Global & Disaster Medicine

Terrorism 3.0

Bloomberg

  • Terrorism 1.0 in the modern era was in the 1980s —
    • Red Brigades of Italy,
    • Baader-Meinhof gang of Germany,
    • Sendero Luminoso of Peru
    • the Palestinian Liberation Organization
    • Disconnected and nationally focused by and large.
  • Terrorism 2.0 emerged after the fall of the Berlin Wall
    • The rise of radical groups
    • al-Qaeda,
    • Al-Shabab,
    • Boko Haram
    • Regional groups with sporadic international reach.
  • In Terrorism 3.0, we see the Islamic State 
    • A globally dispersed, highly lethal, financially capable, deeply innovative organization. 
    • An internet-based organization
    • Conducts highly sophisticated attacks
    • Establishes cells across the globe.

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