The terrorist bombings in the UK on July 7 highlighted the growing threat from "home grown" terrorism, an important research centre has said here.
The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) said Tuesday in its survey "Military Balance 2005-2006" that the UK with its European partners has now an even greater requirement than before to develop counter-terrorism strategic plans.
LONDON, Oct 25 (KUNA) -- The terrorist bombings in the UK on July 7 highlighted the growing threat from "home grown" terrorism, an important research centre has said here.
The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) said Tuesday in its survey "Military Balance 2005-2006" that the UK with its European partners has now an even greater requirement than before to develop counter-terrorism strategic plans.
In its section on terrorism, the independent think tank said that the UK and Europe should now strengthen domestic intelligence, organise border and document control effectively and deepen consequence management techniques.
As important in the long term is to understand the motivations of the extremists, the IISS pointed out.
The extremists seem at least as much psychological, sociological and political as religious in nature, it reckoned.
The think tank also referred to the lethal terrorism bombings on the Indonesian island of Bali on October 2nd, saying that they indicate the continuing counter-terrorism challenges in south east Asia.
Since the first attack on the island, which killed more than 200 three years ago, substantial international pressure and assistance, particularly from Australia has helped to galvanise Indonesias counter-terrorism efforts.
In the meantime, the IISS warned that the Indonesian authorities faced a huge challenge in countering the threat from terrorism, despite the fact that they have made significant progress over the last three years.
On the GCC states fight against international terrorism, the Institute said that Saudi Arabia hosted the first international counter-terrorism conference in Riyadh last February.
Fifty-one countries took part as well as representatives from the UN, the GCC states, the EU and the Organisation of Islamic Countries.
Saudi Arabia proposed in the conference the so-called "Riyadh Declaration" to set up an international counter-terrorism centre.
In addition, pressure on al Qaida elements in Saudi Arabia was increased with a strategy of targeted arrests and leadership killings, the Institute added.
