MARITIME TERRORISM. THE “STEALTH” THREAT FOR INTERNATIONAL SECURITY
Journal Title: Impact Strategic - Year 2005, Vol 17, Issue 4
Abstract
In spite of a relatively large number of criminal acts that have occurred at sea after World War II, violence in this area has been marginalized and equated with piracy. In a prevailing view, this experience has been associated with poor countries challenged by domestic conflicts, underdeveleped and unable to exercise effective control over coastal areas. According to the majority of opinions, unlawful activities at sea have had only a small impact on international security, global sea trade and the economic situation of the leading countries in the world. Even the often reappearing information about the acquisition of ever more advanced technical capabilities by organizations engaged in this activity could not alter this view. It was only a suicide bomb attack on the modern American destroyer Cole re-fuelling at the port of Aden plus the events of 11th September 2001 that forced varifica- tion of these reassuring assessments incompatible with reality.
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Krzysztof KUBIAK
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