about braniff. >> chairman thorn per i are, ranking member smith esteemed members of the committee i would like to thank you on behalf of the star consortium for inviting us to speak with you today. in 2013 over 22,000 people were killed and nearly 8500 terrorists attacks. when star releases full global terrorism database, data set for 2014 we anticipate it will include over 15,000 terrorist attacks. our preliminary date from the first nine months of 2014 suggest seven of the 10 most lethal groups in 2014 were violent jihadist groups and isil among them conducted more terrorist attacks than any other terrorist organization. the trendlines over the last few years are largely driven by two factors. first the prolife race of groups associated with al qaeda and in hot spots around the world and second the rise of isil and its strategy of escalation through sectarian violence. what we have therefore, is the makings of a global competition involving the most violent terrorist organizations in the world. this is even more troubling when one considers that both theoretical and empirical work

host: if you are on twitter, you can follow billion braniff. -- william braniff.is an educator at the university of maryland. dan is joining us from mckinley bill california on the republican line. good morning. caller: i have a question. if these islamic terrorists represent a small fraction of the islamic world, why did the government of pakistan shelton them -- accent shelter them for all those years after 9/11? guest: that is a great question. bin laden found safe haven in what we call connie country. it is part of the borderlands between afghanistan and pakistan and this group led by an individual offered bin laden safe haven before and after 9/11. he had given his allegiance to the taliban. more specifically, it was a group in the network and pakistan the nation, has a long history of engaging with this group for its own geostrategic reasons. pakistan is most concerned about in this world is india. the idea of india coming across the border into pakistan, which is a narrow state. pakistan wants strategic depth. it was the ability to retreat to counterattack

braniff. >> chairman thornberry chi ranking members to smith thank you for inviting us today. in 2013, over 22,000 people were killed and nearly 8,500 terrorist attacks. when they release the full terrorism database for 2014 we anticipate it will include over 15,000 terrorist attacks. our preliminary data for 2015 for just seven of the ten most lethal groups in 2014 were violent jihad is to groups and speedy levin among them conducted more than any other organization. the trend line over is driven by two factors. first the proliferation to the group associated with al qaeda and hotspots around the world and second the rise of isil and the strategy of escalation through the sectarian violence. what we have therefore therefore conveys the makings, is the makings of a global competition involving the most violent terrorist organizations in the world. this is even more troubling when one considers that both the theoretical and empirical work in the terrorism studies field suggest competition among the groups is a most important predictor of increasingly saudi overtime. to better u

i love bill braniff's idea about how cve it affects so many things.ognize that community policing is a community policing. the community goes first. the interfaith community is our real strength. we have the jewish, christian, coptic immunities, the buddhist communities and so our outreach and engagement deals with all of those communities. i would say there is a little bit of heavier focus on the muslim because for so many years we did not really recognize that muslim committees existed. since 2008, we have come to learn more about the cultures and traditions. i think the other aspect is how islam expresses itself in los angeles is different than how it expresses itself in minneapolis new york, washington, d.c. we have to understand that our communities and they are communities, and be able to respond to that. in terms of our outreach to the interfaith, when we get jewish leaders, muslim leaders together we talk about the commonalities of what we have and how to create that sense of justice, that since a piece, how to bring access to government, how

i love bill braniff's idea about how cve affects so many things.recognize that community policing is a community policing. not policing communities. the community goes first. the interfaith community is our real strength. we have the jewish, christian, coptic communities, the buddhist communities, and so our outreach and engagement deals with all of those communities. i would say there is a little bit of heavier focus on the muslim communities only because for so many years we did not really recognize that muslim communities existed in this form. since 2008, we have come to learn more about the cultures and traditions. i think the other aspect is how islam expresses itself in los angeles is different than how it expresses itself in minneapolis, new york, washington, d.c. we have to understand that our communities and they are communities, not community, and be able to respond to that. in terms of our outreach to the interfaith, when we get jewish leaders, muslim leaders, christian leaders, together, we talk about the commonalities of what we have a

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braniff, i was struck in your testimony that as i read it that just in the last 12 months we've seen a dramatic rise in these terrorist organizations and in their attacks. as i understand it, one of the things your organization does is keep track of these with objective metrics. and am i reading that right that even in the last year we have seen this problem get dramatically worse? >> mr. chairman if you compare the most violent terrorist organizations in 2013 to those in 2014 the level of violence from isil taliban, she bob, boko haram have increased between 2013 to 2014, according to preliminary data. iraq afghanistan yemen somalia, libya have increased terror violence in our preliminary data from 2014. pakistan is the only sort of effected nation which has seen a decrease, out of countries where al qaeda and associated movement are active. so we have seen a year on year increase over the last 12 months, over the 12 months before that, and 12 months before that. the trend line is continuing to rise. partial explanation is that a lot of strategy now focuses on trying to build capabi

braniff? >> i think thus far we've been dealing with issues at an ad hoc basis in part because of the ip stability associated with the arab spring and frankly, it was a pretty tumultuous two years. any strategy has to -- >> comprehensive strategy, do we have one though today? do you believe? >> no i think al-qaeda and isil have pulled us into the realm of nonstate actors where we're forced to operate in extrajudicial terms, and we should try to push this back into the international system where, again, we have those rules working for our favor. >> thank you much. i yield back. >> thank you. mr. langevin. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i want to thank all of our witnesses for being here in particular general flynn a fellow rhode islander. general, welcome back before the committee, and thank you for your years of service. so i'd like to -- probably the question would be for dr. lynch and also for general flynn, whoever goes first. i would clearly this rise of radical violent extremists didn't happ

braniff, did you have something you wanted to add on that point? >> thank you. al shabaab boko haram will takely be the most or the second most lethal terrorist organization in 2004 when we finalize our data. although they're not the most active in terms of number of attacks which means they're unfortunate will quite efficient in creating fatalities per attack. and of course we just saw their first attack in chad a day or so ago. continued' tacks in al cameroon. there's a number of groups associated with the tribes. so what we're seeing is increased levels of terrorists attacks and fatalities both in west africa and in east africa. and a lot of fluidity in north africa. >> thank you. and i think it is helpful to have some objective measurements to gauge these things. they don't tell us the whole story but they do enable us to compare, to compare trends. the other topic we didn't get to today, which i think we need to understand bet ser the competition among groups. you alluded to it. we didn't have a chance to get it. but that is a very significant factor that w

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it is satisfactory from the united states of germany, they want to figure out what to do with braniffrisis in the euro and they don't see the united states playing a role at all so i think their strategy may be to try to freeze the problem in ukraine until they deal with their other problems and hope america comes to its senses but i don't think this is over by a long shot and i fear it is not over in other countries once a part of the soviet union. >> you have just outlined a number of specific instances in which the obama administration has made things that many of us would consider to be mistakes given american strategic objectives and principles are around the world. i am always shocked by the statements that every once in awhile flowed out from the white house that suggest there is an ideology behind it. if you think global warming is something that has more impact on more people than the murders of a few americans being held hostage by isis than you probably don't think the loss of people in benghazi, a few americans serving in benghazi even if they are representative of the pre