Guirard, Jim. "Is Al Qaeda Terrorism 'Fascist' or Leninist - or Both?" Family Security Matters, October 2, 2006. Accessed at: http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/challenges.php?id=305021

(8) WAR ON TERROR -- IRAQ: DeYoung, Karen. "Letter Gives Glimpse of Al-Qaeda's Leadership." Washington Post, 2 Oct 2006. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp- dyn/content/article/2006/10/01/AR2006100101083.html?referrer=email

(9) WAR ON TERROR -- MOROCCO?:

Thorne, John. "Extremist Islam May Be Rising In Morocco." Associated Press, 29 Sept. 2006. At: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060929/ap_on_re_af/morocco_terror_plot;_ylt=ArpqWbx Sz.SOFwVybBwggkys0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3b3JuZGZhBHNlYwM3MjE-

[Excerpt: "In all, Moroccan authorities arrested 56 people last month for allegedly being part of a network that was planning attacks on military and tourist sites in hopes of bringing down the government of this North African monarchy."]

(10) WAR ON TERROR -- PAKISTAN:

Associated Press. "ISI Backs al-Qaeda: British Report." September 28, 2006. Accessed at: http://www.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=74600

(11) WAR ON TERROR -- UNITED STATES:

Harris, Robert. "Pirates of the Mediterranean." New York Times, September 30, 2006. Accessed at: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/30/opinion/30harris.html?th&emc=th

[Excerpt: "IN the autumn of 68 B.C. the world's only military superpower was dealt a profound psychological blow by a daring terrorist attack on its very heart. Rome's port at Ostia was set on fire, the consular war fleet destroyed, and two prominent senators, together with their bodyguards and staff, kidnapped.... in the panicky aftermath of the attack, the Roman people made decisions that set them on the path to the destruction of their Constitution, their democracy and their liberty. One cannot help wondering if history is repeating itself.... Those of us who are not Americans can only look on in wonder at the similar ease with which the ancient rights and liberties of the individual are being surrendered in the United States in the wake of 9/11."]

Kwiatkowski, Karen. "The American Legion Speeches - Preaching, Pondering and Predicting." September 4, 2006. Accessed at: http://militaryweek.com/columns/withoutreservation.php?id=46 Whalen, Richard J. "Revolt of the Generals." The Nation, September 28, 2006. Accessed at: http://www.thenation.com/doc/20061016/whalen

[Excerpt: "A revolt is brewing among our retired Army and Marine generals. This rebellion--quiet and nonconfrontational, but remarkable nonetheless--comes not because their beloved forces are bearing the brunt of ground combat in Iraq but because the retirees see the US adventure in Mesopotamia as another Vietnam-like, strategically failed war, and they blame the errant, arrogant civilian leadership at the Pentagon."]

B. Wayne Blanchard, Ph.D., CEM Higher Education Project Manager Emergency Management Institute National Emergency Training Center Federal Emergency Management Agency Department of Homeland Security 16825 S. Seton, K-011 Emmitsburg, MD 21727 (301) 447-1262, voice (301) 447-1598, fax [email protected] http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu

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