The LWOT: State Department establishes Bureau of Counterterrorism

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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND | JANUARY 6, 2012

State Department establishes Bureau of Counterterrorism

The U.S. State Department on January 4 announced that the Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism headed by Amb. Daniel Benjamin is being upgraded to become the Bureau of Counterterrorism, fulfilling one of the recommendations made in the December 2010 Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review (StateCNN). Amb. Benjamin said at the press briefing that "Bureau" status will provide the coordinator's office with a better infrastructure to implement initiatives it has been developing to increase the counterterrorism and counter-radicalization capabilities of foreign governments through bilateral diplomacy efforts. 

On January 5, the U.S State Department named the al-Qaeda Kurdish Battalion (AQKB) as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist entity, thus freezing any U.S. assets held by the organization and prohibiting Americans from doing business with it (StateWSJ,Reuters). According to the State Department press release, AQKB was formed in 2007 and operates primarily along the Iran-Iraq border, and has been responsible for several terrorist attacks on Kurdish targets in Iraq since its inception.

Pakistani man sentenced to more than 4 years

A federal court in Washington D.C. on December 5 handed a 50-month sentence to Pakistani citizen Irfan Ul Haq, who pleaded guilty in September to conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists for attempting to smuggle a person he thought was a member of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) into the United States (APCNNPost,AFP). Haq, along with two other Pakistani men, were living in Quito, Ecuador in January 2011 when they were contacted by a U.S. federal informant, who asked them to smuggle a member of the TTP into the United States; they were arrested on March 13 after accepting a payment from the informant and procuring a fake Pakistani passport.

Federal prosecutors in Detroit argued on December 3 that Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the self-confessed "underwear bomber" who attempted to detonate an explosive on an airplane on Christmas Day 2009, is not entitled to a new standby lawyer at his sentencing because he represents himself (Local). Abdulmutallab said he is unhappy with his current standby lawyer because he doesn't visit him in jail and has failed to provide documents related to his upcoming sentencing.

Bobby Joe Rogers, an Alabama resident, was arrested on December 5 in Pensacola, FL on suspicion of starting a fire at the American Family Planning Clinic - an abortion clinic - in Pensacola in the early morning hours of January 1 (AP). Rogers is charged with a federal explosives crime and could face 20 years in prison if convicted.

A judge in San Luis Obispo County, CA on January 5 refused to drop the terrorism charge being levied against four defendants accused of burning a cross near the home of a mixed-race family (Local). And a 69-year-old Oklahoma man, William Codrey, faces a terrorism-related charge for attempting to unbolt an electrical tower from its foundation because he was angry that power lines crossed his property (Local).

Experts: Breivik "not psychotic"

A team of four experts who have been monitoring Anders Behring Breivik, the self-confessed perpetrator of two bombing and shooting attacks on July 22, 2011 in the Norwegian capital of Oslo and island of Utoya that killed 77 people, said on December 4 that -- contrary to court-appointed psychiatrists -- they do not believe Breivik is psychotic and is not in need of any medication (APBBCTelAFP). The judge will decide in the next few weeks whether to order a new psychiatric evaluation of Breivik, who goes on trial for terrorism-related charges on April 16, regardless of his determined mental state.

A former Turkish military chief, Gen. Ilker Basbug, was arrested on December 6 accused of heading a terrorist organization and conspiring to overthrow the government by funding anti-government websites in 2009 (APBBCReuters). Gen. Basbug's arrest came as part of the government's expanding investigation into the "Ergenekon" network -- an alleged ultra-nationalist group linked to the country's military and believed by some to be in control of numerous terrorist groups -- of which around 400 suspects have already been arrested, including 58 serving generals or admirals, according to the military.

The Times' Floyd Whaley reports on what one expert called a "lawless" region of the Philippines where a 53-year-old Australian man, Warren Rodwell, was kidnapped and is believed to be held by an extremist group linked to Abu Sayyaf, which has ties to al-Qaeda (NYT). Rodwell's wife received a ransom video before Christmas, in which her cuffed and apparently wounded husband asks on behalf of his captors for $2 million, a request the Australian government has refused to fulfill.

Trials and Tribulations

  • A series of bomb attacks on December 5 in southern Iraq and mainly Shi'a neighborhoods of Baghdad killed at least 71 people, and are believed to be the work of the country's Sunni insurgents (NYTPostLATGuardianAJETel).
  • The son of an alleged Egyptian terrorist who is being held in Canada, al-Muzir es-Sayyid, is being deported from Canada after his continued involvement with gangs made him a "danger to the public of Canada" (National Post). Es-Sayyid is not suspected of involvement in terrorism.
  • An Indian Army official said on December 3 that the Pakistani terrorist organization Lashkar-e-Taiba is training a group of 27 female terrorists at one of its bases in Kashmir for use against targets in India (Hindustan Times). 

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Jennifer Rowland is a research associate in the National Security Studies Program at the New America Foundation.

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Throughout the histories of warfare, from the days of the Egyptians, the Greeks and the Persians and the conquests of the Roman Empire.

To the United Nation's Police Action in Korea, the war in Vietnam, the Gulf War, and more recently during the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Kosovo.

Dogs have undergone active service at the sides of their masters, they have played the role of hero, by showing bravery under fire, saving lives (often by sacrificing their own), and bringing comfort to the injured and infirm.

Atilla the Hun, used giant Molossian dogs, precursors of the mastiff, and Talbots, ancestors of the bloodhound, in his campaigns.

During the Middle Ages, war dogs were outfited with armor and frequently were used to defend caravans.

And in the Seven Years War, Russian dogs were used as messengers by the army of Frederick the Great.

Napoleon had dogs posted as sentries at the gates of Alexandria, in Egypt, to warn his troops of any attacks.

Two centuries earlier, on this side of the Atlantic, they helped the Spaniards conquer the indians of Mexico and Peru.

Then later on, it was the native North American Indians who were to develop the use of dogs for pack and draft work, as well as for sentry duty.

In the early part of the 14th Century, the French Navy started to use attack dogs in St. Malo, France, to guard naval dock installations. These were used up to 1770, when they were abolished after a young naval officer was unfortunately killed by one of the dogs.

The first recorded American Canine Corp was during the Seminole War of 1835, and again in 1842, in Florida and Louisana, where Cuban-bred bloodhounds were used by the army to track the indians and runaway slaves in the swamps!

And during the bleakest time in the history of the United States, the Civil War, dogs were used as messengers, guards and as mascots.

In 1884, the German Army established the first organize Military School for training war dogs at Lechernich, near Berlin; and in 1885 wrote the very first training manual for MWD.

In 1898, during the Spanish-American War, dogs were used by Teddy's Roughriders, as scouts in the jungles of Cuba.

By the early part of the twentieth century most European countries were utilizing dogs in their armies and for police work.

In 1904, Imperial Russia used ambulance dogs during the Russo-Japanese War; trained by a British dog fancier, who later went on to establish the first Army Dog School in England, at the start of The Great War.

The Bulgarians and Italians employed dogs as sentries during the war in the Balkans and in Tripoli, as did the British on the Abor Expedition in the Himalayas.

Dogs were used in sizable numbers in both World War I and II, particularly by the Germans, French, Belgians; and proved to be of considerable value!

In 1988, the Israeli Special Forces sent bomb carrying Rottweilers on a suicide mission, code named "Blue and Brown," against enemy bunkers in Lebanon. But more about that later!

And when the Berlin Wall came down, Nov. 9, 1989, the East German communist government was using 5,000 dogs just to patrol the wall and another 2,500 watch dogs plus 2,700 so called horse dogs to patrol their borders.

During the Gulf War, at least 1,177 highly trained German Shepherds were use by the French forces to guard and protect their troops, supplies and aircraft. The USA used 88 teams.

But it was initially during the days of the Roman Empire, that entire formations of attack dogs, frequently equipped with armour or spiked collars were sent into battle against the enemy as a recognized and effective instruments of offensive warfare.

However, recently with the development of modern long range warfare and the consequential change in military tactics, the value of dogs as combat soldiers has steadily diminished.

But at the same time their usefulness in other military activities has increased.

This is their story and in some ways, mans as well! When we go to war, they go to war.

Throughout the histories of warfare, from the days of the Egyptians, the Greeks and the Persians and the conquests of the Roman Empire.

To the United Nation's Police Action in Korea, the war in Vietnam, the Gulf War, and more recently during the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Kosovo.

Dogs have undergone active service at the sides of their masters, they have played the role of hero, by showing bravery under fire, saving lives (often by sacrificing their own), and bringing comfort to the injured and infirm.

Atilla the Hun, used giant Molossian dogs, precursors of the mastiff, and Talbots, ancestors of the bloodhound, in his campaigns.

During the Middle Ages, war dogs were outfited with armor and frequently were used to defend caravans.

And in the Seven Years War, Russian dogs were used as messengers by the army of Frederick the Great.

Napoleon had dogs posted as sentries at the gates of Alexandria, in Egypt, to warn his troops of any attacks.

Two centuries earlier, on this side of the Atlantic, they helped the Spaniards conquer the indians of Mexico and Peru.

Then later on, it was the native North American Indians who were to develop the use of dogs for pack and draft work, as well as for sentry duty.

In the early part of the 14th Century, the French Navy started to use attack dogs in St. Malo, France, to guard naval dock installations. These were used up to 1770, when they were abolished after a young naval officer was unfortunately killed by one of the dogs.

The first recorded American Canine Corp was during the Seminole War of 1835, and again in 1842, in Florida and Louisana, where Cuban-bred bloodhounds were used by the army to track the indians and runaway slaves in the swamps!

And during the bleakest time in the history of the United States, the Civil War, dogs were used as messengers, guards and as mascots.

In 1884, the German Army established the first organize Military School for training war dogs at Lechernich, near Berlin; and in 1885 wrote the very first training manual for MWD.

In 1898, during the Spanish-American War, dogs were used by Teddy's Roughriders, as scouts in the jungles of Cuba.

By the early part of the twentieth century most European countries were utilizing dogs in their armies and for police work.

In 1904, Imperial Russia used ambulance dogs during the Russo-Japanese War; trained by a British dog fancier, who later went on to establish the first Army Dog School in England, at the start of The Great War.

The Bulgarians and Italians employed dogs as sentries during the war in the Balkans and in Tripoli, as did the British on the Abor Expedition in the Himalayas.

Dogs were used in sizable numbers in both World War I and II, particularly by the Germans, French, Belgians; and proved to be of considerable value!

In 1988, the Israeli Special Forces sent bomb carrying Rottweilers on a suicide mission, code named "Blue and Brown," against enemy bunkers in Lebanon. But more about that later!

And when the Berlin Wall came down, Nov. 9, 1989, the East German communist government was using 5,000 dogs just to patrol the wall and another 2,500 watch dogs plus 2,700 so called horse dogs to patrol their borders.

During the Gulf War, at least 1,177 highly trained German Shepherds were use by the French forces to guard and protect their troops, supplies and aircraft. The USA used 88 teams.

But it was initially during the days of the Roman Empire, that entire formations of attack dogs, frequently equipped with armour or spiked collars were sent into battle against the enemy as a recognized and effective instruments of offensive warfare.

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