Countering the ISIS/ISIL Threat

Running head: COUNTERING ISIS/ISIL THREATS 1
Countering the ISIS/ISIL Threat
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COUNTERING ISIS/ISIL THREATS 2
Countering the ISIS/ISIL Threat
Thesis
Fighting terrorism effectively requires team building whereby nations join hands through
sharing of information, deployment of troops, and creation of a common financial pool to
facilitate the course.
Outline
I. Understanding the Threat
a) Defining ISIL
b) How it is threat to America
II. Intelligence Assets and Capability.
a) Terrorism Intelligence Cell at NATO Headquarters
1. Their capabilities
2. Type of intelligence gathered
b) A regional Hub for the South
1. Their capabilities
2. Types of intelligence gathered
c) Defence Against Terrorism Programme of Work (DAT POW)
1. Their capabilities
2. Types of intelligence gathered
III. A Request for Intelligence (RFI)
a) Information sharing
b) Coordination
c) Financial pool
IV. Recommendations to Law Enforcement Agencies

COUNTERING ISIS/ISIL THREATS 3
a) Creation of international alliance against ISIL
b) Destruction of the key ISIL networks
Annotated Bibliography
Kumar, C. (2015). Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) a global threat: international
strategy to counter the threat. Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, 345-353.
Kumar (2015) suggests that ISIS/ISIL currently pose profound threats which have
surpassed state boundaries and the extremists have taken over and controlled important
infrastructure across neighboring states. UK and U.S., convened a NATO summit to champion
the formulation of comprehensive response measures to challenges posed by ISIS. Among the
key agendas were the deployment of military support to Iraqi partners, address the humanitarian
crisis, de-legitimize ISIS philosophies, prevent ISIS funding, and stop foreign flow of fighters
into Syria and Iraq. The ten countries in the summit harmonized to collaborate with the new Iraqi
government to adequately train its military personnel and supply them with arms at federal,
regional, and provisional level. Additionally, a multinational force was instituted to aid in
sharing information. The recommendation to the heightened fight against extremist groups is the
desire for a unified methodology at the local, regional, and international level by merging
military, intelligence, law enforcement, economic, and diplomatic tools.
Gunaratna, R. (2015). Countering Violent Extremism: Revisiting Rehabilitation and
Community Engagement. Counter Terrorist Trends and Analyses, 7(3), 5-13.
The author dwells on the idea that killing terrorist, disrupting their operations, and
holding their support group hostage cannot serve as an ultimate solution to counter terrorism
acts. Gunaratna (2015) believes that governments can bring terrorism to an end by persistently
targeting and dismantling the entire structure which produces and sustains an extremist group.