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`Global networking needed to tackle terrorism'
By Our Special Correspondent
CHENNAI, DEC. 7. With terrorists threat becoming global, there is a need for fine- tuning the agencies and international networking to meet the challenge, the former Director of Intelligence Bureau, Mr. Shyamal Datta, said on Friday.
He referred to the attack on the World Trade Center (WTC) in New York on September 11 and said that various countries, which had never seen eye-to-eye before, had come together to counter the menace. Terror had become global and in the approach to tackle it, new structures based on interdependence would have to be created to give shape to a new world. International networking was needed to meet the diabolical threat. Simultaneously, networking the community was also essential. In this context, he emphasised the need for community policing and a civil interphase.
Mr. Datta said that terrorism cannot be wiped out; it can only be contained. To manage terrorism a good governance was needed. He was delivering the third T.S. Narayanaswami Memorial lecture on `Management of the National Security Environment- Challenges and Opportunities', organised by the India Cements Educational Society (ICES).
The former IB chief said that history had shown that movements which were based on religion, caste or ethnicity, got rooted in terrorism or insurgency over a period of time. The very existence of micro-nations provided an inspiration to such dissatisfied groups to try to achieve statehood. Such a lack of cohesion could not be contained by the use of force. A policy to bring about social cohesion and take care of dissent was needed. People should be involved in the administration. What compounded the situation in the Third World was malgovernance, he said.
Another development which aggravated the situation was the prolific growth of the NGOs. Certain organisations tried to thrive in a conflict situation. While trying to champion the cause of the depressed sections, they were involved in advocating protests, breeding new ideas and organising public support.
Mr. N. Ramachandran, president, ICES, said the attack on the WTC and the later events in Afghanistan had added a new dimension to national security management.
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