Journal of the Society of Disaster Information (한국재난정보학회 논문집)
- Volume 1 Issue 1
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- Pages.43-71
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- 2005
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- 1976-2208(pISSN)
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- 2671-5287(eISSN)
Prevention of Terrorism Threat and Role of Security Intelligence in New Terrorism
테러리즘 위협 예방과 경호정보의 역할
- Baek, Jong Kap (Graduate school of Yong-In University) ;
- Kim, Tae-hwan (Department of Security Service, Yong-In University)
- Received : 2005.11.01
- Accepted : 2005.12.05
- Published : 2005.12.31
Abstract
Terrorism is the use of violence, especially murder and bombing, in order to achieve political aim or to force a government to do something. Nowadays, instrument of mass destruction are smaller, cheaper, and more readily available. Cellular phones were used as timers in the attacks in Madrid last March. Hijacking an airplane is relatively inexpensive. Finally, the information revolution provides inexpensive means of communication and organization that allow groups once restricted to local and national police jurisdictions to become global. Al Qaeda is said to have established a network in fifty or more countries. These technological and ideological trends increased both the lethality and the difficulty of managing terrorism. Because of the unprecedented scale of Al Qaeda's attacks, the focus is properly on Islamic extremists. But it would be a mistake to limit our concern solely to Islamic terrorists, for that would ignore the way that technology is putting into the hands of deviant groups and individuals' destructive capabilities that were once limited primarily to governments and armies.