Војно дело (Jan 2017)
Mass informative-operative activity in the function of prevention and prevision of terrorism: Concept design
Abstract
An analysis of contemporary trends and developments in the international scene, particularly the analysis of security risks, as well as forms of threats to the safety of people, property and the state as a whole in the second half of the 20th century, indicates a certain transformation of the term 'security'. It loses military character, in response to aggression, and gains defense character from all other forms of security threats. All analyses indicate that it is unlikely that the world wars will be caused and waged by classical war means, and thus such forms of threats to security. The intensification of terrorist activities, both globally and regionally, from the beginning of the 21st century, further confirms the thesis that this form of threat to security becomes dominant. What is evident is that terrorism is more and more present as a contemporary form of pressure in the function of achieving a certain goal. The greatest danger to Southeast Europe, as well as the whole humankind, is global terrorism having religious base with far-reaching interests of a religion in relation to the other, and in the final stage a culture in relation to the other. According to its manner of action, non-selectivity, brutality and fanaticism of the actors themselves, terrorism can be classified as one of the last evils for the world security and lives of people on the earth. What is specially emphasized in this paper is the main character of informative-operative activity - continuity of duration. The focus is on the contents of informative-operational work, the manner and scope of the engagement of people, forces and resources in an informative-intelligence operation in counter-terrorism actions in urban environments. The basic assumption of successful prevention and prevision of terrorist activities is, first and foremost, to take the initiative, which terrorists generally have in their hands (by their goals, time and engaged forces). One of the main forms of achieving this goal is timely information. The information on plans, intentions, objectives, time of action and other elements of terrorist activities is the main basis for successful prevention of terrorist activities. Therefore, it can be said that the existence of a well-organized informative-intelligence activity, as the function of knowledge, implies successful prevention, and thus successful countering terrorist activities in urban environments.
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