A social network analysis of Jemaah Islamiyah: The applications to counterterrorism and intelligence

Studies in Conflict and Terrorism

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 559-575

  Koschade, Stuart ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

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EID: 33748497129     PISSN: 1057610X     EISSN: 15210731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10576100600798418     Document Type: Article

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89. Areas of a network with 100% density (every member interacts with every other member).
90. This is not unfeasible, as the operations are conducted by individuals with the same training and indoctrination (Afghanistan and Mindanao), and are often planned and executed by the same individuals.