**October 2, 2006 FEMA Emergency Management Higher Education Project
Activity Report**

\(1\) CLASH OF CIVILIZATIONS?:

Goldberg, Jonah. \"Confronting Terrorists Makes Us Less Secure - Or Does
It?\" Philadelphia Inquirer, October 1, 2006. At:

[[http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/editorial/15656899.htm]{.underline}](http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/editorial/15656899.htm)

\[Excerpt: \"Every serious analysis of the Islamic world today describes
a genuine tectonic shift in a vast civilization, an upheaval that cuts
across social, religious and demographic lines. This phenomenon dwarfs
transient issues such as the Iraq war. Are we to believe that
once-moderate and relatively secular Morocco is slipping toward
extremism because we toppled Baathist Saddam Hussein? Do we believe that
the mobs who burned Danish embassies in response to a cartoon wouldn\'t
have done so if only President Bush had gone for the 18th, 19th or 20th
U.N. resolution on Iraq? Millions of young men yearning for meaning and
craving outlets for their rage would have become computer programmers
and dental hygienists if only Hussein\'s statue still towered over
central Baghdad? Would the pope\'s comments spark nothing but thoughtful
and high-minded debate from the Arab street if only Al Gore or John
Kerry were in office?\.... If you live your life calculating that it\'s
a mistake to do anything that might prompt murderers and savages to act
like murderers and savages, you\'ve basically decided to live under
their thumb and surrender your civilization in the process.\"\]

Last, Jonathan. \"One Last Thing - Post 9/11 Conflicts Rooted in
History.\" Philadelphia Enquirer, 1 Oct 2006.

<http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/special_packages/sunday_review/15648243.htm>

\[Subtitle: \"It\'s not just Afghanistan, Iraq and a \"war on terror.\"
It\'s the West vs. the Islamic world, a clash that has never abated.\"\]

Spencer, Robert. \"The Philosopher and the Fatwa.\" Front Page Magazine,
October 2, 2006. Accessed at:

[[http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=24692]{.underline}](http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=24692)

\(2\) MATERIALS RECEIVED TO REVIEW:

Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, Vol. 6, No. 4, 2006.
(European Geosciences Union, Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany;

[[http://www.natural-hazards-and-earth-system-scienes.net]{.underline}](http://www.natural-hazards-and-earth-system-scienes.net/).)

\(3\) MILITARY ROLE IN DISASTER:

Dunlap, Charles J. Jr. \"Putting Troops on the Beat.\" Washington Post,
September 30, 2006. At:

<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/29/AR2006092901518.html>

\[Excerpt: \"some military officers welcome domestic law enforcement
roles. In a world where hijacked airliners, anthrax-infested envelopes
and other serious threats arise close to home, there is a certain appeal
to their thinking. And praise for the better-late-than-never Katrina
effort has created an attitude friendly to domestic security duties
among many in uniform. What are they missing? Appreciation for the
erosion that law enforcement duties could cause in the public affection
and admiration the military wants \-- and needs \-- to sustain itself as
an all-volunteer force. Americans in the end do not like heavy-handed
security efforts, regardless of how well-intended they are, and
typically react quite negatively to them. Think Kent State, Waco and
Ruby Ridge. Midnight searches by well-armed troops might fly in Baghdad
(though perhaps not even there anymore), but certainly not in Baltimore.
Once the military loses the respect of ordinary Americans, what kind of
person will want to enlist? Is there another way? Yes. Getting together
to organize the country\'s nearly 800,000 civilian police could provide
governors nationwide with experienced law enforcement resources in times
of crisis\....America\'s full-time military will do whatever is asked of
it, but America must carefully consider what it asks. Otherwise,
Katrina\'s legacy could take yet another tragic twist.\" Note: The
writer is deputy judge advocate general of the Air Force.\]

\(4\) PANDEMIC:

Associated Press. \"Regular Flu Shots May Help Fight Bird Flu.\"

September 30, 2006. Accessed at:

[[http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/09/30/ap/health/mainD8KES0V81.shtml]{.underline}](http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/09/30/ap/health/mainD8KES0V81.shtml)

\(5\) UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE COUNTY \-- EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
GRADUATE CERTIFICATE:

Dr. Rick Bissell, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Department
of Emergency Health Services, notes that it is now official, the
long-in-the-making Graduate Certificate in Emergency Management has
recently been implemented and six courses are now being offered via
distance learning, with one more to be developed this semester. The
existing description of this program, found in The College List in the
\"Under Development\" section \-- is being updated and moved to the
\"Stand Alone\" section and the \"Distance Learning\" section of The
College List \-- where it should be accessible shortly. In the meantime,
for additional information, Dr. Bissell can be reached at:
<bissell@umbc.edu>

\(6\) WAR ON TERROR:

Baldor, Lolita C. \"Rumsfeld Comments on Intelligence Reports.\"

Associated Press, 28 Sept 2006. At:

<http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060928/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/rumsfeld_intelligence;_ylt=AlTTcfgGDkIQs2EzO0MeNxYD5gcF;_ylu=X3oDMTBjMHVqMTQ4BHNlYwN5bnN1YmNhdA-->

\[Excerpt: \"It is impossible to know with any precision whether the
wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have created more terrorists than they\'ve
killed, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Thursday.\"\]

Department of Defense. \"Secretary Rumsfeld Interview with Frank Sesno,
CNN.\" Defense Link News, 30Sep2006, 10 pages.

[[http://www.defenselink.mil/Transcripts/Transcript.aspx?TranscriptID=3741]{.underline}](http://www.defenselink.mil/Transcripts/Transcript.aspx?TranscriptID=3741)

Edelman, Eric. \"Amb. Edelman\'s Remarks at the Department of State and
Department of Defense Counterinsurgent Conference at the Ronald Reagan
Building, Wash. D.C.\" Defense Link News, September 28, 2006. At:

[[http://www.defenselink.mil/Transcripts/Transcript.aspx?TranscriptID=3739]{.underline}](http://www.defenselink.mil/Transcripts/Transcript.aspx?TranscriptID=3739)

Mansur, Salim. \"I\'m Sorry\...For the Terrible Crimes Committed by
Muslims.\" Toronto Sun, 30Sep2006.

<http://www.torontosun.com/News/Columnists/Mansur_Salim/2006/09/30/1923945.html>

\[Excerpt: \"In a recent column, Michael Coren, my colleague here at the
Sun, demanded Muslims apologize for wrongs too numerous to list\....
Like many others who share his frustration and legitimate anger, Coren
is asking to hear a contrite voice from within institutionalized Islam
\-- to repent for Muslim misconduct, past and present, that is
indefensible by any standard of civility and decency, and seek
forgiveness. But Coren and others might well wait indefinitely for such
an apology from those representatives of institutionalized Islam
convinced of their own righteousness, even as they are engineers of a
civilization\'s wreckage and prosper in it by the art of bullying\....
since this institutionalized Islam is at war with the West, for Coren or
anyone else to expect an apology from its generals is rather naive.\"\]

Shane, Scott, Adam Liptak. \"Detainee Bill Shifts Power to President.\"

New York Times, 29Sep2006. Accessed at:

<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/30/us/30detain.html?_r=1&th&emc=th&oref=slogin>

West, Diana. \"The Gap Between Islam and Peace.\" Jewish World Review,
October 1, 2006. Accessed at:

[[http://www.jewishworldreview.com/1006/west100106.php3]{.underline}](http://www.jewishworldreview.com/1006/west100106.php3)

\[Excerpt: \"When George W. Bush says \"Islam is peace,\" and Tony Blair
insists the war now begun \"has nothing to do with Islam,\" some of us
scratch our heads and try, brows furrowed, to reconcile their soothing
words with our frightening vision: the dirty war on Western civilization
waged by evil forces in the name of Islam. The experts tell us militant
Islamic fundamentalists, or \"Islamists,\" represent a narrow, if
murderous, fringe. They number no more than 10, maybe 15, percent of all
Muslims. That estimate works out to somewhere between 100 million and
150 million people. Which is a lot of murderous fringe.\"\]

White House. \"President Bush Discussed Global War on Terror.\"

September 29, 2006. Accessed at:

[[http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/09/20060929-3.html]{.underline}](http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/09/20060929-3.html)

\[Excerpt: \"\'Some have selectively quoted from this document {leaked
NIE} to make the case that by fighting the terrorists, by fighting them
in Iraq we are making our people less secure here at home. This argument
buys into the enemy\'s propaganda that the terrorists attack us because
we\'re provoking them\.... this argument was powerfully answered this
week by Prime Minister Tony Blair. Here is what he said. He said, \'I
believe passionately \[that\] we will not win until we shake ourselves
free of the wretched capitulation to the propaganda of the enemy, that
somehow we are the ones responsible\... He went on to say, \'This
terrorism is not our fault. We didn\'t cause it. And It is not the
consequence of foreign policy.\' He\'s right. You do not create
terrorism by fighting terrorism\... If that ever becomes the mind set of
the policymakers in Washington, it means we\'ll go back to the old days
of waiting to be attacked and then respond. Our most important duty is
to protect the American people from a future attack, and the way to do
so is to stay on the offense against the terrorists\.... We\'ll defeat
the terrorists in Iraq. We\'ll deny them the safe haven to replace the
one they lost in Afghanistan. We\'re going to make it harder for them to
recruit a new generation of terrorists, and we\'re going to help the
Iraqis build a free society\.... We can have confidence in the outcome
of the war on terror \-- because our nation is determined\'.\"\]

Wypijewski, JoAnn. \"Uncomfortably Numb to Torture.\" Los Angeles Times,
September 30, 2006. Accessed at:

<http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-wypijewski30sep30,0,3553179,print.story>

\(7\) WAR ON TERROR \-- AL QAEDA:

Fattah, Hassan M. \"Al Qaeda Increasingly Reliant on Media.\" New York
Times, September 30, 2006. Accessed at:

[[http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/30/world/30jordan.html?th&emc=th]{.underline}](http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/30/world/30jordan.html?th&emc=th)

Guirard, Jim. \"Is Al Qaeda Terrorism \'Fascist\' or Leninist - or
Both?\"

Family Security Matters, October 2, 2006. Accessed at:

[[http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/challenges.php?id=305021]{.underline}](http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/challenges.php?id=305021)

\(8\) WAR ON TERROR \-- IRAQ:

DeYoung, Karen. \"Letter Gives Glimpse of Al-Qaeda\'s Leadership.\"
Washington Post, 2 Oct 2006.

<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/01/AR2006100101083.html?referrer=email>

\(9\) WAR ON TERROR \-- MOROCCO?:

Thorne, John. \"Extremist Islam May Be Rising In Morocco.\" Associated
Press, 29 Sept. 2006. At:

<http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060929/ap_on_re_af/morocco_terror_plot;_ylt=ArpqWbxSz.SOFwVybBwggkys0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3b3JuZGZhBHNlYwM3MjE->

\[Excerpt: \"In all, Moroccan authorities arrested 56 people last month
for allegedly being part of a network that was planning attacks on
military and tourist sites in hopes of bringing down the government of
this North African monarchy.\"\]

\(10\) WAR ON TERROR \-- PAKISTAN:

Associated Press. \"ISI Backs al-Qaeda: British Report.\" September 28,
2006. Accessed at:

[[http://www.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=74600]{.underline}](http://www.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=74600)

\(11\) WAR ON TERROR \-- UNITED STATES:

Harris, Robert. \"Pirates of the Mediterranean.\" New York Times,
September 30, 2006. Accessed at:

[[http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/30/opinion/30harris.html?th&emc=th]{.underline}](http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/30/opinion/30harris.html?th&emc=th)

\[Excerpt: \"IN the autumn of 68 B.C. the world\'s only military
superpower was dealt a profound psychological blow by a daring terrorist
attack on its very heart. Rome\'s port at Ostia was set on fire, the
consular war fleet destroyed, and two prominent senators, together with
their bodyguards and staff, kidnapped\.... in the panicky aftermath of
the attack, the Roman people made decisions that set them on the path to
the destruction of their Constitution, their democracy and their
liberty. One cannot help wondering if history is repeating itself\....
Those of us who are not Americans can only look on in wonder at the
similar ease with which the ancient rights and liberties of the
individual are being surrendered in the United States in the wake of
9/11.\"\]

Kwiatkowski, Karen. \"The American Legion Speeches - Preaching,
Pondering and Predicting.\" September 4, 2006. Accessed at:

[[http://militaryweek.com/columns/withoutreservation.php?id=46]{.underline}](http://militaryweek.com/columns/withoutreservation.php?id=46)

Whalen, Richard J. \"Revolt of the Generals.\" The Nation, September 28,
2006. Accessed at:
[[http://www.thenation.com/doc/20061016/whalen]{.underline}](http://www.thenation.com/doc/20061016/whalen)

\[Excerpt: \"A revolt is brewing among our retired Army and Marine
generals. This rebellion\--quiet and nonconfrontational, but remarkable
nonetheless\--comes not because their beloved forces are bearing the
brunt of ground combat in Iraq but because the retirees see the US
adventure in Mesopotamia as another Vietnam-like, strategically failed
war, and they blame the errant, arrogant civilian leadership at the
Pentagon.\"\]

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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