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National Strategy for Combating Terrorism September 2006 By: National Security Council (U.S.) |
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National Strategy for Combating Terrorism
SEPTEMBER 2006 Table of Contents Overview of America's National Strategy for Combating Terrorism
Today's Realities in the War on Terror
Successes
Challenges
Today's Terrorist Enemy
Strategic Vision for the War on Terror
Strategy for Winning the War on Terror
Long term approach: Advancing effective democracy
Over the short term: Four priorities of action
Prevent attacks by terrorist networks
Deny WMD to rogue states and terrorist allies who seek to
use them
Deny terrorists the support and sanctuary of rogue states
Deny terrorists control of any nation they would use as a
base and launching pad for terror
Institutionalizing Our Strategy for Long term Success
Conclusion
Overview of America's National Strategy for Combating Terrorism America is at war with a transnational terrorist movement fueled by a
radical ideology of hatred, oppression, and murder. Our National
Strategy for Combating Terrorism, first published in February 2003,
recognizes that we are at war and that protecting and defending the
Homeland, the American people, and their livelihoods remains our first
and most solemn obligation. Our strategy also recognizes that the War on Terror is a different kind
of war. From the beginning, it has been both a battle of arms and a
battle of ideas. Not only do we fight our terrorist enemies on the
battlefield, we promote freedom and human dignity as alternatives to
the terrorists' perverse vision of oppression and totalitarian rule.
The paradigm for combating terrorism now involves the application of
all elements of our national power and influence. Not only do we employ
military power, we use diplomatic, financial, intelligence, and law
enforcement activities to protect the Homeland and extend our defenses,
disrupt terrorist operations, and deprive our enemies of what they need
to operate and survive. We have broken old orthodoxies that once
confined our counterterrorism efforts primarily to the criminal justice
domain. This updated strategy sets the course for winning the War on Terror. It
builds directly from the National Security Strategy issued in March
2006 as well as the February 2003 National Strategy for Combating
Terrorism, and incorporates our increased understanding of the enemy.
From the beginning, we understood that the War on Terror involved more
than simply finding and bringing to justice those who had planned and
executed the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. Our strategy
involved destroying the larger al Qaida network and also confronting
the radical ideology that inspired others to join or support the
terrorist movement. Since 9/11, we have made substantial progress in
degrading the al Qaida network, killing or capturing key lieutenants,
eliminating safehavens, and disrupting existing lines of support.
Through the freedom agenda, we also have promoted the best long term
answer to al Qaida's agenda: the freedom and dignity that comes when
human liberty is protected by effective democratic institutions. In response to our efforts, the terrorists have adjusted, and so we
must continue to refine our strategy to meet the evolving threat.
Today, we face a global terrorist movement and must confront the
radical ideology that justifies the use of violence against innocents
in the name of religion. As laid out in this strategy, to win the War
on Terror, we will: Advance effective democracies as the long term antidote to the
ideology of terrorism; Prevent attacks by terrorist networks; Deny weapons of mass destruction to rogue states and terrorist allies
who seek to use them; Deny terrorists the support and sanctuary of rogue states; Deny terrorists control of any nation they would use as a base and
launching pad for terror; and Lay the foundations and build the institutions and structures we need
to carry the fight forward against terror and help ensure our ultimate
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