Non-military solutions for countering terrorism threats in the Middle East

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2017

Hitting ISIS or any other terrorist activity in Middle East through military force isn’t the best solution. Instead there is an alternative type of solution that would be the root to a better, safer world without going deep into force.

1 – Security solutions:

A – if the threat is on local US communities:

The first area must be to define the ethnicities active in US, in forms of groups. After doing a study of their social integration and political affiliation, another study that should be undertaken, that is from a perspective of where they originate on a religious level.

Groups of CIA operatives, well trained in languages, cultures and religions would be sent on a mission to understand each groups’ affiliation, and follow this up with a similar study in their respective countries, all without the use of force. So, even without entering into negotiation, a portfolio is built up for each group with a pressure map of these groups showing politics, economies, etc.

These groups, both in  the USA and in their own countries, should be dissolved with a minimum force since their existence is already a result of forces and conflicts.

A study of each group should be conducted on their integration strategy, their criminality groups, etc.  Then either go to an orientation level to another communities after the identification phase, through working on their ideology with the help of influential figures from their home land (without interference to local communities) or: (i) conduct interrogations in isolation, (ii) identify contradictions in the suspect’s story and (iii) confront the suspect with evidence.

    But isolating a suspect gives the police a chance to investigate and find evidence without that evidence being destroyed by a suspect. But isolation should be well considered and humane. Police officers should never forget that a suspect may be innocent. It is unfortunate, but in most cases the police believe that they are right even if they have absolutely no evidence. It’s just human nature…

 However, isolated interrogation can happen through creating a group around the suspected without his knowledge .

B- if the threat is on international communities :

This  would require a transnational collaboration, between  internal security and studies on  foreign groups. For example, are they common groups moving around between Europe, US and UK? Are they nationals of these territories that have been influenced from outside?

If so, one mission from multinational agencies would to conduct similar studies as to each group’s structure (economical, social, etc.) aiming to reduce their funding, cash transfers and the movements of their members.

C – Hezbollah:

Hezbollah hides under different illegal (and legal) groups, organizations, etc., either in Lebanon or in Iraq, hiding under the umbrella of: “This is Lebanon, our land, and we should all live together as one.” They are designing their media strategy and their two main tools are: Lebanese newspapers and causes like Palestinian cause, to pass on their messages. (This “Lebanon, our Land” is Hezbollah’s Lebanon, not every citizen’s ideal for Lebanon)

when hezbolla use organization’s name to expend his networks , soc, eco, to get access to the security secrets it doesn’t mean the org contain security secrets rather than hezbolla use secretive tactics

The best example to be highlighted is the irregular (or clandestine) lodges. Irregular Masonic lodges are being transformed to be a mask for Hezbollah whilst using the clean name of Masonry. This is to crack the wall of international Masonic Bodies, thinking they would get at the American army guys  or American pure communities, since in Lebanon these legal and recognized lodges (by the state) may delegate dirty missions to illegal bodies without being caught. They may also use these irregular (or clandestine) lodges to delegate dirty missions to infiltrated legal lodges without being caught or use NAMES of existent bodies (internationally closed, locally also, but members introduced at that time can join any similar international recognized body in the future). Some were recognized and legal but went dormant statues due to war, illegally resurrected to become involved in politics or money laundering, with Journals like Addyar (pro hezbola), who were involved in all this from the war times.  Back in 1982 the Marine Barracks in Lebanon had a Masonic Lodge, but it was a strictly military lodge, and it was formed under a charter and warrant issued by the GL of NY as many of the overseas military lodges are. The army of that time were attacked by Hezbollah. A similar strategy is used nowadays in Lebanon, though through different tactics, even though creating agents or cracking systems to gather information.

Another example is the double strategy for example, of Addyar and al Akhbar newspapers who collect information from local communities. After evaluating this data, it is used either to emphasise the West’s strategies, or to influence their policies according to the Iranian agendas. So local communities, in their daily life, will be watched and manipulated along with international communities in local areas, so the impact will be there also.

As conclusion, going into a federalism system for Arab countries, or same religious colour, will produce other forms of terrorism which are based on reaction on other moves, since all these terrorist groups that originate in the Middle East aren’t more then reactions on religions, religious problematic unsolved in their entourage and the unsolved integration strategies of Western forces .

Rita boulos chahwan –