Author : Cynthia L. Starita
Publisher : LFB Scholarly Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781593325732
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis The Mounting Threat of Domestic Terrorism by : Cynthia L. Starita
Download or read book The Mounting Threat of Domestic Terrorism written by Cynthia L. Starita and published by LFB Scholarly Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Starita considers the terrorist threat of the transnational criminal syndicate Mara Salvatrucha, commonly known as MS-13, its affiliation with Frente Farabundo Marti para la Liberacion Nacional (FMLN) in El Salvador, and its possible link to al Qaeda. Starita's findings suggest that the goals, tactical capabilities, and organizational fecklessness of MS-13 make the Salvadoran gang capable of providing the assistance necessary for the realization of al Qaeda's goals and that this assistance could be provided by the cliques of MS-13 operating in the southwestern United States. Further, she finds indirect evidence of collaboration between MS-13 and al Qaeda andthat other transnational criminal syndicates could also offer al Qaeda the same tactical assistance MS-13 might provide.