Al-Qaeda Training Manual

The US Department of Justice (US DOJ) has semipublicly disclosed the Al-Qaeda Training manual of arms which was recovered from the house of arrested alleged terrorist Khalid Khaliq on July 2005 in Manchester, England.The training manual containing comprehensive chapters of lessons written in Islamic language has been translated in face following US DOJs handling of a visitation on the spate of terrorist attacks of the UK and the US vital installations (US DOJ, 2008).Accordingly, to cite, the training manual outlines iv substantial topics, such as (1) Lesson 1 Principles of Military Organization, (2) Lesson 2 obligatory Qualifications and characteristics for the Organizations Member, (3) Lesson 3 Counterfeit Currency and Forged Documents, and (4) Lesson 4 Organization Military Bases (US DOJ, 2008).In this paper, the position of a counterterrorism specialist allow be discussed, relating the hypothetical questions on what implications for counterterrorism be contained in the tra ining manual and what counterterrorism dodging can be developed in light of the manual.Implications for counterterrorismAs a tip of view on the classification of the training manual as a captured written document, counterterrorism specialist may critically consider two pro set in motion implications for counterterrorism, such as (1) revalidation of the captured document, and (2) operational review on counterterrorism strategies. This critical rethink underscores the way of the systems in assessing the counterterrorism campaigns in both military and civilian organizations.Revalidation of the captured document would exert extensive effort for key military units and the intelligence resi dential area to analyze the veracity of information contained in the training manual.The first scenario to follow up the revalidation could be in the field military group, like the CIAs HumInt (human intelligence) clandestine operatives that verifies and classifies the essential category of su ch information. The second scenario could be the analytical method, examining the learning and breadth of the captured document in the aspect of strategical purpose and figure 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 tactics by choice to counter the operation plan or OPLAN that can be found in the training manual. Overall, the implication would take into effect the enactment 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 name a few (US DOJ, 2008).Given the above situatio n, the first employment of a counterterrorism strategy is to ascertain the possible, potential and vulnerable places for terrorist attacks. One aspect of security measures is through personnel profiling or the conduct of evaluating the profiles of working personnel and monitoring their activities. In which case, a security guideline must be decisively enforced 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 state 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 adjustment and compliance.On the other hand, it is a common knowledge that the US Naval preparation in Guantanamo, Cuba has been used as a prison of arrested terrorists, in which the literary argument of alleg ed inhuman treatment of prisoners has recently ordered by hot seat Barrack Obama to dispose of utilizing the facility as a torture den.By mentioning this information, it owe to relate the situation that counterterrorism specialist or expert 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 also called by the intelligence community as rendition.