Al-Qaeda Training Manual

The US Department of Justice (US DOJ) has worldly concernly disclosed the Al-Qaeda genteelness Manual which was recovered from the house of arrested alleged terrorist Khalid Khaliq on July 2005 in Manchester, England.The readying manual containing comprehensive chapters of lessons written in Islamic language has been translated in English following US DOJs handling of a trial on the spate of terrorist attacks of the UK and the US vital installations (US DOJ, 2008).Accordingly, to cite, the training manual outlines four substantial topics, such as (1) Lesson 1 Principles of Military Organization, (2) Lesson 2 Necessary Qualifications and characteristics for the Organizations Member, (3) Lesson 3 Counterfeit Currency and risky Documents, and (4) Lesson 4 Organization Military Bases (US DOJ, 2008).In this paper, the position of a counterterrorism specialist ordain be discussed, relating the hypothetical questions on what implications for counterterrorism are contained in the trai ning manual and what counterterrorism system can be developed in light of the manual.Implications for counterterrorismAs a point of view on the classification of the training manual as a captured document, counterterrorism specialist may livelyly consider cardinal fundamental implications for counterterrorism, such as (1) revalidation of the captured document, and (2) operational review on counterterrorism strategies. This critical reconsideration underscores the way of the systems in assessing the counterterrorism campaigns in both military and noncombatant organizations.Revalidation of the captured document would exert extensive effort for key military units and the light community to analyze the veracity of information contained in the training manual.The early scenario to implement the revalidation could be in the field personnel, manage the CIAs HumInt (human intelligence) hole-and-corner(prenominal) operatives that verifies and classifies the substantive category of su ch information. The second scenario could be the analytical order, examining the depth and breadth of the captured document in the aspect of strategic persona and intent referring to the psychological warfare (psywar) of the literature.The operational review on counterterrorism strategies could be in line with redefining and reformulating short and long term plans or tactic purposely to counter the operation plan or OPLAN that can be found in the training manual. Overall, the implication would take into effect the number of policy framework that deals with counterterrorism.Counterterrorism StrategyAs cited from the training manual, Al-Qaeda massively recruits individuals working in borders, seaports and airports, of which will carryout the mission to blast or destroy vital places, like public amusement centers, embassies, economic zones, communication and media establishments, and government and military facilities to summons a few (US DOJ, 2008).Given the above situation, the first employment of a counterterrorism strategy is to secure the possible, potential and vulnerable places for terrorist attacks. One aspect of security measures is with personnel profiling or the conduct of evaluating the profiles of working personnel and monitor their activities. In which case, a security guideline must be decisively implemented in working areas.However, the counterterrorism strategy can be efficiently and effectively implemented without legal constraints by implementing the necessary, existing and applicable laws, regulations and render policies that are meant to safeguard the working places and promote lawful prevention against terrorism. Thus, mobilization of strategic counterterrorism campaigns can be implemented at the extent of public tolerance and compliance.On the other hand, it is a common knowledge that the US naval facility in Guantanamo, Cuba has been used as a prison of arrested terrorists, in which the controversy of alleged inhuman treatment of prisoners has recently ordered by President Barrack Obama to dispose of utilizing the facility as a hurt den.By mentioning this information, it owe to relate the situation that counterterrorism specialist or ripe may rely on applying psychological and physical torture as a method to extract information or obtain it as a first-hand validation from detained terrorists, partly of the strategy in reaffirming the information which is similarly called by the intelligence community as rendition.