Rohan Gunaratna Quotations

No other groups can carry out multiple attacks like that.

It is more advanced than training. It is almost like doing the operation so that when they go to the real operational theater, they will be a hundred percent confident.

Our prediction is Thailand will become like Mindanao in the next five years unless the Thai government takes decisive steps to control and contain the local insurgency.

Some groups have deep linkage, others minor linkages. Some were established a long time ago, others recently. But they are more dangerous as a movement, and have a much wider reach.

I was brought in for questioning on Friday but beyond that there is no issue at all. I want to stress that our relationship with the police is still very good.

We haven't even started to think about this issue. But natural disasters shape leaders.

Both the government now in power, and the previous government, have not taken this threat seriously and as a result we have seen this deep escalation in the more recent past.

And you also need people to maintain the safe houses, the communication, to procure the equipment and the chemicals, and also to prepare the devices, and finally to transport the devices and the bombers to the target location.

The terrorists' aim is to embarrass and humiliate the government of Indonesia.

Bangladesh was very much like Nepal or Thailand or like Indonesia before their respective insurgencies broke out ... because all these governments were in denial,

Bali is the worst terrorist attack since 9/11... and until Bali occurred there were many government denials that there was a significant terrorist network operating in Southeast Asia,

It is very likely the attacks were meant to affect the peace process between Pakistan and India.

The Bali bomb was designed to cause maximum fatalities and casualties.

They chose Bali in order to embarrass and humiliate Indonesia. Especially in light of reports that said JI has been dismantled, they're now proving that JI is still capable.

They chose Bali in order to embarrass and humiliate Indonesia, ... Especially in light of reports that said JI has been dismantled, they're now proving that JI is still capable.

They chose Bali again to humiliate Indonesia, who claimed to have dismantled JI. This shows they are still in business and it will encourage more to join them.

You can say he's the No. 3 leader. As the chief operations officer, he decides who gets hit and when.

You can say he's the No 3 leader.

This is a golden opportunity for the United States.

The ideologues are as equally important as the operational people and he was in close contact with very prominent figures with movements in different countries, particularly the North African region.

The JI is the only group with the intention and capability to mount an attack on Bali on such a coordinated level. No other groups can carry out multiple attacks like that.