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May 3, 2006

UK: Experts Fail To Spot Defining Traits Of Muslim Killers

The BBC reported yesterday that a conference, held in London to discuss the motives and actions of Muslim suicide-bombers failed to reach a consensus. The conference was organised by the Centre for Defence Studies at King's College and the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment.

The aim of the seminar was to unravel "the puzzle that will help us better understand what determines and motivates the actions of individual jihadists."

One main theme was "psychological profiling", which has been seen to bring positive results in the search for psychopaths and serial killers. But Dr John Horgan, a psychologist from St Andrews University in Scotland said of this: "I believe the psychological profiling of Islamic terrorists is a complete waste of time."

He continued: "It will not work. It means different things to different people and there is the wrong assumption that if we can identify the traits of known terrorists we can move into predictions. The terrorists are not a homogenous population and we simply do not understand why some move from legal activities to illegal. Too much is based on a limited range of people and we are seeing only the tip of the iceberg."

When questioned later, Horgan said: "Psychological profiling is beguiling. Social profiling, looking at the social background, is more useful."

"It's also important to look at the ways in which a person gets drawn into terrorism and from that to develop counter -terrorism strategies. There is an "IED" progression, from involvement to engagement and then, in some, to disengagement from terrorism."

"At points along this line, we can try to stop them. For example in Northern Ireland, the racketeering that went on in paramilitary groups was exposed. That undermined the idealism of some who thought they might join."

But Petter Nesser of the Norwegian Research Establishment, who had examined the supposed mindsets of the suicide bombers of 7th July last year, who collectively murdered 52 people, claimed to have identified four psychological "types".

These were: the entrepreneur, the protege, the misfit and the drifter.

According to Nesser, Mohammed Siddique Khan, leader of the group, fitted the identity of the "entrepreneur". He was a leader, and had the attitudes of an activist, having previously campaigned for Kashmiri terrorism, and had a sense of injustice about Muslims in the ummah.

Nesser identified Shezad Tanweer as the "protege". He explained: "The protege might be younger and certainly looks up to the leader. He is also activist minded, also educated and is sometimes skilled. He might be used for bomb making. Tanweer went to Pakistan with Khan in 1994, so was close to him."

Hasib Hussain fitted his notion of the "misfit". The misfit has a troubled background, and is not an idealist. He joins up because of his personal problems, he is streetwise but not well educated, and may have violent tendencies.

The fourth type, the "drifter" fitted Jermaine Lindsay. Nesser claimed: "This kind of person drifts into the group through circumstances or contacts. He might not have been an activist before and might not be entrusted with key details of the group's activities."

Professor Fernando Reinares of the Elcano Royal Institute in Madrid, noted that in Spain, there is no tradition of earlier generations of immigrants, as there is in the UK. Most of his country's terrorists were foreigners, and these included university graduates and illiterates.

Alison Pargeter of King's College had studied 34 "converts". She said converts were often vulnerable, from broken homes, and were seeking an escape. They could not distinguish between moderate and extreme branches of Islam.

Chief Inspector Mick Gillick of West Midlands police said: "I am a little bit sceptical about profiling being the answer to predicting terrorism, though I recognise the concept of the entrepreneur. However, because Khan became a terrorist after being an activist, it does not follow that other activists will become terrorists."

Michael Taarnby of the Danish Institute for International Studies predicted: "There will be more bombers."

The BBC reporter, Paul Reynolds, suggested off his own back that perhaps if people took note of the effects of international events, such as Chechnya, Afghanistan, Iraq, the Middle East, Bosnia etc, there would be a common source of motivation, and was disappointed to find this notion was briefly mentioned only once.

So the BBC would have one believe or implies, as do many Muslims, that Britain deserved to have the 7/7 bombers killing people on London Transport. If Britain had stayed out of Iraq, there would have been no bombs.

There is only one common theme running through Islamic terrorists' mentalities and attitudes. THEY ARE ALL MUSLIMS. They revere a book in which exhortations are made to kill the infidel. It was based on the sayings of a psychotic paedophile who heard delusional voices, and went on to mount campaigns of violence. He slaughtered the entire male membership of the Banu Qurayzah tribe of Medina in one afternoon. They were all beheaded because Mohammed's paranoia led him to believe there was a "plot" against him.

Mohammed commended people who murdered those who made fun of him.

The real cause of Islamic terrorism is, despite the pontifications of these so-called experts, Islam itself, and the inspirations of its violently deranged founder.

Posted by Giraldus Cambrensis at May 3, 2006 9:00 AM

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