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ASSOCIAZIONISMO DELINQUENZIALE FINALIZZATO
AL COMPIMENTO DI ATTI DI TERRORISMO

L’iniziale assenza di collaborazione tra gli Stati europei ha creato una par-
ticellizzazione della normativa di settore che si è tradotta in un vulnus nella rea-
zione di contrasto internazionale alla minaccia terroristica di cui trattasi che è
invece caratterizzata da spiccati elementi di sovranazionalità nelle modalità ope-
rative sia di reclutamento che di supporto logistico degli agenti. Particolarmente
significativo in tal ottica è “The Al Qaeda Training Manual” (4), posto sotto

(4) Lesson 1 “General Principles”, where it is claimed that a terrorist organization is to be defined
as military and dictates a number of requirements to assist it in confrontation and endurance.
These are:
1. Forged documents and counterfeit currency;
2. Apartments and hiding places;
3. Communication means;
4. Transportation means;
5. Information;
6. Arms and ammunition.
Missions consist of the following:
1. Gathering information about the enemy;
2. Kidnaping enemy personnel, documents and arms;
3. Assassinating enemy personnel as well as foreign tourists;
4. Freeing the brothers who are captured by the enemy;
5. Spreading rumors and writing statements that instigate people against the enemy [an
embryonic example of psy-op];
6. Blasting and destroying the places of immorality and sin; not a vital target;
7. Blasting and destroying the embassies and attacking vital economic centers.
Lesson 2 “necessary qualifications and characteristics for the organization’s member”
1. Being Muslim;
2. Commitment to organization ideology;
3. Maturity;
4. Sacrifice;
5. Listening and Obedience;
6. Keeping secrets e concealing information;
7. Free of illness;
8. Patience.
Lesson 5 “means of communication and transportation”
Military organization uses the following means of communication:
1. The telephone (discipline);
2. Meeting in-person:
a. Before the meeting;
b. The meeting [itself];
c. After the meeting;
3. Messenger;
4. Letters.
Means of transportation
5. Public transportation;
6. Private transportation.
Lesson 8 “members safety”
This is a set of measures taken by members who perform undercover missions in order to
prevent the Enemies from getting to them.
Lesson 11 “espionage” - Information-Gathering using open or covert methods.
Methods of Gathering Information Using Covert Means. The Military Organization may
obtain secret information using:
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