Counter Terrorism Strategy for Islamic World

A new top secret covert war was initiated immediately after the US invasion of Afghanistan.This was a time when Rumsfeld had just initiated a policy of sub contracting US war to civilian sub contractors with a military-intelligence background.Afghanistan from 2001 onwards became the heartland of this new form of war.The concept was to sub let intelligence gathering , low intensity operations and various covert operations to civilian sub contractors.The contractors were from a vast array of NATO states but predominantly US ,British,Canadian and Australian.The targets were both state and non state actors ranging from Taliban,Al Qaeda ,Pakistan,Iran,China,Russia,Central Asian states etc.Afghanistan thus became a huge Casablanca or Lisbon on worlds intelligence operatives. 12. Iraq Experiment -2003 to 2013 Lessons of Afghan experiment of 2001 and more importantly civilian contractors played a crucial role in Iraqi experiment . Here the target was Iraqi Baath regime,Al Qaeda and various Iraqi extremist groups.Foundations were laid in this phase of war for the Libyan experiment of 2010-12 and Syrian war of 2010-ongoing.In addition a base was laid for future operations in Yemen and Saudi Arabia. 13. Libyan Syrian Experiments Libyan and Syrian experiments can be repeated partially or completely in Pakistan ,Saudi Arabia ,Turkey Afghanistan and Iran and should be an example of a likely threat for all concerned states. 14. TTP Pakistan Model TTP in Pakistan should be an example ow a state actor can use a non state actor to chastise a state. 15. BLA-BRA-BLF Model BLA , BRA and BLF type secessionist parties are also a lesson how state actors can support secessionist proxies to chastise a state where a state actors sees a reason to do so , may it be geopolitical or otherwise.