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U.N. Must Sharpen Response to Evolving “Third Generation” al-Qaeda Tactics, Report Says
Al-Qaeda’s evolving tactics and determination to acquire and use weapons of mass destruction must be met by updated U.N. sanctions to block such efforts, according to a report released yesterday (see GSN, Sept. 14). “Terrorist tactics have evolved over the past several years and the (monitoring) team believes the arms embargo should change with the times,” a committee monitoring U.N. sanctions against al-Qaeda and the Taliban said in a report to the Security Council. The report warns that al-Qaeda’s “third generation” of followers are skilled in conducting urban warfare and suicide bombings, and that the terrorist organization is looking to carry out larger-scale attacks in order to generate publicity. The committee recommended strengthening the U.N. arms embargo to prevent nuclear, chemical or biological weapons from falling into terrorists’ hands. A strong embargo, the committee says, could force the al-Qaeda to use less-effective equipment or to incur greater risk of discovery by trying to obtain better weaponry. All 191 U.N. member states are required to maintain a financial freeze, travel ban and arms embargo on the Taliban, al-Qaeda and its associates, the Associated Press reported (Kim Gamel, Associated Press/Yahoo!News, Sept. 20).
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