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Policing 2007 1(1):43-45; doi:10.1093/police/pam010
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Copyright © The Author 2007. Published by Oxford University Press.

Opinion

Partnership and Continuous Improvement in Countering Twenty-First Century Terrorism

Dame Eliza Manningham-Buller*

* Former Director General of the M15

Dame Eliza Manningham-Buller, is the former Director General of MI5. This article was written shortly before she retired from the intelligence services after a career spanning three decades.

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I will shortly be retiring as Director General of the Security Service (M15), responsible for protecting the UK's national security from terrorism as well as other threats. My successor will inherit huge challenges, many of which will be shared with the Police Service.


   The terrorist threat today
 
The terrorist landscape has changed very markedly in the 5 years since I became Director General. The threat from Irish terrorism has continued to decline. But at the same time the threat from Al Qaida (AQ) and related terrorist groups has grown enormously and now presents the overwhelmingly greater challenge. It is the specific focus of this article.

The terrorist threat from AQ and related groups is, quite simply, unprecedented in scale, ambition and ruthlessness: they have a global reach, and they are willing to carry out mass casualty attacks, including suicide attacks, without . . . [Full Text of this Article]


   Some thoughts on responding to the challenge
 

   Conclusion
 

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