**September 29, 2006 FEMA Emergency Management Higher Education Project
Activity Report**

\(1\) AUBURN UNIVERSITY, AUBURN AL \-- INTRODUCES EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
CERTIFICATE PROGRAM:

Received today from Maria T. Folmar, Center for Governmental Services at
Auburn University, a description of the new Emergency Management for
Government and the Public Sector distance learning certificate program
\-- for posting to the \"Stand-Alone\" section of the Emergency
Management college listings on \"The College List\" on the EM HiEd
Project website. As noted in an earlier posting here, the first course
to be offered will be \"Homeland Security and Emergency Management
Planning and Preparedness Post 9/11 and Post Katrina \-- to begin on
October 6th. For information concerning enrollment in this online course
contact The Center for Governmental Services at (334) 844-4899 or access
the website linked to:
[[www.auburn.edu/outreach/cgs]{.underline}](../www.auburn.edu/outreach/cgs)

In a previous communication from Maria Folmar, she noted that she was
looking for an adjunct instructor for a distance learning course on
Resource Management. Interested parties can contact Mr. Folmar at:
<folmama@auburn.edu>

\(2\) BUCKS COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE, DOYLESTON PA \-- EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT PROGRAM SET TO BEGIN:

The Project Assistant reports that she heard this week from Ed Wurster
to the effect that both the AAS and Certificate programs in Emergency
Management and Public Safety have been approved and will be offered for
the January 2007 term. Both will be offered classroom and online. These
developments will be reflected in write-ups for \"The College List\" on
the EM HiEd Project website. In the meantime, for additional
information, Ed Wurster can be reached at: <wurstere@bucks.edu>.

\(3\) CLASH OF CIVILIZATIONS?:

Agence France-Presse. \"Writer of \'Anti\'Islam\' Article Gets Death
Threats.\" September 28, 2006. Accessed at:

<http://www.expatica.com/actual/article.asp?subchannel_id=25&story_id=33407>

Whistleblower Magazine. \"The Problem With Islam - And What Americans
Need to do About it.\" September 20, 2006. Accessed at:

[[http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=52054]{.underline}](http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=52054)

\(4\) CLASH OF CIVILIZATIONS? - POPE\'S REMARKS:

Husain, Irfan. \"Reason and Faith.\" Khaleej Times (Dubai,UAE),
September 28, 2006. At:

<http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/opinion/2006/September/opinion_September80.xml&section=opinion&col>=

\[Excerpt: \"It might be the weather, or perhaps it\'s due to the
telecom revolution. But hardly a month goes by now without Muslims
around the world getting worked up by some slight or the other. My
theory about riots is that those out on the streets often don\'t have a
clue what they\'re rioting about. And invariably, they have a lot of
time on their hands. Think about it: how often do you find an employed
person asking for permission to join the demo of the day? But when you
have time on your hands, you\'ll join any crowd that\'s out to protest,
no matter what the cause\.... We can debate his conclusion (Pope
Benedict), and criticise his choice of supporting material, but we can
hardly deny his right to hold an opinion. When Muslims demonstrated
their opposition to his views, many of them carried placards threatening
the Pope with death. It seems that our stock response to the slightest
provocation consists of death threats and violent demonstrations. These
undignified protests reinforce the worst prejudices others have about
Muslims. After all, why should some cartoons in an obscure Danish
newspaper, or a papal address at an unknown German university, send
hundreds of thousands pouring into streets around the world?\.... In a
letter to the Guardian of September 20, San Cassimally of Edinburgh
writes: \'As a Muslim, I am much more saddened and shocked by the murder
of the Somali nun than by what the Pope said in Regensburg\... even if
he knew exactly what he was doing\'\.... Using these same double
standards, when Nato forces accidentally kill Afghans, we are furious.
But when the Taleban kill innocent Afghans in suicide bombings, and
assassinate teachers for teaching girls, we look the other way.
Similarly, when the Iranian authorities rig elections and suppress their
own people, we are silent spectators. But when President Ahmednejad is
seen as standing up to the West, we applaud him loudly\....It is this
unthinking, knee-jerk anti-West sentiment that sustains the jihadi
groups, and is now propelling us to a very real \'clash of
civilizations\'. As Islam becomes more heavily politicised and violent,
it is evoking a backlash in the West. More and more, the Muslims who
have migrated to Europe and America, as well as their children, are
being seen as a potential fifth column. The sight of perpetually angry
Muslims from London to Lahore, marching with placards calling for the
death of somebody or the other, is moving normally liberal people to
anger.\"

\(5\) CLASH OF CIVILIZATIONS? - SOMALIA:

Garowe Online News (Somalia). \"Somalia Islamists Confirm They Have
Foreign Fighters.\" September 27, 2006. Accessed at:

[[http://www.garoweonline.com/stories/publish/article_5211.shtml]{.underline}](http://www.garoweonline.com/stories/publish/article_5211.shtml)

\(6\) FEMA:

For a little light reading over the weekend may I recommend the
Congressional Record of September 28, 2006 starting at page H7784 and
going for another 65 pages on the Department of Homeland Security
Appropriations Act, 2007 Conference Report \-- to be voted on today (if
not already). Pages can be accessed via:

[[http://www.gpoaccess.gov/crecord/06crpgs.html]{.underline}](http://www.gpoaccess.gov/crecord/06crpgs.html)

Click on September 28 issue then enter \"H7784\" in the page search \--
happy hunting.

Note: Section 503 deals with FEMA; section 505 (H7796) mentions
transferring Preparedness Directorate to FEMA with some exceptions.

\(7\) GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY, NORTHERN VA \-- DEVELOPING MPA
EMER.MGMT.& HS CONCENTRATION:

Received communication today from Dr. Paul Posner, Director of the
Masters of Public Administration Program at George Mason University,
noting that the school is in the process of developing a concentration
\"in emergency preparedness and homeland security.\" Noted that there is
scheduled an October 9th meeting with local and federal government
officials to discuss the types of course offerings they would recommend.

Wrote that \"Northern Virginia county managers have come to us
suggesting that there is untapped demand for this kind of program and we
are trying to fill the void.\" Notes that \"In addition to a
concentration in our MPA program, we have been discussing the potential
for an executive level cohort of officials from throughout the
Washington area, including federal government, who we might serve with a
tailored masters program.\" Asked about my thoughts \-- attempting to
set up a suitable time to further this conversation. In the meantime,
for additional information Dr. Posner can be reached at:
<pposner@gmu.edu>.

\(8\) HOMELAND SECURITY:

Rogers, David. \"Security Budget to Include Cargo Pact.\" Wall Street
Journal, September 29, 2006. Accessed at:

[[http://online.wsj.com/article_print/SB115949734067877675.html]{.underline}](http://online.wsj.com/article_print/SB115949734067877675.html)

\[Excerpt: \"A \$34.8 billion homeland security budget neared final
passage in Congress, and House-Senate negotiators predicted agreement on
a companion measure to better protect American ports and U.S.-bound
cargo.\"\]

\(9\) HURRICANE VULNERABLE AREAS:

Business Wire. \"10 Most Hurricane Vulnerable Areas.\" September 28,
2006. Accessed at:
[[http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1Y1-98568813.html]{.underline}](http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1Y1-98568813.html)

\[Excerpt: \"1. New Orleans, Louisiana 2. Lake Okeechobee, Florida 3.
Florida Keys 4. Coastal Mississippi 5. Miami/Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 6.
Galveston/Houston, Texas 7. Cape Hatteras, North Carolina 8. Eastern
Long Island, New York 9. Wilmington, North Carolina 10. Tampa/St.
Petersburg, Florida.\"\] Thanks to Thom Carr for sending this in.

\(10\) KATRINA:

Government Accountability Office. Hurricane Katrina: Status of Hospital
Inpatient and Emergency Departments in the Greater New Orleans Area.
Washington DC: GAO Report to Congressional Committees, 44 pages,
September 29, 2006. At:
[[http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-06-1003]{.underline}](http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-06-1003)

Mercatus Center, George Mason University. \"Crisis and Response in the
Wake of Hurricane Katrina\" Website:

[[http://www.mercatus.org/programs/pageID.504,programID.6/default.asp]{.underline}](http://www.mercatus.org/programs/pageID.504,programID.6/default.asp)

\[Note: Mercatus Center released on September 28th first in a quarterly
series of emails highlighting advances in \"Crisis and Response in the
Wake of Hurricane Katrina\" \-- posted to URL noted above.}

\(11\) MATERIALS RECEIVED FOR REVIEW:

Crisis Response Journal, Vol. 2, Issue 4, 2006. (Quarterly published by
Cava Media Ltd., UK. For information:

[[http://www.crisisresponsejournal.com]{.underline}](http://www.crisisresponsejournal.com/).)

\(12\) MITIGATION \-- MADE HARDER:

Washington Post. \"Take It Back-House Moves Radical Bill to Hobble Local
Land-Use Rules.\" 29Sep06.

<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/28/AR2006092801677_pf.html>

\[Excerpt: \"THE HOUSE of Representatives is scheduled to take up today
a terrible piece of legislation designed to strengthen the hands of
developers in their battles with government. Congress considered and
rejected a similar bill in 1997 and again in 2000. Now it\'s back \--
only worse.\"\]

\(13\) NATIONAL SECURITY:

Princeton Project: Forging A World Of Liberty Under Law: U.S. National
Security in the 21st Century - Final Report of the Princeton Project on
National Security. Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School of Public
and International Affairs, 96 pages, September 27, 2006. Accessed at:

[[http://www.wws.princeton.edu/ppns/report.html]{.underline}](http://www.wws.princeton.edu/ppns/report.html)

\[Note: According to a report insert, \"The Princeton Project on
National Security is a three-year, bipartisan initiative to develop a
sustainable and effective national security strategy for the United
States of America. Under the stewardship of honorary co-chairs George
Shultz and Anthony Lake, the Princeton Project brought together leading
thinkers on national security from government, academe, business, and
the non-profit sector to analyze key issues and develop innovative
responses to a range on national security threats\" {including
terrorism, WMD, pandemic}. In addition to this summary report, on the
Princeton Project website there are seven Working Group Reports,
Executive Summaries and Working Papers on:

\* Grand Strategic Choices

\* State Security & Transnational Threats

\* Economics & Development

\* Reconstruction & Development

\* Anti-Americanism

\* Relative Threat Assessment

\* Foreign Policy Infrastructure & Global Institutions

The URL to access this material is:

[[http://www.wws.princeton.edu/ppns/conferences/reports/fall/index.html]{.underline}](http://www.wws.princeton.edu/ppns/conferences/reports/fall/index.html)

Finally, have noted, directly below, an \"Asian Times\" newspaper
article which gets into some of the political and philosophical camp
aspects of this project and report.\]

Lobe, Jim. \"An Alternative Way Forward for the US.\" Asian Times,
September 29, 2006. Accessed at:

[[http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Front_Page/HI29Aa01.html]{.underline}](http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Front_Page/HI29Aa01.html)

\(14\) PANDEMIC:

Associated Press. \"WHO: Deadly Bird Flu Virus Mutating.\" September 28,
2006. Accessed at:

[[http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-UN-Bird-Flu.html]{.underline}](http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-UN-Bird-Flu.html)

\[Excerpt: \"The deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu which has killed at
least 148 people is showing signs of being able to mutate and develop
resistance to the most effective anti-viral drugs and any possible
vaccines yet to be produced, a WHO scientist said Thursday.\"\]

Institute for Bio Security. \"Ticking Time Bomb: Prisons Unprepared for
Flu Pandemic, Says New SLU Research.\" Institute for Bio Security
Newsletter, Saint Louis University School of Public Health, Fall 2006.

<http://www.bioterrorism.slu.edu/newsletter/CurrentNewsletter/Fall06Newsletter/TimeBomb_0906_FINAL.htm>

\(15\) RIVIER COLLEGE, NASHUA, NH \-- CERTIFICATE IN HOMELAND SECURITY
AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT:

Approved for posting to \"The College List\" on the EM HiEd Project
homepage today, the description of a new program that started this
semester at Rivier College in Nashua, NH \-- an online Certificate in
Homeland Security/Emergency and Disaster Management. This is a
five-course program requiring the following four courses:

\* Introduction to Homeland Security/Emergency and Disaster Management
(being taught now)

\* Pre-Emergency Planning, Operations, and Management

\* Communications and Public Information

\* Damage Assessment

The fifth course can come from either:

\* Emergency Risks: Medical, Psychological, and Social Impacts and
Issues

\* Teaching and Training Emergency Management

I talked today with Karen Cooper at Rivier about this new program \--
she notes that 22 people are enrolled in the first course offering \--
exceeding expectations. The staff, she notes, is \"very excited\" about
this auspicious beginning. The Project Assistant will soon post the
description of this program on the website. In the meantime, for
additional information, Karen Cooper can be reached at: 603-897-8508.

\(16\) WAR ON TERROR:

Glick, Caroline. \"Our World: Bush\'s Information Offensive.\" Jerusalem
Post, 26Sep2006. At:

<http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1159193315824&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull>

\[Excerpt: \"In order to conduct information operations effectively you
have to be willing to identify your enemies and your allies, and to
point fingers at those who refuse to take sides and embarrass them for
sitting on the fence. That is, you need moral courage and clarity. You
need to be willing to make people angry at you if you wish to earn their
respect and support. For the past five years the Bush administration has
shirked this unpleasant task. It has categorized Saudi Arabia, the prime
financier and propagator of jihad, as its ally. It has labeled Egypt,
the epicenter of jihadist propaganda and incitement, a paragon of
moderation and a stalwart ally. Then there is Pakistan, which created
the Taliban and has served as a refuge for Osama bin Laden since
November 2001. Pakistan, too, is labeled a great ally, as are the
Europeans and the Russians. Israel, on the other hand, is a problem.
Israel is the excuse that all of America\'s \"great allies\" give for
refusing to act like America\'s allies. In the interests of pleasing its
great allies, America holds Israel at arm\'s length.\"\]

Perry, David. \"Why Hearts and Minds Matter - Chivalry and Humanity,
Even in Counterinsurgency, Are Not Obsolete.\" Armed Forces Journal,
September 19, 2006. Accessed at:

[[http://www.armedforcesjournal.com/2006/09/2002037]{.underline}](http://www.armedforcesjournal.com/2006/09/2002037)

\[Excerpt: \"Counterinsurgency has no \'easy button\'\...insurgents
don\'t fight fair. Instead of wearing uniforms to signify their
combatant status, they normally \'hide in the open\' in civilian guise;
they infiltrate police and army units; they destroy infrastructure vital
to civilian well-being; they kidnap, torture, shoot, behead and mutilate
anybody who isn\'t their ally; and they slaughter women and children
like cattle. Such people do not deserve mercy. In my view, they have
forfeited any moral right to expect it from us. You and your troops may
be sorely tempted to deny them humane treatment as a result. But you
must resist that temptation. Treat them humanely even though they don\'t
deserve it.\"\]

Peters, Ralph. \"The Hearts-and-Minds Myth - Sorry, but Winning Means
Killing.\" Armed Forces Journal, September 19, 2006. Accessed at:

[[http://www.armedforcesjournal.com/2006/09/1947271]{.underline}](http://www.armedforcesjournal.com/2006/09/1947271)

\[Excerpt: \"Mastering the languages, cultural nuances, beliefs and
taboos that prevail in a theater of war, area of operations or tactical
environment is vital to military success. It\'s much easier to kill
people you understand\.... The religious movement that fired the Boxer
Rebellion could only be put down through massacre. The same need to rip
the heart out of violent millenarian movements, enabling societies to
regain their balance, applied from 1520s Germany and 1840s China through
the 19th-century Yucatan and the Sudan, down to the Islamist
counterrevolution today. Only massive killing brought peace. Only
extensive killing will bring peace. We need to grasp the basic truth
that the path to winning the hearts and minds of the masses leads over
the corpses of the violent minority. As for humanitarianism, the most
humane thing we can do is to win our long struggle against fanaticism
and terrorism. That means killing terrorists and fanatics.\"\]

Vidino, Lorenzo. \"How Would Al Qaeda Fix Potholes?\" Boston Globe,
September 28, 2006. Accessed at:

[[http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/09/28/opinion/edvidino.php]{.underline}](http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/09/28/opinion/edvidino.php)

\[Excerpts: \"The obvious cure to the problem is tackling radical Islam,
the ideology that motivates terrorists. But the administration believes
firmly - almost blindly - that democracy is the right medicine.

According to the report, democracy \"diminishes the underlying
conditions terrorists seek to exploit.\" Promotion of democracy is,
therefore, the key element in the administration\'s long-term approach.
Yet democracy does not always have these healing powers\.... The truth
is that today democratic societies are spawning terrorists no less than
dictatorships are\.... Aside from not guaranteeing results, spreading
democracy in the Muslim world is a monumental effort that requires
changing cultures and overcoming entrenched skepticisms. Some oppose the
concept because it clashes with their divinely ordered vision of
government. For Islamists, a small but vocal minority in the Muslim
world, the only source of legislation is God and his will is set in the
Sharia; parliaments and other democratic institutions are illegitimately
trying to replace God\'s will with man\'s. Others look at democracy with
suspicion, as a form of government imposed by foreign forces\....
Confronting the enemy on its own ideological ground seems to be a better
option. Rather than simply calling it brutal and tyrannical, the
administration needs to directly challenge Islamist ideology\.... Al
Qaeda and other such groups are crystal clear about what they oppose,
but they have made no argument to prove they could offer a better
tomorrow to ordinary Muslims\.... Only few in the Muslim world would
sign up for a Taliban-style state that lacks everything except public
executions\.... Islamist ideology is powerless when confronted with the
basic duties of governance\....\"\]

World Net Daily. \"Suicide Bombers Follow Quran, Concludes Pentagon
Briefing.\" September 27, 2006. Accessed at:

[[http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=52184]{.underline}](http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=52184)

\[Subtitle: \"Tasked with pinpointing motivation, analysts find
terrorists \'rational actors\' following \'holy book\'.\"\]

\(17\) WAR ON TERROR \-- AFGHANISTAN:

Bhadrakumar, M.K. \"Afghanistan: Why NATO Cannot Win.\" Asian Times,
September 30, 2006. Accessed at:

[[http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/HI30Df01.html]{.underline}](http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/HI30Df01.html)

Jones, Ann. \"Why It\'s Not Working in Afghanistan.\" Asian Times,
August 30, 2006. Accessed at:

[[http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/HH30Df02.html]{.underline}](http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/HH30Df02.html)

\[Excerpt: \"The story of success in Afghanistan was always more fairy
tale than fact - one scam used to sell another. Now, as {DC} \...hands
off \'peacekeeping\' to NATO forces, Afghanistan is the scene of the
largest military operation in the history of that organization. Personal
e-mail brings word from an American surgeon in Kabul that her emergency
medical team can\'t handle half the wounded civilians brought in from
embattled provinces to the south and east. American, British and
Canadian troops find themselves at war with Taliban fighters - which is
to say \'Afghans\' - while stunned North Atlantic Treaty Organization
commanders, who hadn\'t bargained for significant combat, are already
asking what went wrong. The answer is a threefold failure: no peace, no
democracy, and no reconstruction\....\"\]

\(18\) WAR ON TERROR \-- AL QAEDA:

Ahrari, Ehsan. \"Caught in the Osama Obsession.\" Asian Times, September
26, 2006. Accessed at:

[[http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/HI26Df02.html]{.underline}](http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/HI26Df02.html)

\[Most of article is on the machinations of the reporting of bin
Laden\'s purported. Ends with following excerpt: \"Most important, the
fate of the Bush administration\'s \"war on terror\" lies in Afghanistan
and Iraq.

Islamist forces increasingly envisage President Hamid Karzai of
Afghanistan and Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki of Iraq as US \"puppets\"

who should be ousted, and the systems over which they preside smashed.

What is even worse is that - considering the rising spirals of turmoil,
violence and bloodshed - an increasing number of Afghans and Iraqis are
beginning to share that perception. That is the most dangerous growing
development. Bin Laden is no longer the chief threat to the \'war on
terror\', either dead or alive.\"\]

\(19\) WAR ON TERROR - HEZBOLLAH:

Ynet News (Israel). \"FBI: Hizbullah Still A Threat.\" September 28,
2006. Accessed at:

[[http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3309402,00.html]{.underline}](http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3309402,00.html)

\[Subtitle: \"US counterterror experts {FBI & State Dept.) testify
{House International Relations Committee, Sep. 28} that group continues
to threaten Lebanese government, Israel and has ability to launch an
attack on the US as well. FBI official: Hizbullah sympathizers in US
raise money through money laundering, drug trafficking and fraud.\"\]

\(20\) WAR ON TERROR \-- IRAQ:

Bender, Bryan. \"Cost of Iraq War Nearly \$2B a Week.\" Boston Globe,
September 28, 2006. At:

<http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2006/09/28/cost_of_iraq_war_nearly_2b_a_week/>

Forest, James J.F. \"Iraq and the Education of Terrorists.\" Family
Security Matters, September 29, 2006. Accessed at:

[[http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/terrorism.php?id=300138#]{.underline}](http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/terrorism.php?id=300138)

\[Excerpt: \"In sum, the conflict in Iraq has provided a real-world
laboratory for urban combat, helping would-be terrorists learn how to
carry out assassinations, kidnappings, car bombings and other kinds of
attacks that were never a staple of the fighting in Afghanistan during
the anti-Soviet campaigns of the 1980s. In some cases, new recruits to
the Islamist extremist movement have been drawn to the Iraqi conflict
for the sole purpose of learning how to conduct jihad. Indeed, one could
argue that some insurgent groups fighting in Iraq today might not exist
without the opportunity to gather motivated individuals who could
subsequently gain operational knowledge in the Iraqi theatre of combat.
While some of these individuals will surely never leave Iraq alive,
others will eventually return to their countries of origin or migrate to
other parts of the world, taking with them valuable knowledge for
conducting terrorist attacks. As such, Iraq can be considered one of the
most important centers of learning in the modern terrorist world.\"

Note: Dr. Foster is an Associate Professor at the United States Military
Academy, West Point.\]

Hauser, Christine. \"Al Qaeda Calls For More Attacks and Kidnappings in
Iraq.\" New York Times, September 28, 2006. Accessed at:

[[http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/09/28/africa/web.0928iraq.php]{.underline}](http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/09/28/africa/web.0928iraq.php)

Sanger, David E. \"Book Says Bush Ignored Urgent Warning on Iraq.\" New
York Times, 29Sep2006.

<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/29/washington/29account.html?_r=1&th&emc=th&oref=slogin>

\[Excerpt: \"The White House ignored an urgent warning in September 2003
from a top Iraq adviser who said that thousands of additional American
troops were desperately needed to quell the insurgency there, according
to a new book {\"State of Denial\"} by Bob Woodward, the Washington Post
reporter and author. The book describes a White House riven by
dysfunction and division over the war.\"\]

\(21\) WAR ON TERROR \-- PAKISTAN:

Shahzad, Syed Saleem. \"Pakistan: Hello al-Qaeda, Goodbye America.\"

Asian Times, September 8, 2006. Accessed at:

[[http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/HI08Df03.html]{.underline}](http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/HI08Df03.html)

\[Excerpt: \"MIRANSHAH, North Waziristan - With a truce between the
Pakistani Taliban and Islamabad now in place, the Pakistani government
is in effect reverting to its pre-September 11, 2001, position in which
it closed its eyes to militant groups allied with al-Qaeda and clearly
sided with the Taliban in Afghanistan.\"\]

B.Wayne Blanchard, Ph.D., CEM

Higher Education Project Manager

Emergency Management Institute

National Emergency Training Center

Federal Emergency Management Agency

Department of Homeland Security

16825 S. Seton, K-011

Emmitsburg, MD 21727

\(301\) 447-1262, voice

\(301\) 447-1598, fax

wayne.blanchard@dhs.gov

[[http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu]{.underline}](http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu)

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