Washington Conference on International Terrorism

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DateJune 24 1984 - June 27 1984
LocationWashington D.C.,  USA
ParticipantsMoshe Arens, Jillian Becker, Ray Cline, Jack Kemp, Elie Kedourie, Charles Krauthammer, Jeane Kirkpatrick, Michael Ledeen, Bernard Lewis, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Benjamin Netanyahu, Yitzhak Rabin, George Shultz, Claire Sterling, Arnaud de Borchgrave, Lord Chalfont, Paul Johnson, Jean-François Revel, [[..|...]]
Witnessed byMidge Decter, Jack Kemp, Ted Koppel, Paul Laxalt, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Edwin Meese, Daniel Schorr
InterestsWar On Terror
DescriptionA key conference in establishing the "War On Terror", 5 years after the seminal Jerusalem Conference on International Terrorism

“Given terrorism's unique dependence on publicity and amplification, the media have a crucial role in either facilitating or obstructing the spread of terrorism against the West... manipulation of public opinion is in fact, central to the terrorist strategy. For this purpose, access to the media, indeed their domination, is indispensable.”
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The Washington Conference on International Terrorism was convened in June 1984 by the Jonathan Institute. It was a follow up to the 1979 Jerusalem Conference on International Terrorism and its stated aim was coordination of the global response to "terrorism".[2]

Deep political connections

The 1984 conference succeeded in assembling as large and prestigious a group of participants and audience as the 1979 Jerusalem Conference on International Terrorism. Leading addresses were given by U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz, UN Ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick (of Le Cercle), and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. Also in attendance were Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Midge Decter, Paul Laxalt, Edwin Meese, Jack Kemp, and media stars Daniel Schorr and Ted Koppel. As in 1979, the conference featured terrorism as the new focus of Israeli, U.S., and European foreign policy concern, and the participants chosen assured the uncontested reiteration of the Western model, with a strong bent toward its extremist version. The Palestinians, with their alleged Soviet "sponsors," were held responsible for almost every (retail) terrorist attack cited by the body of experts in attendance, who, among others, included Michael Ledeen, Claire Sterling, Ray S. Cline, Arnaud de Borchgrave, Lord Chalfont and Jillian Becker.

In January 1985, Le Cercle held a meeting in Washington DC.

Book

The Washington Conference on International Terrorism was followed up by a book from Benjamin Netanyahu, about which one reviewer observed: "There are some low-level oddities about this book that should be noted quickly. Very few efforts are made to convince readers of what is being said: sources and figures are never cited; abstractions and generalizations pop up everywhere; and, except for three essays on Islam, historical argument is limited to the single proposition that "terrorism" has never before presented such a threat to "the democracies.' I was also struck that the verb in the book's subtitle, How the West Can Win, doesn't seem to have an object: Win what? one wonders. So great is the number of contributors, so hortatory the tone, so confident and many the assertions, that in the end you retain little of what has been said, except that you had better get on with the fight against terrorism, whatever Netanyahu says it is."[3]

 

Known Participants

18 of the 19 of the participants already have pages here:

ParticipantDescription
Moshe Arenssuspected deep state operative
Jillian BeckerUK "terror expert"
Arnaud de BorchgraveSpooky journalist
Ray ClineSenior CIA, spoke at the 1979 Jerusalem Conference on International Terrorism
Paul JohnsonInfluential author in US and British right-wing politics
Alun Gwynne JonesUK politician, Cercle visitor, the only person who spoke more than once at the JCIT
Elie KedourieVisitor to the Washington Conference on International Terrorism who wrote a paper for the 1982 Bilderberg
Jack KempClosely associated with the hawkish wing of the Republican Party.
Jeane KirkpatrickNeocon "terror expert", US Ambassador to the UN, Washington Conference on International Terrorism...
Charles KrauthammerSingle Bilderberger Washington Conference on International Terrorism visitor
Michael Ledeen"Washington's neoconservative guru", Bilderberg, Le Cercle...
Bernard LewisSpooky academic who attended the 1979 and 2002 Bilderbergs, as well as the Washington Conference on International Terrorism.
Daniel MoynihanUS diplomat who pushed the "war on terror"
Benjamin NetanyahuIsraeli deep politician who has been Prime Minister of Israel
Yitzhak RabinPrime Minister of Israel, assassinated in office in 1995
Jean-François Revel
George ShultzUS Cold warrior who attended the 1984 Washington Conference on International Terrorism
Claire SterlingUS "terror expert" who promoted the "War on Terror"

 

Witnesses

WitnessDescription
Midge DecterNeocon "polemical powerhouse"
Jack KempClosely associated with the hawkish wing of the Republican Party.
Ted Koppel
Paul LaxaltNevada politician with significant ties to organized crime. One of Ronald Reagan's closest friends in politics.
Edwin MeeseUnited States Attorney General in the 1980s, during the Reagan Administration.
Daniel MoynihanUS diplomat who pushed the "war on terror"
Daniel Schorr
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