Rohan Gunaratna
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Rohan Gunaratna is a Sri Lankan researcher on terrorism. He is the head of the International Center for Political Violence and Terrorism Research at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. He is a Senior Fellow at the Jebsen Center for Counter Terrorism Studies, Fletcher School for Law and Diplomacy and an Honorary Fellow at the International Policy Institute for Counter Terrorism in Israel. He has served as a consultant to the United Kingdom and United States law enforcement communities.
Gunaratna said in a telephone interview on 7 January 2006 that a terrorist attack in Bangkok, Thailand is "now just a matter of time. [Southern insurgents] have the capabilities, and their reach is increasing. They're increasingly able to operate outside the traditional territory of Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat. Bangkok must improve the quality of its intelligence. This insurgency is an intelligence war – it's not so much a military campaign. By increasing the military presence, the hostility of the Muslims will grow and the insurgency will gain more support."[1]
Gunaratna, commenting on Hizb ut-Tahrir, an Islamist organization that is banned throughout most of Asia as a terrorist organization, said "It actively promotes dismantling the state of Israel" and "attacking the United States."[2]
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- International Centre for Political Violence and Terrorism Research
- Asean News Network, Rohan Gunaratna
- Bradley Hope, How Commissioner Kelly Reads His Way To Vigilance on Crime, New York Sun October 2006.
- Daniel Hoare, Gareth Evans downplays terrorist risk in Australia
