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*COPYRIGHT NOTICE** In accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for nonprofit research and educational purposes only.[Ref. http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml ] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ARTICLE 03 – The Terrorist Threat and the American Left ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ By Patrick Hayes The time for burying heads in the sand and hoping it will all go away has passed. It is now time for decisive, aggressive and brutal action, but are we as a nation prepared to go all the way in this war on terror? Terrorism is, by definition, a means by which any disaffected group can cause fear and instability in society. Best defined by Britain in its UK Prevention of Terrorism Act of 1976, as “the use of violence for political ends [including] any use of violence for the purpose of putting the public or any section of the public in fear.” By their very nature, open democratic societies have varying degrees of discomfort dealing with terrorism, but none more so than the United States. The balance, it is argued, must be met between civil rights and national security. However, following the calculated and cold blooded murder of 5,000 plus innocent civilians in New York, Pennsylvania and at the Pentagon in Virginia on Sept. 11, complacent Americans, most of whom have never had to consider the personal threat of terror, have to wake up to some harsh realities – fast. Others have. Americans must face the realities of not just living, but surviving in the real world of the New World Order. To Osama bin Laden and others like him, we are soft and unaccustomed to discomfort (where’s the remote?), much less bloody masses of flesh and bone in our streets. Many have been pampered for too long, unaware of the changing world outside, guided in a simplistic “love and peace” view of the world by the American Left. However, Sept. 11 was a loud, brutal wake-up call to reality. We are not loved and there is no peace! Terrorism must be dealt with in an expedient, aggressive and singularly decisive manner that the Left will oppose at every turn. However, the government must act to defend national security not only against the onslaught shadowy terrorists, but also on another front: the hand-wringing Left, many with good intentions, but many more of questionable loyalty and character whose concern automatically reaches out to the perpetrators of these heinous crimes. Activities like torture, killing and the “disappearing” of terrorists was, we are told, the realm of totalitarian governments when agents of the Gestapo in Nazi Germany or the KGB in the Soviet Union took action against individuals and groups to ensure “state security”. However, democracies have also engaged in state-sanctioned counter-terrorist activities. France for example, when dealing with Algerian terrorists in the 1960s, and later with Action Directe in the 1970s, pulled out all the stops, including the use of torture and assassination. Britain, considered by Americans to be the epitome of staid and proper behavior, has also conducted assassinations against IRA members or other perceived threats to their national security. Under the Official Secrets Act, virtually anyone considered a threat to the Crown could be dealt with in the harshest manner, out of public view or knowledge. Germany reacted to the bloody massacre by Black September terrorists of the Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games by organizing the very aggressive and deadly Grenzschutzgruppe 9. GSG-9 also dealt with terror perpetrated by the Badder-Meinholf’s Rott Armeé Fraktion. Israel, the only democratic state in the Middle East, has a history of assassinating those considered to be potential threats or agents of terror, which continues to this day. Following the Munich massacre of the Israeli team, Prime Minster Golda Meir directed agents of the Mossad to track down and kill the Palestinian Black September terrorists responsible, which they did, using terror tactics. More recently, Shabtai Shavit, the former head of Israel’s Mossad and a 40 year veteran of dealing with terrorists, said, “It may sound dramatic, but life in America is not going to be the same as it used to be before Sept. 11. In order to be able to go on living, you have to be aware of the fact that you are going to have to give up some of your formal liberties, and you have to be ready to give up some of your pleasantries and conveniences.” Even the United States has a history of aggressive anti-terrorist activities, including torture and assassination. Best known is, perhaps, the CIA’s Phuong Hoang, or Phoenix Program, in Vietnam. Initially successful in routing out and destroying much of the National Liberation Front’s infrastructure, once it became public in 1971, the American Left argued it as another political anomaly of the Vietnam War. The reality is that fighting terrorism is not pleasant. It is not clean, but brutal and bloody. It is, in effect, the epitome of kill or be killed. There is no middle ground and the American Left will have to come to terms with this new reality. As the French did in Algiers and the British in Northern Ireland and elsewhere, the United States will have to take the gloves off and get dirty, without concern for political correctness. An untold number of terrorist “suspects” languish in U.S. prisons, enjoying the rights and privileges of other prisoners. But they are not other prisoners. Many of these people are either would-be terrorists, or the supporters of terrorists. Some have information vital to U.S. national security dealing with cell structure, planning, names, locations, funding sources, equipment, etc. And they refuse to talk! As of Sept. 11, the threat for Americans has gone far beyond car bombings, or the occasional shooting of diplomats in the street. The murders of Sept. 11 were devastating, but are only glimpses of what can come with the threat of “dirty” nuclear devices, or mass biological and chemical attacks, unless Americans have the stomach for direct and aggressive action to prevent it. Constitutional protections for terrorists ended on Sept. 11. When asked how bin Laden should be dealt with, Shabtai Shavit said, “I personally wouldn’t give him the chance to be brought to trial. This guy should be eliminated.” The pacifists of the Left will decry aggressive action as violations of the terrorists’ “Constitutional rights.” However, the alternatives are clear. We are at war in which there is no surrender, no negotiations and no Geneva Convention. Editor’s Note: Patrick Hayes joins DefenseWatch as a contributing editor with this article. He is a Marine Corps combat veteran of Vietnam and served as a police officer in southern California for 10 years with experience in counter-terrorism planning and operations. Table of Contents ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ARTICLE 04 – In Hand: A Revolution in Command and Control ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ By Robert G. Williscroft Navy SEAL Lieutenant Commander Jones is preparing for a three-day mission in Afghanistan. He and his fellow SEALS have spent hours reviewing maps and hundreds of details they must have immediately available during the mission. In front of each is a modified Palm©-driven Personal Digital Assistant (in the Navy they call them JPAs, for Job Performance Aids). Each device is synched to the others and to a central PC by short-range broadband HF. As the final briefing proceeds, all seven JPAs receive the maps, directions, special individually tailored orders, and other information that used to be recorded in each warrior's Wheel Book and sometimes memorized as well. The memorizing still happens, but the Wheel Book is no more. In the chopper on the way to the drop, Jones displays a nearly real-time satellite photo of the target area that just arrived in his JPA. Calling up a checklist from his digital field manual and the notes he took during the briefing, he makes sure that the drop site will still work, and annotates the photo with modified deployment positions based on this recent information for the other six. A tap on his screen transmits this data to the others. Just before they disembark, Jones notes on his screen that each JPA is networked, that each SEAL is live on the audio link, that each SEAL has his assigned weapon suite, and that every team member JPA is loaded with team member-specific information, and the correct software including the SEAL Survival Manual and an English-Pashto translator. In the field, Jones uses his JPA to coordinate the team's actions, and to transmit digital photos and his exact position back to headquarters by satellite. At the end of the mission, Jones transmits his current location and new pick-up coordinates to the incoming chopper. Since he can pinpoint his position with his Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) unit, and uplink it through his JPA by satellite directly into the chopper's navigation computer display, he does not need to use signal flares. Even though his team is deep inside enemy territory, functionally surrounded by enemy snipers, he can effect a complete extraction before the enemy soldiers are even aware of the chopper's presence. Is all of this real? Almost, but not quite. Since 1999, JPAs have been issued to every newly commissioned Navy officer. Several Marine units are experimenting with the devices. So are selected Army platoons. Unofficially, thousands of officers and noncoms are going this route on their own. Several software firms run by retired military officers are competing to supply off-the-shelf software to meet their distinctive needs. Still missing is a battle hardened version of the devices, standardized networking and up- and down-links, and standardized audio links. Further in the future, but within easy reach of today's technology, are personalized heads-up displays that place desired information, photos and drawings directly before each trooper on helmet-mounted transparent drop-down face shields. This will enable the officer in charge to coordinate the actions of his men by voice and image with unheard of precision and accuracy. The effect of applying this technology universally across the spectrum of forces in the field and aboard ships and aircraft is to enhance the effectiveness of command and control to heights never before experienced. Past snafus, especially linked to SOF operations, have seriously compromised many missions. With this technology in place, these operations will run significantly better with enhanced probability of success. Shipboard, Division Officers will have at hand all the time details of their personnel, and of their divisional budget, capabilities, shortcomings, training, schedules, etc. With the complete integration of JPAs throughout the fleet, orders coming down the chain of command and responses moving back up will no longer be subject to “word of mouth” or written transmission and its inherent delays. Eventually, with complete downward integration of the concept to each individual sailor, the chain will be complete, and shipboard operations will significantly increase efficiency. For example, the Plan of the Day will appear on every JPA each morning. When a change to these orders is promulgated, it instantly displays on every shipboard JPA. Senior Petty Officers distribute individual work assignments and follow their progress by JPA. Eventually, a failing machine will signal its failure directly to the JPA of the sailor tasked with its repair, and to his supervisor (and perhaps Division Officer). I even envision a machine about to fail transmitting its condition to the appropriate individual so that preventative maintenance can forestall the actual failure. The same principle applies to aircraft and their associated groupings of men and machine, both in the Navy, the Air Force, and the other military air branches. With the eventual inclusion of shore stations, the web will be complete, and we should see a transformation of command and control within our armed forces like nothing ever experienced before. Robert G. Williscroft is DefenseWatch Navy Editor Want to be on our lists? Write at [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a menu of our lists! Write to same address to be off lists! <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. 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