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NOW that the criminal behind the terrorist attack at Imam AlSadiq Mosque and some of his supporters have been identified, people have realized such attacks cannot be controlled by the efforts of one country alone. The multi-nationalities and strong coordination among members of terrorist cells, as well as the arrival of the suicide bomber to Kuwait in the early morning on the same day he committed the heinous crime necessitate strengthening cooperation between GCC countries not only in exchanging information but also in controlling terrorism. They should start by monitoring and analyzing social networking sites, in addition to the recruitment activities of terrorist groups. They should not stop at the phase of blocking sources of support, as they need to continue working towards the elimination of discrimination and atheistic ideology.

What happened in the mosque was an integrated security operation; starting from the watcher to the financer, trainer, transporter and the owner of the shelter, up to the preparation of the explosive belt, its delivery to the perpetrator and finally pressing the explosion button which was probably done outside the mosque.

All these steps require money, communication and support. A group with a few members cannot prepare all this on its own. Those behind the attack could be a number of people in and outside Kuwait. If some of them are left free, they pose a grave threat to national security.

It is true that ordinary security procedures will protect the country, but these procedures are not enough to control terrorism in which several nationalities are involved. Terrorists might brutally attack the region, taking advantage of the Gulf’s security slackness and sometimes the good intention of security systems which accept the deceitful repentance of some suspects who were members of the terrorist group ‘Peninsula Lions’.

Here we ask: If they have been rehabilitated, why did they return to their old ways? Does it mean there is a defect in the process of rehabilitating them, so they keep on adopting odd arguments? Under such circumstances, the mechanism for controlling terrorism must be reviewed not only locally or in the Gulf level but internationally as well. We need to intensify collaboration, as it is not reasonable that after all these international procedures, thousands of terrorists keep on flocking to Syria, Iraq and Libya. It is illogical that they return to their countries as suicide bombers and commit massacres.

If a single spark can start a fire, we have to plug all sources of this spark. The incidents in the region clearly indicate that callous and terrorist acts are carried out by intelligent people, not the ignorant. It is not strange to say that there are countries serving their interests through terrorist operations; hence, the need to identify them. Are they Israel, Iran, USA, North Korea or the fifth column of an unknown country?