Global War on Terror or Not?
NYT – This article by Scott Shane portrays the discussion as to whether the label GWOT is appropriate – when in fact the various terror groups have little commonality or cross pollination in terms of people and ideology. But those two aren’t important, the source code being transmitted along the illicit economy’s network is focused on execution. Tactics, weaponry, potential target lists etc.
True, there is no cohesive global network of terrorists, but an ad-hoc network is being pieced together by the sharing of knowledge, both along black and white networks.
-Shlok
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