What powers terrorist organizations?
An article of mine at PajamasMedia.com.
The comments on the article are a good read. Note AJacksonian’s superb comment.
For the record, the wisecrack about “appeasenik” reactions fo my column is just that — a wisecrack for the pajamasmedia article. The student got a serious answer to his very serious question. The student asked: “Dr. Bay, how do you run a terrorist organization?” As the article notes, we were discussing the Madrid March 11, 2004 attack shortly after it occurred. I tried to give him and the rest of the class a useful, non-academic sketch of the “dynamic components” of an Al Qaeda-type terrorist operation. That’s basically the origin and raison d’etre of the list, which will be included in the upcoming 4th edition of A Quick and Dirty Guide to War (Paladin Press).
When is the new edition coming out? I have a copy of the 1991 edition on my desk, and it’s uncanny how many wars you predicted.
Comment by John Galt — 4/11/2008 @ 7:01 am
3. A Recruitment Base
Islam is the majority religion in 52 nations (Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bosnia, Brunei, Burkina Faso, Chad, Cote D’Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Libya, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, UAE, Uzbekistan, Western Sahara, and Yemen).
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/et.html
Religions:
Christian 60.8% (Orthodox 50.6%, Protestant 10.2%), Muslim 32.8%, traditional 4.6%, other 1.8% (1994 census)
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/gh.html
Religions:
Christian 68.8% (Pentecostal/Charismatic 24.1%, Protestant 18.6%, Catholic 15.1%, other 11%), Muslim 15.9%, traditional 8.5%, other 0.7%, none 6.1% (2000 census)
Comment by Fat Man — 4/18/2008 @ 3:36 am