From: abul-hasan Bin-Ramon 
To: msa-net@msa-natl.org ; msa_ec@listbot.com ; naqsh@listbot.com ; mateens@sybase.com 
Subject: STEVEN EMERSON SAYS HE "ADMIRES" KABBANI
Date: Friday, January 22, 1999 5:43 PM

STEVEN EMERSON SAYS HE "ADMIRES" KABBANI

The following is an excerpt from a January 21, 1999 speech by so-called 
terrorism expert Steven Emerson:

I think the figures in the United States, or elsewhere for that matter, 
I think the figures I recited before clearly show, and the testimonies 
that have been given to Congress, including by Robert Blitzer, clearly 
show that militant Islamic fundamentalist groups pose the greatest 
threat to the United States internally and externally. And that is an 
assessment that has been stated by the FBI and by CIA officials as well. 

Recently, a prominent Sheik from California gave a speech at the State 
Department Forum in which he unequivocally condemned Islamic terrorist 
groups by name. For that transgression, he was condemned and bitterly 
attacked by other "mainstream" Islamic groups as an enemy of Islam, as 
"a Mossad agent," and heaven forbid, as an ally of Steve Emerson. For 
the record, I have never met or spoken or communicated with Sheik Habani 
(sp), but I do know that I admire his courage. 

In short, we live in a world that is increasingly dangerous. The new 
paradigm of terrorism is not the traditional one with a clear command 
and control, a clear line of direction, or a clear political goal to 
extract political concessions from the West. Rather, it is 
transnational, it amorphous, it is decentralized, and inherently 
religious in nature, and it defies the traditional organized crime 
paradigm, although that is still used as the primary paradigm by law 
enforcement to mount prosecutions. 

SOURCE: Federal News Service transcript of the January 21, 1999 event: 
International Association of Counterterrorism & Security Professionals 
Conference Re: "TERRORISM: TRENDS AND FORECASTS FOR 1999," held in 
Washington, DC. Copyright 1999 Federal Information Systems Corporation

For a complete copy of the transcript, e-mail me or write:

Federal News Service
620 National Press Building
Washington, DC  20045 


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