Global Jihad: temi, piste di diffusione e il fenomeno del reducismo ...

Although controlling the information available over the Internet is practically
difficult. Significant efforts have been made in other fields to regulate certain content.
The efficiency of such an approach can be debated. An alternate tactic would be to
step-up outreach and education in an attempt to dissuade those with access to the
relevant information from making it so freely available over the Internet.
iii)
denying nuclear or radiological terrorists access to their targets and the desired impact of
their
attacks
In order to prevent a terrorist from being able to transport a device to the intended
detonation site, it would be necessary to be able detect the material involved.
Although such
technology does exist and is currently being installed in numerous
ports,
it is very costly, too large to move and impractical for installation in so many
locations. It is possible that developments in science and technology may correct this
situation in the future.
iv) ensuring the effective international criminalisation of nuclear and radiological terrorism
The primary international legal instrument in this area would be the Rome Statute of
the International Criminal Court. This instrument makes it a criminal offence to use a
variety of weapons, including
poison weapons. It does not currently cover nuclear or
radiological weapons. It could be expanded to cover them, even if it were necessary
to include a ‘get out clause’ similar to that found in the International Convention for
the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism – excluding the use of these weapons
by States.
v) promoting education and awareness raising amongst those who might unwittingly be
involved in proliferation
Although nuclear physicists are generally
aware of these considerations and
commonly heralded as setting an example which should be replicated
amongst other
scientists, the same is not necessarily true for all those who could be in a position to
contribute to the acquisition of a nuclear or radiological weapons capability. Many of
the components which would be required are dual-use. It might be desirable to
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