Jul 14, 2008

The United States Special Operations Command hosted the International Special Operations Week on May 18th till the 23rd in Tampa, Florida.  Special Forces from over 90 countries were invited to participate in the week long event.

Some of the leading experts from around the world made their presentations including Dr. David Kilcullen (Australia, Regional approached and Coordination) Dr. Rohan Gunaratna (Singapore, Al Qaeda Transformation) Sebastian Gorka (Hungry, Self Declaring Groups) and General Russ Howard (United States, Importance of Combating Terrorism Strategy).

The Director CAPS, Hekmat Karzai, also made a presentation titled, ‘The New Terrorist’.

The key themes of Mr. Karzai’s presentations are listed below:

  • The Landscape of Terrorism since 911
    • Positive Change
    • Negative Change
  • Current Threats
    • Al Qaeda Central
    • Al Qaeda Affiliates
  • The New Terrorist
    • Radicalization Process
    • Political Oxygen
  • Strategies on how to move forward