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Title: National Strategy for Combating Terrorism
February 2003

Author: United States

Release Date: June 21, 2009 [EBook #29185]

Language: English

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National Strategy for

Combating Terrorism

February 2003

National Strategy for Combating Terrorism

INTRODUCTION

THE NATURE OF THE TERRORIST THREAT TODAY

_The Structure of Terror_
_The Changing Nature of Terrorism_
_A New Global Environment_
_Interconnected Terrorist Organizations_
_Availability of Weapons of Mass Destruction_
_Summary_

STRATEGIC INTENT

_Victory in the War Against Terror_

GOALS AND OBJECTIVES

_Defeat Terrorists and Their Organizations_
_Deny Sponsorship, Support, and Sanctuary to Terrorists_
_Diminish the Underlying Conditions that Terrorists Seek to Exploit_
_Defend U.S. Citizens and Interests at Home and Abroad_

CONCLUSION

INTRODUCTION

"_No group or nation should mistake America's intentions:
We will not rest until terrorist groups of global reach
have been found, have been stopped, and have been defeated._"

PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

NOVEMBER 6, 2001

The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, in Washington, D.C., New
York City, and Pennsylvania were acts of war against the United States
of America and its allies, and against the very idea of civilized
society. No cause justifies terrorism. The world must respond and fight
this evil that is intent on threatening and destroying our basic
freedoms and our way of life. Freedom and fear are at war.

The enemy is not one person. It is not a single political regime.
Certainly it is not a religion. The enemy is terrorism--premeditated,
politically motivated violence perpetrated against noncombatant targets
by subnational groups or clandestine agents. Those who employ
terrorism, regardless of their s