NCJ Number
77540
Date Published
1979
Length
20 pages
Annotation
Areas of international cooperation among terrorist groups are identified and discussed.
Abstract
Multilateral and bilateral meetings among various terrorist groups and their supporters have strengthened informal and formal linkages that facilitate an accessible machinery for violence on the national, regional, and global levels. This network maintains a service industry in Europe that supplies terrorist needs from clandestine centers in Algeria, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, South Yemen, and Syria. Areas of collaboration include financial support, training, the supply of combat material, organizational support, attacks by proxy, coordinated attacks, and joint operations. The Palestinian movement has provided substantial assistance for various revolutionary organizations, with financial support from various Arab states, notably Libya. Movements outside the Middle East have also been financially generous with other terrorist groups. Argentine terrorist groups have been particularly active in sharing wealth gained from kidnapping ransoms. The majority of terrorist training camps are in the Middle East; thousands of Arab and foreign terrorists from some 15 countries have passed through these camps. Modern military weapons produced in communist countries and procured by various Arab countries have been dispersed to terrorist groups throughout the world. Organizational support, including communication and propaganda, the forging of documents, and provision of places of refuge, is another dimension of the international network of terrorist groups. Frequent attacks by proxy carried out by one terrorist group in advancing the cause of other underground movements and growing coordination in the planning and execution of attacks by terrorist groups are also aspects of international terrorist cooperation. Joint operations have also been on the increase since 1970. A total of 92 notes are listed.