Terrorism in Southeast Asia

By Vaughn, Bruce

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Title:	Terrorism in Southeast Asia
Author:	Vaughn, Bruce
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Language:	English
Subject:	Government publications, Legislation., Government Printing Office (U.S.)
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Citation APA MLA Chicago Vaughn, B. (n.d.). Terrorism in Southeast Asia. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.cc/

Excerpt
Excerpt: On December 17, 2004, Congressional legislation, that seeks to address the war against terrorism in ways that would affect its prosecution in Southeast Asia, became Public Law 108-458, the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004. P.L. 108-458 addresses a number of issues identified by the 9/11 Commission Report including the need to identify and eliminate terrorist sanctuaries, to increase engagement between America and Muslim peoples, to support public education in Muslim states, to foster scholastic exchange with Muslim states, to promote economic policies to encourage development of open societies, to engage foreign governments in developing a comprehensive multilateral strategy to fight terrorism, and to track terrorist financing among other provisions.

Table of Contents
Contents Recent Developments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 The 9/11 Commission’s Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Background — The Rise of Islamic Militancy and Terrorism in Southeast Asia . 3 The Rise of Al Qaeda in Southeast Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 The Jemaah Islamiyah Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 History of Jemaah Islamiyah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Jemaah Islamiyah’s Relationship to Al Qaeda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Jemaah Islamiyah’s Size and Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Major Plots and Attacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 The Trial of Baasyir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Recent Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Focus Countries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Indonesia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Shifts in Jakarta’s Counter-Terrorism Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Recent Developments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 The Philippines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Phase One of U.S.-Philippine Military Cooperation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 The MILF and the MNLF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 The Philippine Communist Party (CPP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Phase Two of U.S.-Philippine Military Cooperation? . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Thailand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Violence Continues in Southern Provinces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Central Government Response . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Possible Foreign Involvement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Criticism of Thaksin’s Approach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Tension in Regional Relations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Thailand as a Convenient Base . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 A New Front in the War on Terror? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Malaysia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Recent Developments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Singapore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Reformed Homeland Security Apparatus and Counterterror Strategy . 31 Increased Intelligence Sharing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Bilateral and Multilateral Cooperation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Australia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Cambodia and Burma: New Countries of Convenience? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Options and Implications for U.S. Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Strategies for Combating Terrorism in Southeast Asia . . . . .