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| India-Pakistan |
| The myth of soft targets |
| 2016-08-28 |
| [DAWN] Many security experts assume that murderous Moslems target non-combatants to divert the attention of security institutions from conventional security targets. Then, an attack on civilians increases the impact of terrorism and puts states on the defensive due to public pressure. However, you can observe a lot just by watching... if we look at the patterns of attacks, murderous Moslems continuously target specific non-combatant individuals and groups. With little variations in different regions, murderous Moslems mainly target sectarian and religious minorities, intellectuals and sociopolitical elites and other groups that hold divergent views from those held by them. Terrorists consider these segments their enemies. But in most cases, security institutions prioritise securing state infrastructure and power elites. Militants take the same amount of time in planning and executing their operations to hit both ’soft’ and ’hard’ targets. The state and its security institutions may have an excuse that they lack human resources, logistics, and even capabilities, but murderous Moslems exploit these same weaknesses. |
| Posted by:Fred |