Table Of ContentThe Egg Breakers - Counter-Terrorism in Sub Saharan Africa
By Jacobus Kotze
Copyright 2013 Jacobus Kotze
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If the foundations are destroyed,
what can the righteous do?”
Psalm 11:3
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Index
Specific meaning of words
Chapter 1 The way it is
A religious war?
Chapter 2 Message to my readers & indemnities
Chapter 3 Terminology
Counter commercial espionage
The poppy production issue
No need for abbreviations
The Analyst
Paymasters
Egg Breakers
Informants & Sources
Spymasters
Station Chief
The most important function of an Agency is not espionage
Communication is king
What is the difference between information and intelligence?
What is spying legally?
Cut-outs and safe houses
Disinformation
Counter Terrorism v Counter Insurgency (aka COIN)
A body count is unimportant in counter-terrorist operations
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COIN is not conventional war
Tactical versus Strategic
Can the Jihad be classified as a "just war" in law?
Chapter 4 Why is Africa suddenly important?
Chapter 5 Why are you not obtaining the information you need in Africa?
What resources do you have already?
Your diplomats have no credibility
Your carrot in aid money is a wasted resource
Money creates resentment
Why your aid money is working against you!
Why do you arm your friend's enemies?
Appeasement
You cannot train those who knows more than what you do
What about the Police?
You don't understand COIN operations
We are different
You lack credibility for you will not stay
Chapter 6 Historical counter terrorism operations in Africa
Kenya
Rhodesia
South Africa & Namibia & Angola
Counter-terrorism during Apartheid
What did we learn?
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Chapter 7 Understanding the terrorist mentality
Grouping of terrorists
Home goal myths
Dirty Bombs
Terrorists are not mental cases
How educated are terrorists?
Female terrorists
Dehumanising
Fanatics
There is no warning
What age are terrorists
Dress code
State terrorism and private terrorism
Chapter 8 The way forward
About the Author
Connect with the Author online
Extract from K's book Mean Streets - Life in the Apartheid Police
Extract from K's free eBook Your Worst Enemy
Extract from K's free eBook The Circle of Life
Extract from K's free eBook Tricks of Trade - Memories of a Rogue Lawyer
Extract from K's eBook Gewetenlose Strate - Lewe in die Apartheid Polisie
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Specific meaning of words
Before we continue I need to explain the meaning of certain words used with
boring regularity in the following pages. The list is by no means complete.
Afrikaners mean the White Africans living in South Africa who speak a curious
form of Dutch or Flemish called Afrikaans, (of which the Author is one).
Charmingly direct people, they were never impressed with the English (colonial
masters having fought two wars against them (First and Second Anglo Boer
Wars) and three with them (World War One, World War Two and Korea). Most of
their forefathers were Dutch, French and German and not a single Afrikaner will
admit to having any English blood in his veins. They still take a very dim view of
the war crimes committed against them during the Second Anglo Boer War,
where 26 000 (by some accounts as many as 30 000) women and children were
murdered by the English in concentration camps. Two million of the original five
million Afrikaners have emigrated from South Africa since 1994 for reasons
which have nothing to do with racism and everything to do with economic
freedom.
American Patriot means the authors better half and soul mate. An American
Patriot who works for the U.S. Navy and the motivation for all his books. She is
very smart, beautiful and cute.
ANC means the African National Congress. A once banned liberation movement
and now the current South African Government! They are and will be the biggest
political party in the South Africa for the foreseeable future.
Angola means a country just north of South West Africa in which the terrorists
established armed bases to launch attacks from. Because of that its southern
part was invaded by the SADF and a semi-permanent occupation took place.
One of the top ten oil producers of the world it is today slowly claiming its
rightful place after being destabilised by South Africa for two decades. It also
has the largest military budget in Southern Africa for some reason.
Apartheid means the political system in South Africa from 1948 to 1994
whereby black South Africans were denied political power based on race. If one
was not white, you were denied the vote, and the Nationalists had very specific
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idea of what “white” meant. It was a “crime against humanity” and it caused a
long lasting low-intensity civil war in South Africa, which sometimes exploded
out into the open. Nothing good can be said of that system as it was based on
farming and misguided Biblical principles, not natural justice or equality before
the law. It was bound to fail as it did, but not before it nearly destroyed South
Africa and took tens (some say hundreds) of thousands of lives. It was evil, and
I will never defend it. This book is most certainly not a defence of it.
ARMSCOR means the South African armaments industry, which had created
nuclear weapons by 1978. It supplied needed armaments to South African
security forces. Today it is known as DENEL and it is still a big player on the
international arms market.
Casspir means the landmine-proof armoured vehicles used by the SAP. It is the
forerunner of the U.S. MRAP project, and is still reckoned to be the best anti-
landmine vehicle in history. However, being widely used by the SAP and SA
Army during Apartheid, it became a symbol of oppression and was discarded by
the new government as quickly and cheaply as possible. India now has the most
Casspirs in the world.
COIN means counter-insurgency operations done by the Security Forces of a
country whilst in uniform against an enemy (terrorist) who most often also
wears a uniform. It forms a small part of counter-terrorism and in this book we
have the view than COIN is always done in rural areas like the bush or veldt and
not in cities. It is never done with tens of thousands of troops and conventional
troops are rather useless at it.
Conscripts mean the white South African men called up to perform two years
Army (or Navy or Air Force) duty during Apartheid and yearly camps afterwards.
This was mandatory after school but could be deferred whilst at University. If the
flood of books after 1994 is believed they were all long haired liberals smoking
marijuana trying to duck the system which is utter rubbish. Very few were
against national service and moral mostly high. The conscripts did excellent work
in all arms besides the submarine service and air crew which were left to the
professionals.
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Contact means to engage the enemy with the intent to kill him. Also known as
a firefight, it refers to a classic terrorist versus Security Forces clash. This would
be the term used when the clash took place in rural areas. Both sides usually
wore uniforms or other identifiable clothing / weapons. The word is mostly
associated with the Rhodesian Bush War.
Counter-Terrorism means all the tactical and strategic methods used by a
government to combat terrorism against its citizen in general. It includes COIN
and the Egg Breakers or intelligence gathering in general. Counter-terrorism is
never in isolation but always a multi-level approach and quite complex. It also
includes black propaganda and counter-espionage. Anything done or used to
hunt a terrorist down or prevent him from doing his dastardly deeds is counter-
terrorism.
England means the British Empire or the United Kingdom in more modern
times. The word is used in the general sense to describe all English nationalities
including the Irish & Welsh and Scots. Also referred to as Britain!
Fatherly talk means to sort someone out. It is not always physical but most
often that happened too. Police speak. The same for taking a fatherly interest in
someone!
Fireforce means the concept of dropping crack helicopter borne or parachute
dropped troops onto terrorist gangs during COIN operations whilst being
commanded from the air with helicopter gunship support. During the South
African Border war the same concept was called Romeo Mike operations.
Fireforce is Rhodesian Bush War terminology.
He also means she there being no difference in equality of the sexes under law
as it should be. Being a man I usually use the male persona in my books but it is
equally applicable on the improved specie too.
Insurgency means an organized rebellion aimed at overthrowing a constituted
government through the use of subversion and armed conflict in the rural areas
of a country wearing an identifiable uniform.
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