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Gary Mackay is a highly skilled test technician with 20 years of experience in diverse projects involving technical systems, devices, computers, and equipment. He has strong problem solving and communication skills. His background includes roles as an electro-mechanical technician, optical test technician, lead electromechanical technician, and senior laser test technician. He has experience diagnosing, testing, repairing, and maintaining various medical, automation, laser, and electromechanical systems.
This document provides lessons learned from the 2014 international Military Academic Forum (iMAF 2014) held in Austria. It includes forewords from LtCol Dirk Dubois and Col Karl-Heinz Wiedner on the importance of developing common modules for basic officer education across Europe. Dubois discusses how the first common module on ESDP was developed in 2008 and more slowly expanded thereafter. He argues common modules are needed because alternatives like long-term student exchanges are not feasible for military training, and short-term exchanges allow exposure to different approaches while minimizing time away. Wiedner highlights how iMAF 2014 advanced the goal of developing a European security and defense culture among future leaders. The document then outlines contributions from participating countries
This document discusses how renewable energy and environmentally friendly practices can help communities through the example of settlements in Heves County, Hungary. It conducted a survey of 240 residents across four towns - Gyöngyös, Eger, Hatvan and Heves - to understand their knowledge of renewable energy and environmentally friendly living. The survey found that while renewable energy definition and technologies were reasonably well known in Gyöngyös and Eger, awareness was lower in Hatvan and Heves. It also found that 68% of respondents already lived environmentally friendly, while 32% did not or lacked opportunities. The document concludes that renewable energy concepts need to be more widely understood in Heves County to encourage more sustainable living.
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The document summarizes and evaluates the opening film titled "The Latenter" created by the student. It compares "The Latenter" to several mainstream films that use similar conventions: The Italian Job (2003) for its storyline of a crew pulling off a heist, Hustle (2004-2012) for its portrayal of con artists, and Colombiana (2011) for having a female protagonist carrying out revenge. The student analyzes how "The Latenter" effectively uses similar cinematic techniques found in these films, such as handheld camera shots and quick cuts, to build tension and engage the target teen/young adult audience.
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NES Global Talent is an international recruitment firm with over 15 years of experience in the life sciences sector. They have over 45 offices across 28 countries, allowing them to source talent globally. They specialize in contract and permanent recruitment for biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, and other life sciences disciplines. Their consultants have expertise in specific sectors to understand client and candidate needs. NES aims to deliver guaranteed staffing solutions through their global network and discipline-specific recruitment approach.
Conor Noone completed a BSc in Forensic and Environmental Chemistry in 2015 with First Class Honours from Dublin Institute of Technology. He has experience working in Forensic Science Ireland's analytical chemistry department developing methods for accelerant analysis, explosives analysis, and sugar analysis in drug and explosive samples. He also has laboratory skills experience with various instruments and techniques. Currently, he works as a kitchen expeditor and server at Jurys Custom House Inn in Dublin.
Predicting lead poisoning levels in chicago neighborhoods capstoneCarlos Ardila
This capstone project examines health indicators and demographic data aggregated by the community from 2006 to 2013 and compares the percent of children with elevated blood lead levels (BLL) with building permits, code violations, and HUD-Section 8 subsidized housing data from the same period. The project uses various statistical techniques and was produced as part of the MS Predictive Analytics Capstone Requirement.
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4. 4
ISLAM
Pre-Gheddafi
• Centro dell’ideologia politica (favorendo integrazione provincie)
• Stretta relazione tra religione e politica (la prima legittima la
seconda)
• Società tribale/sopravvivenza settori tradizionali a colonialismo
• Mediazione dispute tribali
Gheddafi
1) PRIMA fase
• Uso religione e Sharia per legittimità e connessione con
popolazione
• Uso dei valori libici tradizionali per legittimare la rivoluzione.
2) SECONDA fase
Riconfigurazione ideologica della società libica:
• Islam diviene minaccia (radicato nella società, basi forti): diventa
così ideologia dell’opposizione (sebbena frammentata)
• Terza teoria universale (3 volumi Libro Verde):
Ispirato da Islam ??– Ulema smentiscono (incompatibile con Islam)
5. 5
Jihadismo militante
Gheddafi
• Partito della Liberazione Islamica
• Fratellanza Musulmana
Elemento militare: potere fisico, NO base ideologica
Elemento islamico: validazione ideologica, NO potere
fisico
Post-Gheddafi
Libia santuario gruppi jihadisti (addestramento e riarmo)
Frammentazione Fratellanza Musulmana = nuovi leaders
Processo di raggruppamento nuova generazione islamisti
(es: Ansar Al-Sharia)
CAOS/VUOTO POTERE
= SPAZIO PER JIHADISMO MILITANTE
6. 6
Attori Politici & Milizie
• Adattamento
“Politici”: sviluppo ruolo politico attori
sicurezza/amministrazione locale
Milizie: necessità mantenere/sviluppare aggancio territorio
• Violenza
Continuazione (gestione) della politica
con altri mezzi
Accettata per sopravvivenza
7. 7
Milizie: garanti sicurezza locale
Ruolo locale inibisce presenza organismo governo centrale
Capi milizia periodo post-rivoluzione:
effetto riciclo:
• Politica per prestigio rivoluzionario
• Gruppi criminali locali
• Movimento jihadista
Attori Politici & Milizie
8. 8
IS & ALQ in Libia - trova le differenze…
Indicatore Al Qaeda IS
Obiettivi Locali Globali
Propaganda Guerra con Haftar Scala
Internazionale
Fattore tempo Difensiva; reazione;
“pazienza”;
sfruttamento
determinate possibilità
Offensiva; azione;
assunzione rischio
Legame con
organizzazione
“madre”
“Vecchia guardia” Nuovi legami forgiati
di recente (Siria,
carceri)
9. 9
IS & ALQ in Libia - similitudini
• Campagna contro vizi
• Implementazione Sharia
• Mantenere deboli autorità centrali
• No compromesso/negoziazione (> IS)
• Provocare intervento esterno per
propaganda
Ruolo di “terzo blocco” nel conflitto
10. 10
Reclutamento:
• Defezioni ALQ IS
• Lealtà sovrapposte
IS: ricompensa defezioni attraverso attribuzione incarichi
(meccanismo di gratifica immediata + effetto imitazione)
IS necessita Ansar Al Sharia per prestigio globale
ASL: vuole invece distinguersi per prestigio locale
IS & ALQ in Libia - competizione
11. 11
Ansar Al-Sharia
“Our brave youths will continue their struggle until they
impose shari’a.”
Da ottobre 2012: Ansar al Sharia in Libia (ASL), Partigiani della Sharia
Nascita: guerra civile libica (Muslim Brotherhood = accesso a
vantaggi ed agevolazioni)
Zona di operazioni: principalmente Benghazi ed est paese
Obiettivi: Locali (emirato + Sharia)
Membri: raggruppamento non strutturato di militanti (struttura
loose) che fanno capo a Benghazi, Darna e Misurata - ex
combattenti di diversi gruppi
(Principalmente Abu Obayda Bin Aljarah Brigade, Malik
Brigade, February 17 Brigade)
12. 12
Ansar Al-Sharia
Leader: Sino a gennaio 2015,emiro Mohamed al-Zahawi
Struttura sul territorio:
• Ansar al-Shari’a a Benghazi (Ahmed Abu Khattalah è un senior
leader)
• Ansar al-Shari’a a Darnah (Sufian bin Qumu)
• Campi di addestramento
Legame con il territorio/popolazione:
• “Your Sons at Your Service.”: servizi a livello locale (Benghazi) per
sottolineare la loro natura indigena/locale: sicurezza, opera di
carità
• Istituzione di: Polizia islamica e sharia (tribunali ad hoc) in alcune
zone di Benghazi
• 21 September 2012: rigetto della popolazione per attacco a
rappresentanza USA (11 sett.12)
• Reazione: incremento attività di servizio sociale ed educative per
(ri)guadagnare il supporto locale
13. 13
Ansar Al-Sharia
Criticità interne:
• Smantellamento volontario Martyrs of
February 17 e Bou Salim Martyrs brigade
dopo i fatti del settembre 2012
Targets:
• Civili, personale della sicurezza, politici (esp. ad
est) e attacco alla rappresentanza diplomatica
USA a Benghazi (11 settembre 2012)
Espansione:
• A fine 2013: creazione di un ramo a Derna, e
presenza in Ajdabiya e Sirte. (“A step toward
building the Islamic state”)
• Distribuzione servizi/opere carità
14. 14
Ansar Al-Sharia
Legame con Al Qaeda
Riconoscimento esistenza link:
• Di facciata: ASL è uno dei Brand usati da ALQ; temi
propaganda allineati
• Mediatico:Link di natura mediatica (retweet da Al Qaeda in
the Islamic Maghreb – AQIM)
• Internazionale: ONU- riconosciuto link ASL - AQIM
(parificati nelle sanzioni)
• Personale: Mohammed al Zahawi, loyalista di al Qaeda.
AQAP elogio in suo onore
Ex detenuto della prigione di Abu Salim
NB: LINK tra militanti incarcerati e nuova guardia
15. 15
Ansar Al-Sharia
Legame con IS
• Facilitatore “neutro”: per aspiranti combattenti
in Iraq e Siria (ISIS e Al Nusrah Front)
Defezioni
• Con la morte di Mohamed al-Zahawi (volto
pubblico di ASL): molti membri e gran parte
della struttura a Sirte passano a IS
• 30 marzo 2015: giurista Abu Abdullah Al-Libi
(sostituito da Abu Tamim al Libi)giura fedeltà
all’IS unendosi ad esso con svariati membri.
(RIDONDANZA LEADERSHIP: sempre valida?)
16. 16
COOPERAZIONE ALS & IS
• Operazione Dignità (maggio 2014):
jihadisti inizialmente considerati corpo unico
(es. Libya Shield One, in rapporti con il
governo sostenuto dall’Occidente e Ansar
al-Sharia a Benghazi – antistatale)
Effetto “perverso”: fronte comune
Ansar Al-Sharia
17. 17
Libia: Centro di Gravità IS
• Instabilità
• Competizione per il potere
• Complessità (attori/orientamenti)
• Ubicazione strategica
• Armi (abbondanza, traffico)
• Risorse (fonti finanziamento)
AZIONI/INCENTIVI PER UTILIZZO LIBIA
• Incremento RESILIENZA regionale (“vicino estero”)
• Togliere “pressione” IS Iraq
• Mobilitazione immediata e azione rapida
• “Reindirizzamento” flusso combattenti da Siria a Libia
18. 18
IS in Libia
“We are here to stay and here to spread.”
Nascita: estate 2014; affiliato di ALQ; commistione
gruppi jihadisti
Re-branding di vari gruppi jihadisti
Obiettivi: globali/regionali
Membri (1.000/ 3.000)
• Militanti locali, ex affiliati di ALQ e foreign fighters
addestrati in Siria (sviluppo legami “freschi”)
19. 19
IS in Libia
Struttura sul territorio
• Creazione di 3 provincie/governatorati
Tarabalus (ovest), Barqa (est), Fezzan (sud).
Probabile coordinamenti interno e operazioni sotto unico
comando
NB: I gruppi che costituscono governatorati sono diretti
affiliati ISIS
Modello libico diverso da Siria e Iraq:
• Inizialmente senza alcun territorio
• “Costruzione” in loco del movimento – no export
Espansione non attraverso fornitura servizi di lungo
termine (ALQ – ASL) ma solo con impatto mediatico di
“vero” Stato Islamico e violenza (esecuzioni etc)
Strumenti di controllo : tasse, polizia, tribunali, posti di
blocco (es: Derna)
20. 20
Copertura mediatica
• Dabiq: Libia ha “the most potential
to replicate the Islamic State’s model in
Mesopotamia
• Accentramento del controllo
dei dipartimenti media delle provincie
Target
Alto profilo (es: Hotel Corinthia a Tripoli)
Obiettivi remunerativi (es: campi petroliferi)
Legame con la popolazione
Reazione/respingimento (Derna) per metodi brutali ISIS
IS in Libia
21. 21
Cooperazione con ALQ et altri
1° fase: tentato aggancio a militanti libici (anche
ALQ)
Poi conflitto per competizione e metodi
• Shura Council Benghazi: alleato VS Haftar
• Shura Council Mujahideen Derna (SCMD):
nemico - “guerra santa” contro ISIS
• Alba libica: conflittualità (ma concentrata più su
Haftar)
IS in Libia
22. 22
Vantaggi cooperazione con ISIS:
• Gruppi ristretti in zone remote, accesso a:
network globali/risorse/ protezione/gloria/know-
how
• Milizie: concetto governo regioni sub-statali
VS interferenza stato centrale
Vantaggi per ISIS:
• Incremento dichiarazioni di lealtà = + legittimità
(a livello globale)
IS in Libia
23. 23
Criticità
• Espulsione da Derna (bacino reclutamento;
solido network estremista) per errore metodi
• Difficoltà controllo sociale nel lungo periodo
• Incapacità nel lungo termine cooperazione altri
gruppi
• No mobilitazione su base settaria (maggioranza
Sunnita)
NB: Libia divisioni tribali, regionali (campi di
azione milizie) e NON settarie
IS in Libia
24. 24
Elementi critici per lo sviluppo dello
scenario
I DUE “GOVERNI”:
• Concessioni in termini di pace ad attori esterni (se
asimmetria = decresce possibilità di accordo)
• Alleanza/successi gruppi salafisti: spinta a negoziare per
pace?
• Tunisia: rapporti con entrambi i governi; peggioramento
attacchi in loco = paura per i due governi
• Problema Costituzione, bilanciamento potere
esecutivo/legislativo e inclusione Sharia (elemento che
forzerebbe a priori la non inclusione nel governo di alcuni
elementi ora influenti; e, se esclusa, taglierebbe fuori
elementi di Alba libica)
25. 25
Elementi critici per lo sviluppo dello scenario
ORGANIZZAZIONI
• Internazionali
(ONU - United Nations Support Mission
in Libya - UNSMIL): ruolo di mediazione
• Regionali (creazione di una nuova forza Araba? Spinta
negoziato interno per evitare intervento; d’altro canto se
fallimento perdita credibilità nuova forza)
• Unici mediatori possibili o altri meglio? Es: mediatore
arabo (male se esterno supporta uno dei due governi)
26. 26
STATI ESTERI
Lontani (Spec. Med) e regionali:
• Percezione minaccia estremista
• Pressione esterna: positiva o controproducente?
• Inasprimento situazione attacchi terroristici in
Tunisia
• Rischi espansione conflitto
• Polarizzazione rapporti internazionali
Elementi critici per lo sviluppo dello scenario
27. 27
MOVIMENTI JIHADISTI (AL-QAEDA / IS)
(Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, Ansar al-Sharia in Beng-hazi, Ansar
al-Sharia in Derna, or the Islamic State)
Se accordo tra i due governi?
• Esclusi – per designazione di movimenti terroristici
• Inclusi ( a che prezzo?): decisione su sharia; scelta rappresentanti
politici. Forse fattibile con al-qaedisti (localismo, scopi
“parrocchiali”) NO IS (globalismo, a-nazionalismo)
NB: Inclusione in processi politici di figure mediane è possibile?
(democrazia è anti-islamica) (De-mobilitazione LIFG sotto Gheddafi
storia diversa)
• Sconfitte in Siria/Iraq = maggiore iniezione di combattenti in Libia
con conseguente squilibrio?
• Successo = impatto ideologico e sul morale; maggiori risorse
disponibili per combattenti in Libia
Elementi critici per lo sviluppo dello scenario
28. 28
SINGOLI ATTORI
HAFTAR
• Influente e con legami militari
(ed esteri: Egitto)
• GNC non vuole ex funzionari
• Se messo fuori dalla struttura:
potenziale elemento destabilizzante
CAPI TRIBU’/tribù stesse(+ o – influenti)
• Come vedono coinvolgimento esterno?
• Garanzia partecipazione processi elettorali (con protezione
statale anche zone sud)
Elementi critici per lo sviluppo dello scenario
29. 29
CAPI JIHADISTI SUL TERRITORIO ( e fuori)
• Obiettivi
• Presa sul territorio
• Funzionamento come stato alternativo
• Minaccia ad elezioni e sicurezza nelle tre provincie
Elementi critici per lo sviluppo dello scenario
30. 30
POPOLAZIONE
• Senso marginalizzazione EST
• Iniqua distribuzione risorse
• Milizie (spec.Ansar al-Sharia Brigade) “paladini”
di settori bistrattati
CAPI MILIZIA
• Dai margini società ad eroi locali (influenza su
popolazione)
• Incentivi economici
Elementi critici per lo sviluppo dello scenario
31. 31
Alcuni punti chiave…
Islam:
• Anni Gheddafi: elemento chiave di resilienza
interna/linguaggio di opposizione
• Gruppi jihadisti odierni: uso per controllo territorio
Elementi di conflittualità interna:
• Squilibrio percepito come permanente in
distribuzione risorse = conflittualità gestita da
milizie e/o jihadisti
“Freni”: omogeneità, no conflitto settario
• IS: arduo controllo sociale di lungo periodo