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Third public hearing of the National Commission on Terrorist
Attacks Upon the United States
Terrorism, Al Qaeda, and the Muslim World
The one-day session focused on "Terrorism, al Qaeda, and the Muslim
World." The Commission heard testimony from experts on the character
of the transnational terrorist threat, the relationships of Arab
states to these groups, and the phenomenon of violent extremism
within the Muslim community. An agenda and list of panelists accompanied
this advisory.
In announcing the hearing, the Commission's Chair, former New Jersey Governor Thomas H. Kean, said: "A key Commission responsibility is to understand the enemy. Good policy recommendations will depend on a clear understanding of al Qaeda's emergence and strategy."
The Vice Chair, former Indiana Representative Lee H. Hamilton, added: "There is considerable knowledge of al Qaeda and terrorist groups outside the government. This session will enable us to achieve a better understanding how the Arab world has viewed this danger, before and after September 11."
July 9, 2003 |
Terrorism, Al Qaeda, and the Muslim World |
9:00 AM
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Hearing Commences
Opening Statement from Chairman Kean
PANEL ONE: Al Qaeda
Rohan Gunaratna, Head of Terrorism Research and Associate Professor, Institute for Defence and Strategic Studies, Singapore and author of Inside Al Qaeda: Global Network of Terror
Mamoun Fandy, Senior Fellow, United States Institute of Peace and author of Saudi Arabia and the Politics of Dissent
Marc Sageman, Lecturer, Solomon Asch Center for the Study of Ethnopolitical Conflict, University of Pennsylvania |
| 11:00 AM |
PANEL TWO: States and Terrorism
Laurie Mylroie, Adjunct Fellow, American Enterprise Institute and author of Study of Revenge: Saddam Hussein's Unfinished War Against America
Judith Yaphe, Senior Research Fellow and Middle East Project Director, Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University
Murhaf Jouejati, Adjunct Scholar, Middle East Institute and Lecturer, George Washington University
Mark Gasiorowski, Professor of Political Science, Louisiana State University |
| 1:00 PM |
Break |
| 2:00 PM |
PANEL THREE: The Challenge within the Muslim World
Rachel Bronson, Senior Fellow and Director of Middle East Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
Steven Emerson, Executive Director of the Investigative Project and author of American Jihad: The Terrorists Living Among Us
Gilles Kepel, Professor, Institute of Political Studies, Paris and author of Jihad: The Trail of Political Islam
Dennis Ross, Director and Ziegler Distinguished Fellow, Washington Institute for Near East Policy |
| 4:00 PM |
Hearing Concludes. Press availability to follow. |
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