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Tracing Libya's Shadowy Deeds
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CURRENT ISSUES
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3 / 1986 |
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Yonah Alexander
Yonah Alexander is director of the Inter-University Center for
Terrorism Studies, coordinated by the Potomac Institute for
Policy Studies in Arlington, Virginia. He has published over
ninety books in international affairs and terrorism, including
Combating Terrorism: Strategies of Ten Countries (University
of Michigan Press, 2002). |
An alleged Libyan connection to the December 27, 1985, terrorist attacks on the Rome and Vienna airports has focused attention on Tripoli's role in the global spread of contemporary terrorism.
To be sure, "state-sponsored terrorism" may be defined as the deliberate employment of violence or threat by sovereign states or their proxies to attain strategic objectives by creating overwhelming fear in a target population larger than the actual victims attacked or threatened.
In other words, the main goal of state-sponsored terrorism is to undermine the stability of pluralists states with representative governments.
Indeed, Libya's policy and actions are a manifestation of state-sponsored terrorism in the Middle East and the international arena. Under the leadership of Colonel Muammar Qaddafi, Libya sponsors and provides substantial assistance to the rejectionist elements among the Palestinian terrorist groups, and also supports terrorist groups in Europe, Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
In pursuit of Qaddafi's objectives of expanded state power and influence, Libya employs tactics of assassination and violence against opponents of its regime and against other targets. Libya is also one of the main centers for the training of international terrorists.
Primary Target: Other Libyans
Direct Libyan terrorist activity is focused upon Libyan dissidents living in
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