
The Red Sea Terror Triangle
Sudan, Somalia, Yemen, and Islamic Terror
Shaul Shay(Editor)
Transaction Publishers
1st Edition
Will be published approx. on 31. January 2005
Book
Hardback
234 pages
978-0-7658-0247-7 (ISBN)
Description
In the aftermath of the terror campaign launched on Sep- tember 11, 2001, the United States declared war against global terror. It identified the al-Qaida organization and Afghanistan under the Taliban regime as the initial targets of the offensive, and Iraq as the next. However, aside from the countries included by President Bush in the "Axis of Evil" (Iraq, Iran, and North Korea), a triangle of countries in the Red Sea region are also potential targets in the war against terror - Sudan, Somalia, and Yemen.This assessment is based on the historical record: Each of these countries has in one form or another provided refuge for Islamic terror organizations. Sudan, Somalia, and Yemen are Muslim states, situated at the periphery of the heart of Islam, which is generally identified as the Arab Peninsula, Egypt, and the Fertile Crescent. This area is of strategic significance to both sides of the vital shipping route that connects the Arabian Sea (the Indian Ocean) and the Red Sea. Osama Bin Laden, al-Qaida, and members of other radical Islamic organizations have found allies and safe havens in both the heart of Islam and its periphery. The presence of radical Islamic entities in the region, alongside local problems and conflicts rooted in national, ethnic, and tribal issues, has turned the Red Sea countries into a nucleus of instability and dissension, one that threatens the security and peace of both neighboring and more distant countries.Shay examines the three countries designated as the Red Sea Terror Triangle, and explores the ties each maintains with Islamic terror, as well as the reciprocal links between them. Understanding these countries is of critical importance, since all or some of them may constitute a base for Islamic terror organizations in the future.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Somerset
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
453 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7658-0247-7 (9780765802477)
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Person
Shaul Shay is a research fellow at the International Policy Institute for Counter-Terrorism at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya, and heads the Israel Defense Forces' Department of History. Among his books are Terror at the Command of the Imam, The Endless Jihad, and, with co-author Yoram Schweitzer, The Globalization of Terror (available from Transaction).
Content
I: Sudan and Islamic Terror; 1: Sudan-A Historical Review; 2: Sudan and Islam; 3: Sudan and Terror; II: Somalia and Islamic Terror; 4: Somalia-Background and Historical Review; III: Yemen and Islamic Terror; 5: Yemen-Historical Background; IV: The Terror Triangle and Its Impact on Neighboring Countries; 6: Impact of Terror on Neighboring Countries; V: Theoretical Analysis and Conclusions; 7: The Islamic Terror Triangle-Comparative Aspects