CRISIS CONSULTING INTERNATIONAL

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CRISIS CONSULTING INTERNATIONAL

SPECIAL ADVISORY: Death of Osama bin Laden

May 2, 2011

SUMMARY

The May 1, 2011 announcement that United States forces killed Osama bin

Laden in Pakistan is likely to result in retaliatory acts of terrorism against targets

of interest to Islamist terrorists worldwide.

Missionary and faith-based

organizations, their staff and their facilities are potential targets of these

acts of terrorism.

CCI assesses this to be a significant risk to the safety of missionary and

faith-based personnel worldwide, with increased danger especially in

Afghanistan and Pakistan.

ANALYSIS

The announcement yesterday that U.S. forces killed Osama bin Laden in

Pakistan has resulted in an intense flurry of activity, interest, reaction and

opinion.

Much of the pundit-based commentary has noted the potential for

retaliatory attacks in response to this event.

This commentary has ranged from

near dismissal of the threat to dire warnings of widespread attacks against

Americans on the streets of virtually every country in the world. The U.S.

Department of State expressed its concern this way:

“The U.S. Department of

State alerts U.S. citizens traveling and residing abroad to the enhanced potential

for anti-American violence given recent counter-terrorism activity in Pakistan.”

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The Context of the Threat

CCI believes that it is very important to contextualize the potential threat and to

evaluate it with respect to our constituents: missionaries and other Christian faith-

based workers.

The al Qaeda organization led by Osama bin Laden on September 11, 2001 no

longer exists as an entity with significant capacity to mount terrorist operations (at

least on the scale of the 9/11 attacks).

However, it has spawned the birth and

growth of countless “like-minded” organizations worldwide.

These organizations

tend to be small, insulated, and independent in their structure and operations.

The original al Qaeda franchise (led by bin Laden) retains the ability to inspire,

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Global Travel Alert issued May 1, 2011. “Recent counter-terrorism activity in Pakistan” is

government-speak for the killing of bin Laden.

May 2, 2011 Special Advisory: Death of Osama bin Laden

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