Terrorism: Not Who but Why?
Aug 2005, Vol. 150, No. 4
By Turi Munthe
We have no stock answers anymore to the ‘Who?’ question: who are those attacking us? Who joins the global jihad against the West? What typology do they exhibit? We know they are mostly male and mostly young, but they range from post-graduates to illiterates, from British-born Pakistanis to Jordanian villagers. ‘Radicalization’ was the greatest threat to British homeland security. To fight radicalization, we have to understand its terms. If we can no longer ask ‘Who?’, then we must ask ‘Why?’ The way we answer that question will determine our policy approach.
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By Turi Munthe
We have no stock answers anymore to the ‘Who?’ question: who are those attacking us? Who joins the global jihad against the West? What typology do they exhibit? We know they are mostly male and mostly young, but they range from post-graduates to illiterates, from British-born Pakistanis to Jordanian villagers. ‘Radicalization’ was the greatest threat to British homeland security. To fight radicalization, we have to understand its terms. If we can no longer ask ‘Who?’, then we must ask ‘Why?’ The way we answer that question will determine our policy approach.
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