MILNET: Where Next in the War on Terror

The question is on the lips of every media talking head. And surely it is in the minds of leaders of countries who, in the past, have not been all that good about rounding up the terrorists living and training in their country.

So what is the criteria the U.S. will use for where to go to next? MILNET and others in the AFI Research group of analysts have looked at this issue every few weeks since the War on Terror began with the bombing of Taliban and Al Qaida positions in Afghanistan. This is a collection of those articles to help you draw your own conclusions:

• How to Decide: 12/21/01: What We Need is a Decision Matrix
• Iran: 1/03/02: Iran in no doubt - they are a target for the USA
• Somalia: 1/02/02: The United States' useful new allies in Somalia
• Broadband, Low Committment: 12/26/01: Second stage of the War on Terrorism is underway
• Iraq: 12/18/01: IRAQ: The WMD Threat in 2001
• Iraq: 12/16/01: The United States prepares for Iraq - next?
• Iraq: 12/12/01: Salman Pak - Iraq's own terrorist training camp
• Lots of Terrorists, so little time: 12/07/01: Victory in Afghanistan is merely the first step in a long march
• Somalia: 12/01/01: After Afghanistan, Who?
• Join or Fight: 11/04/01: Worldwide ATC
• Iraq: 10/26/01: The Saddam Hussein / Osama bin Laden Connection
• Pakistan: 10/22/01: T-Nukes: How Terrorists Will Get Their Nuclear Weapons
• Lebanon and the Hezbollah: 10/17/01: Assassination opens 'a new era' of confrontation
• Iraq: 10/16/01: Kurdish groups expect Iraq to be next

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