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Structural Devolution: Cell-based Terrorism to Brand Franchising

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For extended periods of its history, terrorist organizations were cell-based, which was a way to protect the whole organization while having a certain level of flexibility to carry out operations. The cells however still gravitated around a node and structure based on hierarchy. This is the classic form of terrorist organizations. In 2004, former CIA analyst and psychologist Marc Sageman wrote in hid book Understanding Terror Networks about the novelty of the post-9/11 Al Qaida structure, one based on spontaneous, independent groups that were only connected by the MO and a religious/ideological philosophy, namely a Salafi interpretation of Islam. This created a nightmare for security forces because the classic methods Continue reading Structural Devolution: Cell-based Terrorism to Brand Franchising→

NERCT Speakers’ Expertise on Boko Haram gets international Attention

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Representatives of the Modern Security Consulting Group MOSECON GmbH, organizers of NERCT 2014, have received increasing attention by various international media. Indeed, MOSECON GmbH CEO Yan St-Pierre and MOSECON Africa Managing Director Uzoma I Kingsley have been quoted and asked for their analysis of the threat of Boko Haram in the wake of the kidnapping of the Chibok school girls. Among the different media outlets were Al-Jazeera America, CNN, Voice of America, Christian Science Monitor, La Razòn (Madrid), La voz de Galicia (Spain) and La Hora (Chile). The organizers and speakers of NERCT hope that sharing their knowledge and insight will help the Nigerian government and its allies in its Continue reading NERCT Speakers’ Expertise on Boko Haram gets international Attention→