Network Southeast Trains

Introduction

Terrorism is a highly controversial issue in contemporary international affairs. It is considered a threat to world peace, security and development, particularly in the aftermath of 9 / 11. In 2001, Sep.11 attacks against the United States has attracted the attention of the entire world community to the global phenomenon, terrorism, and has made Osama Bin Laden Al-Qaeda the focus of the world's attention. The jihadist movement is, however, much larger than Bin Laden and his
Al-Qaeda. Jihadist groups flourish throughout the world, tracing the violence and fueling civil unrest whenever the opportunity arises. Civil conflict in Palestine, Chechnya, Kashmir, Kosovo, Bosnia, the Philippines, and elsewhere, have all been infiltrated by jihadist groups to a form or another. Western countries, especially the United States, perceived Southeast Asia is becoming the most important center for Islamic terrorism in Outside the Arab East. The existence of an international terrorist group and their supporters in South Asia is identified as a threat to both regional stability and to achieve the core objectives of U.S. policy (CRS Report, 2008).

Based in London, International Institute for Strategic Studies, one of the leading UK think-tank has warned that Al Qaeda retains the ability to "plan and coordinate large-scale attacks in the western world", as illustrated by the discovery of terrorist plots in Europe and elsewhere. They said, moreover, al-Qaeda was expanding its influence with several regional jihadist groups signing up to its "headline goal" (The Hindu, September 14 2007.P .15).. It is important to note that the British-based terrorism expert Rohan Gunaranta estimated in early 2002, about one fifth of the strength of the Al-Qaeda has been in Asia in general. In South Asia Are the activities of Al Qaeda appear to have been concentrated in Malaysia, Singapore, Pakistan and Indonesia (Dr.Frank Frost, 2007).

The greatest threat to the United States today is jihadi terrorism by Muslims. The jihadists are a collection of self-appointed religious fanatics who have launched a holy war, jihad against the United States and everything American. They have also declared war on Israel, Europe and anyone who opposes their vision of a world ruled by the Islamic law. They believed that the USA are the main obstacles to their control of the Islamic world. They are the ones who declared war on the United States and its allies, and it is they who have become the focal point of America's war against terrorism (Monte Palmer 2004.P.1.).

Since September 2001, the United States has increased focus on radical Islamist and terrorist groups in Southeast Asia, particularly in the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Singapore. America discovered that South Asia is a database of past, present and possibly future terrorist operation. Al-Qaeda penetrated the region by establishing local cells, training Southeast Asians in its camps in Afghanistan, and by financing and cooperating with indigenous radical Islamist groups. Indonesia and the southern Philippines have been particularly vulnerable to penetration by anti-American Islamist terrorist groups (CRS Report for Congress, 2007). Al-Qaeda, with help from local cells or local Islamist groups made many terrorists struck, for example, the bombing October 12, 2002 in Bali, Indonesia that killed 200 people and the number of terrorist attack India, Hyderabad and Varanasi example plots.

Jihad in India

Before the attack against the Indian Parliament in 2001, terrorist attacks has been limited with only very few states, particularly Jammu and Kashmir. But after the Parliament attack, almost all of St.