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Tentacles of terror: Al Qaeda's Southeast Asian network, December 2002
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TENTACLES OF TERROR: AL QAEDA'S SOUTHEAST ASIAN NETWORK
By: Zachary Abuza

The horrors of the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States and the ensuing war on terrorism galvanized the global community to come to terms with the reality of international terrorism.

An article from: Contemporary Southeast Asia
Thomson Gale
December 2002
ISBN: 0000000051
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The terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001 on the United States shocked the world and resulted in a global campaign against terrorist groups. Southeast Asian states, long considered the "Islamic periphery", owing to their moderate Islamic stance, pluralism and secularism, were suddenly forced to confront a small but potent terrorist threat in their midst, culminating in the 12 October 2002 attack on a Balinese resort. Osama bin Laden's Al Qaeda had entered the region beginning in the early to mid-1990s, establishing independent cells and assisting and liaising with indigenous Islamic insurgencies that hitherto were believed to have solely domestic agendas. This article analyses the origins, linkages, and network that Al Qaeda established in Southeast Asia. Though the extent of Islamic radicalism and terrorist activity is small by comparison to the Middle East or South Asia, it is still of great concern to the governments in Southeast Asia.

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Title: Tentacles of terror: Al Qaeda's Southeast Asian network.
Author: Zachary Abuza
Publication: Contemporary Southeast Asia (Refereed)
Date: December 1, 2002
Publisher: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS)
Volume: 24 Issue: 3 Page: 427(39)

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