On May 28, at
2 pm
UNET First Floor Conference Room
and Remotely via the
Internet
You can see a vdieo of the talk at:
You can read the slides here.
Potential
Indications of Terrorism
in
Maine
Carroll Payne, President
World Conflict Quarterly
At first glance
Maine
appears to be far removed from the dangers of domestic or international
terrorism. However, upon further
review, several relevant threats can be identified that could impact
Maine
citizens in future terrorist incidents. Citizens
of
Maine
do not need to be reminded that Mohammad Atta, the leader of the September 11th
terrorists, boarded his first flight that day in
Portland
. Or, how one person died and
numerous others were sickened in the mass arsenic poisoning in
New Sweden
. Finally, Nathan Hale, the self
appointed leader of the now collapsing, World Church of the Creator, and
recently convicted of attempting to arrange the murder of a federal judge,
gladly orchestrated a racists rally to protest Somalian immigrants moving to
Lewiston
.
This talk will discuss hate crimes, narco-terrorism, environmental terrorism
and the potential for future terrorist incidents in
Maine
.
The tentative outline for “Potential Indications of Terrorism in
Maine
,” is as follows:
I
Introduction
II
Narco-Terrorism
III
Environmental-Terrorism
IV
Hate Crimes, Domestic Extremists & White Separatists
V
Weapons of Mass Destruction
VI
International Terrorism
VII
Cyber-Terrorism
VIII
Lockwood Analytical Method for Prediction (LAMP)
IX
Likely Outcomes (Potential Terrorist Events in
Maine
)
X
Conclusion
Biography:
In 1980, Carroll Payne enlisted in the United States Marine Corps and served
worldwide through 1984. After
discharge from the USMC, he enlisted in the Maine Army National Guard in 1985
and was admitted into the Active Guard/Reserve program in 1989.
Since his enlistment in the Maine Army National Guard, he has
served with 262nd Engineer Battalion, Co B 3/172nd
Infantry (Mountain) and is currently serving as the First Sergeant and
Operations, Force Protection & Mobilization Readiness Non-Commissioned
Officer, 112th Medical Company (Air Ambulance).
In 1999, he was mobilized in support for Operation Joint Forge, and spent
seven months in support of peacekeeping operations in
Bosnia and Herzegovina
. Most recently, in 2003, he was
once again mobilized, this time in support of Operation Enduring Freedom &
Operation Iraqi Freedom and spent six months in
Kuwait
and
Iraq
.
In 1999 and 2000, while deployed to
Bosnia and Herzegovina
, he was struck by the violence and destruction that could be seen on flights
over the numerous valleys. He observed that violence seemed to be very unevenly
distributed. One would see some villages completely destroyed, while in villages
in neighboring valleys would have no visible damage. As
a result of his service, he became fascinated by the reasons that would
compel neighbors who had lived together peacefully for years, to suddenly turn
on each other. Upon his return to
the United States he founded World Conflict Quarterly in order to learn
more about the study of conflicts around the world, and eventually the how and
why of terrorism.
For the last four years he has spent every spare minute in
the study of terrorism utilizing resources available from government agencies
and institutions of higher learning. World Conflict Quarterly has been
noted by the Public Broadcasting Service, the Christian Science Monitor and the
American Model United Nations, among others.
Carroll Payne recently published
an article entitled “A Short History of Weapons of Mass Destruction,” in the
Journal of Counter-Terrorism and Homeland Security, International.
For more information, please go to: www.globalterrorism101.com.
| 
