Transcript Islamic Jihad - University of Colorado Boulder

Violent Jihad
Not Islamic Jihad
“Blowback” or “Clash of
Civilizations”?
What are the causes of Radical
Terror? (In the name of Islam)
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Since September
11th 2001, there
have been 107
incidents of Islamic
terrorism
worldwide claiming
2000 more victims
Why Jihad?
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Poverty and lack of
opportunity in the
Muslim World
The Presence of
foreign troops in the
Middle East, in
particular the Holy
cities
The intractable IsraeliPalestinian dispute
U.S. Foreign Policy
towards Islamic states
“Blowback”
Clash of civilizations
How can we fight terrorism?
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Intellgence &
Military operations
Eradicate Poverty
Peace in Palestine
Prevention of
continued
recruitment of
Jihadists
Clash of Civilizations
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Samuel P.
Huntington “Clash
of Civilizations”
Foreign Affairs
1993
The Book appeared
in 1998
The History of Warfare since 1648
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The wars between
princes and
monarchs
Wars between
nations and
peoples
Conflicts of
ideologies & the
Cold War
Huntington’s Civilizations
Why Civilizations Will Clash
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Divisions are basic
& Real
The World is
becoming smaller
Globalization
separates people
from local
identities
Why Civilizations Will Clash
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The current global
power of western
civilization
Cultural differences
are less mutable
Economic
regionalism is
growing
The West Versus Islam
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US support for
Israel
Desert Shield Desert Storm
Initial failure to
protect Bosnia
Russian destruction
of Chechnya
The West Versus Islam
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Iranian Nuclear
ambitions
Iraq War II
Pope Benedict’s
comments
The Cartoon Furor
Ethiopia/Somalia
The recent London
car bombings
What is Jihad?
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Three Forms
• Self
• Within the Ulama
• Enemies of Islam
The Rise of Jihad
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600 The Sunni-Shia Split
1300 Ibn Tamiyyah justifies revolt
against Ottoman rulers
1700 Muhammed ibn Abd al-Wahab
condemns Shiites, founds Wahabism
1916 British and French division of
the Ottoman Empire
1928 Egyptian activist found “Muslim
brotherhood”
The Rise of Jihad
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1948 Founding of Israel approved by
UN
1952 Col. Nasser coup in Egypt
1966 Nasser executes Sayyid Qutb
and outlaws Muslim Brotherhood
1967 Israel crushes Arab armies in
the Six-Day War
1973 Arab Oil embargo finances
Islamic missionary campaign
The Rise of Jihad
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1979 Islamic Revolution replaces Shah in
Iran with Ayatollah Khomeini
1979 Jihad begins against Soviet occupied
Afghanistan financed by US
1981 Jihadist soldiers assassinate
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat for 1979
peace treaty with Israel
1985 exiled Saudi construction millionaire
Osama bin Laden lay groundwork for al
Qaeda in Afghanistan
The Rise of Jihad
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1993 1st World Trade Center
Bombing by Ramsi Yousef
1998 Bin Laden and al-Zawahiri
issue fatwa calling on followers to kill
Americans
1998 Al Qaeda bombing of
embassies in Tanzania and Kenya
2000 Al Qaeda bombing of USS Cole
in Yemen
The Rise of Jihad
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2001 9/11 kills nearly 3000 in New York,
at the Pentagon, and in rural Pennsylvania
2002 Car bombs linked to Jemaah
Islamiya kill 202 in Bali
2003 Khalid Sheik Mohammed,
mastermind of 9/11 arrested in Pakistan
2004 Madrid train bombings kill 191
2005 London bombs kill 52 commuters
2006 al-Zarqawi killed in Iraq
2006 Mumbai Train bombings, 7 bombs
kill 209
The Rise of Jihad
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2007 Qahtaniya bombings kill 800 member of
Iraq’s Yazidi sect
2008 Ahmedabad bombings in India, 21 bombs
kill 56
2008 Mumbai coordinated attacks kill 174 at
hotel, synagogue and train station attacks
2009 Two suicide vehicles kill 155 in and around
Green Zone in Baghdad.
2009 Jordanian double agent kills 9 at Camp
Chapman in Afghanistan including 7 CIA agenst
What Can/Did We Do?
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Homeland Security
Patriot Act
Airport Security
Invade Iraq
Invade Afghanistan
Intelligence Sharing
Obama got Osama
The GWOT is over
SEAL Team Six attack in Abbottabad
May 2nd 2011 killed Osama bin Laden
 Withdrawal from Iraq December
2011
 Taliban don’t have international
agenda
 Arab Spring
 Osama demonstrated the “divine
mandate” of Jihad: morale will suffer
Obama got Osama
The GWOT is not over
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The threat remains viable -Ayman al
Zawahiri
Al Qaeda still operates openly in
FATA/Waziristan region of Pakistan
Osama’s leadership was only
symbolic
Haqqani network is more dangerous
to the US than Osama
LeT, Jem, JaI provide similar threat
ISIS/ ISIL/ IS/ Daesh