Please explain what policy(ies) you believe that the United States is involved in, that you would define and/or describe as "interventionist".
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On Fri, May 2, 2014 at 12:39 PM, plainolamerican <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > *A surge in the number of aggressive al-Qaida affiliates and like-minded > groups the Middle East and North Africa poses a serious threat to U.S. > interests and allies---the failed US intervention policy creates more > terrorists.* > On Friday, May 2, 2014 7:48:06 AM UTC-5, Travis wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> DCG posted: " NYDailyNews: A surge in the number of aggressive >> al-Qaida affiliates and like-minded groups the Middle East and North Africa >> poses a serious threat to U.S. interests and allies, the State Department >> said Wednesday in reporting a more than 40 percent i" Respond to this >> post by replying above this line >> >> New post on *Fellowship of the Minds* >> <http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/author/dcgere/> Terrorism, number of >> Al Qaeda affiliates both surged from 2012 to 2013: State >> Department<http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/2014/05/02/terrorism-number-of-al-qaeda-affiliates-both-surged-from-2012-to-2013-state-department/> >> by >> DCG <http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/author/dcgere/> >> >> NYDailyNews<http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/terrorism-number-al-qaeda-affiliates-surged-2013-state-department-article-1.1775509>: >> *A surge in the number of aggressive al-Qaida affiliates and like-minded >> groups the Middle East and North Africa poses a serious threat to U.S. >> interests and allies*, the State Department said Wednesday in reporting >> a more than 40 percent increase in terrorist attacks worldwide between 2012 >> and 2013. >> >> The department also singled out Iran as a major state sponsor of >> terrorism that continues to defy demands it prove its atomic ambitions are >> peaceful even as Washington pursues negotiations with Tehran over its >> nuclear program. >> >> In its annual global terrorism report, *the department said that losses >> in al-Qaida’s core leadership in Pakistan and Afghanistan “accelerated” the >> network’s decentralization in 2013*. That has resulted in more >> autonomous and more aggressive affiliates, notably in Yemen, Syria, Iraq, >> northwest Africa, and Somalia, it said. >> >> “*The terrorist threat continued to evolve rapidly in 2013*, with an >> increasing number of groups around the world — including both AQ affiliates >> and other terrorist organizations — *posing a threat to the United >> States, our allies, and our interests*,” according to the strategic >> assessment of the “Country Reports on Terrorism.” >> >> *The report identified a 43 percent increase in the number of terrorist >> attacks in 2013 from 2012*, according to statistics provided by the >> National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism. >> >> [image: rop]<http://fellowshipofminds.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/rop.jpg> >> >> It counted 9,707 terrorist attacks around the world in 2013,* resulting >> in more than 17,800 deaths and more than 32,500 injuries*. Most of those >> occurred in Afghanistan, India, Iraq, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Philippines, >> Somalia, Syria, Thailand and Yemen. In 2012, the figures were 6,771 >> terrorist attacks, with more than 11,000 deaths and more than 21,600 >> injuries. Most of those where in the same 10 countries as in 2013. >> >> Despite the spike in the number of attacks, the report pointed out that >> nearly half of them caused no fatalities and 53 percent caused no injuries. >> >> The most lethal attacks in 2013 were conducted by the *Taliban* in >> Afghanistan, the Pakistani Taliban, Nigeria’s Boko Haram, *al-Qaida* in >> Iraq, *al-Qaida* in Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and *al-Qaida*in >> the Arabian Peninsula, according to the report. >> >> “While the international community has severely degraded AQ’s core >> leadership, *the terrorist threat has evolved*,” it said. “Leadership >> losses in Pakistan, coupled with weak governance and instability in the >> Middle East and Northwest Africa, have accelerated the decentralization of >> the movement and led to the affiliates in the AQ network becoming more >> operationally autonomous from core AQ and increasingly focused on local and >> regional objectives.” >> >> Those groups have subsequently taken advantage of conditions on the >> ground “to broaden and deepen their operations,” it said, noting deadly >> attacks against religious pilgrims in Iraq, hospital staff and patients in >> Yemen by al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula and a popular shopping mall in >> Kenya last year by the Somali-based al-Shabab organization. >> >> In addition to spurring more and deadlier activity, *al-Qaida’s >> decentralization has led to its affiliates increasing their financial >> independence from the core by staging a growing number of kidnappings for >> ransom and other crimes*, like extortion and credit card fraud, the >> report said. It said the Yemeni affiliate and al-Qaida in the Islamic >> Maghreb, which is active in North Africa, have become “particularly >> effective” at such activities. >> >> *And, it said, 2013 saw groups like these boost their presence on social >> media platforms*, although with mixed results, as various online voices >> often led to “confusion and contradictions” in their messaging. >> Nevertheless, it said, the wider audience reached through new media >> compounds the extremist threat. >> >> The report also pointed out a “worrisome trend” in that a significant >> amount of terrorism in 2013 was sectarian in nature, especially in Syria, >> Lebanon, and Pakistan. >> >> It noted that thousands of al-Qaida inspired extremists flooded into >> Syria to join that country’s civil war, ostensibly to protect Sunni Muslims >> from Syrian President Bashar Assad’s Alawite-dominated government. Despite >> divisions among themselves and with al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, *these >> groups, including al-Nusrah Front and the Islamic State of Iraq and the >> Levant remain a serious threat*, the report said. >> >> At the same time, Iran and the radical Lebanon-based Hezbollah movement >> stepped up the provision of critical support to Assad, *“dramatically >> bolstering” his capabilities and exacerbating the conflict*, it said. >> >> On Iran, which has been designated a “state sponsor of terrorism” by the >> United States since 1984, the report said Tehran last year persisted in >> supporting Palestinian terrorist groups, boosted its presence in Africa and >> tried to smuggle weapons to separatists in Yemen and Bahrain. >> >> Tehran used the al-Quds Force of its Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as >> its “primary mechanism for cultivating and supporting terrorists abroad” >> with the intent of destabilizing the Middle East and fomenting anti-Israel >> attacks and sentiment, it said. >> >> While it continued to sponsor terrorism, Iran also remained a concern for >> the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, the report said. >> >> Despite ongoing negotiations with world powers to address concerns about >> its nuclear program, Iran remains in violation of international demands to >> come clean about its intentions and prove it is not trying to develop >> atomic weapons, it said. >> >> Along with Iran, the 2013 report identified Cuba, Syria and Sudan as >> “state sponsors of terrorism,” designations that remain unchanged from last >> year. >> >> DCG >> *DCG <http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/author/dcgere/>* | May 2, 2014 >> at 4:00 am | Tags: Al-Qaida<http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/?tag=al-qaida>, >> Iran <http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/?tag=iran>, >> Taliban<http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/?tag=taliban>| Categories: >> crime <http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/?cat=34945349>, >> Islam<http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/?cat=420>, >> Middle East <http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/?cat=3250>, >> Terrorism<http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/?cat=35034649>| URL: >> http://wp.me/pKuKY-qlY >> >> >> Comment<http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/2014/05/02/terrorism-number-of-al-qaeda-affiliates-both-surged-from-2012-to-2013-state-department/#respond> >> See all >> comments<http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/2014/05/02/terrorism-number-of-al-qaeda-affiliates-both-surged-from-2012-to-2013-state-department/#comments> >> >> >> Unsubscribe<https://subscribe.wordpress.com/?key=7f89380f46003915c34c2cdd2b126a38&email=bovinescatologists%40gmail.com&b=LC2%3DHIVYUzaqg%7EkhMYumiih.nOxKfqimvY%5DV1W%3DrC%3DH0mf%7Cgkjc>to >> no longer receive posts from Fellowship of the Minds. >> Change your email settings at Manage >> Subscriptions<https://subscribe.wordpress.com/?key=7f89380f46003915c34c2cdd2b126a38&email=bovinescatologists%40gmail.com>. >> >> >> *Trouble clicking?* Copy and paste this URL into your browser: >> http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/2014/05/02/terrorism- >> number-of-al-qaeda-affiliates-both-surged-from-2012-to-2013- >> state-department/ >> >> Thanks for flying with WordPress.com <http://wordpress.com> >> >> >> -- > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ > * It's active and moderated. 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