Paul Young presented on various terrorism threats. He discussed the history of terrorist groups going underground after defeat. ISIS aims to create an Islamic caliphate across Iraq and Syria through implementing Sharia law. There are concerns about returning ISIS soldiers posing a threat. While Canada pledges to prosecute those who broke terrorism laws by joining ISIS, it also wants to reintegrate returnees. Eco-terrorism involves destroying the environment to intimidate governments or civilians. It costs billions globally each year. Increased surveillance, AI, urban planning, ecosystem protection and monitoring can help address terrorism threats.

1. Terrorism
Threats –
November
2017
Paul Young, CPA, CGA
November 22, 2017

2. Paul Young - Bio
• CPA, CGA (1996)
• Financial Solutions (FOPM/FPM)
• SME – Risk Management
• SME – Close, Consolidate and Reporting
• SME – Public Policy
• SME – Financial Solutions
• SME – Advance Technology and Market
Entry
• SME – Supply Chain Management
• SME – Business Strategy and
Restructuring
• Academia – Advance Accounting,
Advance Finance, Internal Audit, Advance
Information Systems and Public Finance
Contact information:
Paul_Young_CGA@Hotmail.com

3. Disclaimer
• This presentation discusses the Terrorism including eco-
terrorism and terrorist groups

4. Agenda
• History
• ISIS
• Returning ISIS Soldiers
• Canada and ISIS
• What is Eco Terrorism?
• The cost of eco terrorism
• What can be done?

5. History

6. Summary / Threats
• Many groups go into hiding when they are either defeated or
stand no chance to win
• BAATH Party went into hiding after the second invasion
• Taliban Party went into hiding and now is taken part in attacks on
Afghanistan
• Many groups have cells. It takes money and time to monitor these cells
either within a country or globally
• It is difficult to de-radicalised people as they follow the scripts send by
their leaders
• Many groups have said they will attack people as they sleep

7. ISIS
Who is ISIS
• Started as an al Qaeda splinter group. Also known as Islamic State
in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and Islamic State (IS). ISIS aims to
create an Islamic state called a caliphate across Iraq, Syria and
beyond. The group is implementing Sharia Law, rooted in eighth
century Islam, to establish a society that mirrors the region's ancient
past. Source -http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/08/world/isis-fast-
facts/index.html

8. Returning ISIS Soldiers
In recent months, ISIS has lost territorial control of much of its
"caliphate" and that has been exacerbated by the fall of the key cities of
Raqqa and Mosul. The deteriorating situation for the group across Syria
and Iraq has prompted an exodus with an estimated 5,600 foreign
fighters returning to their home countries. That's according to The
Soufan Center, a U.S.-based think tank which says that 33 countries
have reported arrivals over the past two years.
Source - https://www.forbes.com/sites/niallmccarthy/2017/10/25/scores-
of-isis-foreign-fighters-have-returned-home-infographic/#415533385e8e
• It works out to about 20 per
country
• Internal terrorist threats
exist from the returning
soldiers

9. Blog - ISIS
• http://www.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=1266363&playlistId=1.3685991&binId=1.810401&playlistPageNum=1&binPageNum=1#_gus&_gucid=&_gup=twitter&_gsc
=wmJbK4f
• It is amazing the government says they are concerned for the safety of Canadians and yet says little on how it will handle the 60 so called ISIS fighters. Here is
information on ISIS:
• http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/01/americas/edmonton-vehicle-attacks-investigation/index.html - ISIS attack on a police officer
• Criminal Code – Genocide - http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C-46/section-318.html - There are sections were people can be tried for genocide
• ISIS is using refugees to infiltrate various countries - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/dec/02/islamic-state-recruiters-targeting-refugees-in-europe-
counter-terror-experts-warn
• ISIS attacks – at least 143 attacks in 29 countries including Canada - http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/17/world/mapping-isis-attacks-around-the-world/index.html
• ISIS may go into heading as part of regrouping -
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2017/11/hundreds_of_fighters_in_isis_convoy_allowed_to_escape_raqqa_with_weapons.html. We have tinder conditions
in the middle east that can flare up at any time.
• Middle East will always be about different sects - http://www.macleans.ca/politics/how-the-push-to-defeat-isis-sparked-a-new-battle-in-iraq/. Iraq major groups
are Sunni, Shiite and Kurds.
• USA and Russia join with the UN cut off funding for ISIS - https://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/video/us-and-russia-join-forces-at-u.n.-to-choke-off-isis-
money-supply-587887171880. The problem is that governments in the middle east as well as Africa countries that have ties to terrorist groups. These same
groups receive foreign aid - https://www.slideshare.net/paulyoungcga/foreign-aid-transparency-and-accountability-october-2017
• More lone wolf attacks - http://www.hometownlife.com/story/news/2017/11/02/rise-lone-wolf-insiders-view-terrorism/824620001/. Many of these lone wolf
attacks are inspired by terrorist groups like Hezbollah, Hamas, Boka Haram, etc.
• We will continue to see groups come out of hiding to pick their battles - https://www.dawn.com/news/1370551
• It is very hard to de-radicalised people - http://www.bloggingtories.ca/forums/post112453.html.

10. Canada and Military
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnFN-
Kwvemw&t=317s

11. Canada and ISIS
Source - https://globalnews.ca/news/3871229/canada-concerned-returning-isis-
fighters-justin-trudeau/
Canada is concerned about the
national security threat posed by
citizens who joined the Islamic
State group, returning to this country,
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said
Monday.
In parliament, Trudeau pledged to
prosecute those who broke Canada’s
anti-terrorism laws by joining the ISIS
group, but also said his government
would try to reintegrate them into
society.
• Advocating genocide 318 (1) Every one who advocates
or promotes genocide is guilty of an indictable offence
and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five
years.
• 82.7 For greater certainty, sections 82.3 to 82.6 do not
apply to an act that is committed during an armed conflict
and that, at the time and in the place of its commission,
is in accordance with customary international law or
conventional international law applicable to the conflict,
or to activities undertaken by military forces of a state in
the exercise of their official duties, to the extent that
those activities are governed by other rules of
international law. Leaving Canada to participate in
activity of terrorist group 83.181 Everyone who leaves
or attempts to leave Canada, or goes or attempts to go
on board a conveyance with the intent to leave Canada,
for the purpose of committing an act or omission outside
Canada that, if committed in Canada, would be an
offence under subsection 83.18(1) is guilty of an
indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term
of not more than 10 years.
Criminal Code:

12. What is Eco Terrorism?
destruction, or the threat of destruction, of the environment by
states, groups, or individuals in order to intimidate or to coerce
governments or civilians. The term also has been applied to a
variety of crimes committed against companies or government
agencies and intended to prevent or to interfere with activities
allegedly harmful to the environment.
Source - https://www.britannica.com/topic/ecoterrorism

13. Terrorism Cost
Source - http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/09/01/the-green-radicals-are-coming-environmental-extremism/ or
http://economicsandpeace.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Global-Terrorism-Index-2016.2.pdf

14. What can be done?
• More investment in surveillance
• Use of Artificial Intelligence
• Urban Planning
• More ecosystem protection and oversight
• More monitoring of ecosystems
• Forest and Land Management
• More effort into improving water systems and usage of land
• Control burns as well as other forest management process to mitigate the
impact of fire