Terrorism International terrorism will also continue to be a major intelligence concern. The main threat remains transnational terrorism emanating from the Middle East. Some terrorist groups from that region have the capability to operate in many parts of the world. In Colombia, the Barco government is utilizing some 80,000 personnel to take the fight to an increasingly vicious drug industry. This has resulted in numerous cocaine seizures and, more importantly, the extradition of 13 traffickers since last August.
Peruvian guerrillas are increasingly active in narcotics processing.
Military action against the insurgents in the remote valley where 60 percent of the world's cocaine originates has had little effect. Levels of violence and the need for external assistance are likely to grow substantially. The Counternarcotics Center that I created in 1989 is the focal point for the intelligence contribution to the battle against drugs. In supporting the antidrug effort, our strategy is to focus on the most critical links in the narcotics supply chain. But the battle will become even more challenging.