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2008.
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Summary/Abstract |
The lines between terrorism and brutal profiteering are increasingly blurred. Terrorists engaging in criminal acts under the guise of ideology pose a real and pervasive threat to international security. Through loss of leadership, a changing historical moment or the sheer lure of fistfuls of cash, politics and ideology bow to commerce, becoming nothing more than attractive faades that can pave the way to recruitment and cooperation with other, more-principled organizations. When it comes down to it, these types of terrorists need to be treated as criminals motivated by money, not ideals
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