NCJ Number
130332
Journal
Police Chief Volume: 58 Issue: 6 Dated: (June 1991) Pages: 47,50-52
Date Published
1991
Length
4 pages
Annotation
The FBI, pursuant to its mandated responsibilities, stepped up its counter-terrorism efforts prior to, during, and since the war with Iraq; the terrorist threat may become greater as coalition forces pull out of the Gulf region and security is relaxed at coalition facilities throughout the world.
Abstract
During the deployment of U.S. military personnel to Saudi Arabia in August 1990, the FBI immediately committed counter-terrorism personnel and resources to address the heightened threat of terrorism. FBI field divisions established liaison with State and local law enforcement authorities and military components to ensure the expeditious reporting of all terrorist-related information. FBI legal attaches assigned to foreign posts were also sensitized to the crisis and instructed to enhance liaison with their counterparts abroad. Facilitation of information flow was achieved through periodic dissemination of general threat advisories under the auspices of the FBI's Domestic Terrorist Threat Warning System. FBI representatives also contacted hundreds of government and industry leaders to discuss threat levels and appropriate countermeasures. Since the outbreak of the war, there have been over 200 assorted incidents worldwide with a known or suspected connection to the Gulf War. The terrorist threat worldwide will probably rise over the next several months as security restrictions are lessened and coalition forces vacate the region.