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Profile: Rohan GunaratnaPositions that Rohan Gunaratna has held:Research fellow at the Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence at University of St. Andrews in Scotland QuotesJanuary 2003“Al-Qaeda hates the Iraqi government for the way it treated the Kurds in northern Iraq after the Gulf War. There is no reason why it should be any different now. .. Iraq has been involved with Palestinian groups such as Hamas, but not with al-Qaeda.” [Scotsman, 1/30/2003] Associated EventsEvents leading up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq - July 2002-March 19, 2003 - Numerous US and Bri ... Rohan Gunaratna participated in the following events as an activeparticipant:After October 2001Rohan Gunaratna, a research fellow at the Center for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, begins researching for his book, Inside al-Qaeda: Global Network of Terror. He examines several tens of thousands of documents acquired from al-Qaeda and Taliban sources. During the course of his investigation, he finds no evidence of an Iraqi-al-Qaeda link. In an op-ed piece printed in the International Herald Tribune on February 19, 2003, he writes: “In addition to listening to 240 tapes taken from al-Qaeda’s central registry, I debriefed several al-Qaeda and Taliban detainees. I could find no evidence of links between Iraq and al-Qaeda. The documentation and interviews indicated that al-Qaeda regarded Saddam, a secular leader, as an infidel.” [International Herald Tribune, 2/19/2003 Sources: Rohan Gunaratna] Entity Tags: Rohan GunaratnaTimeline Tags: Events Leading to Iraq InvasionJuly 2002-March 19, 2003Numerous US and British, current and former, intelligence, military, and other government officials who have inside knowledge refute claims made by the Bush administration that Saddam Hussein’s regime has or is seeking ties with international militant Islamic groups. [Wall Street Journal, 8/15/2002; Washington Post, 9/10/2002; Baltimore Sun, 9/26/2002; Knight Ridder, 10/7/2002; Sunday Herald (Glasgow), 10/13/2002; Radio Free Europe, 10/29/2002; International Herald Tribune, 11/1/2002; CBC News, 11/1/2002; Los Angeles Times, 11/4/2002; New York Times, 2/3/2003; Daily Telegraph, 2/4/2003; Independent, 2/9/2003] Entity Tags: Daniel Benjamin, Michael Chandler, Jean-Louis Bruguiére, Vincent Cannistraro, Michael O'Hanlon, Brent Scowcroft, Jack Straw, George W. Bush, Saddam Hussein, Richard Durbin, Baltasar Garzon, Rohan Gunaratna, Vincent Cannistraro, Youssef M. Ibrahim, Tony Blair, Igor Ivanov, Jean Chretien, Anna EshooTimeline Tags: Events Leading to Iraq Invasion(Show related quotes)
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]
