Experts gather to discuss current threats of terrorism
By Mimi Liu | April 4, 2007Major players of the international diplomacy scene traveled to the University last weekend to engage in a conference on the current situation in Iraq and ongoing threats of terrorism. The three-day conference "Root, Stem, and Branch: Homegrown Radicals and the Limits of Terrorism," was sponsored by the Critical Incident Analysis Group and the Miller Center of Public Affairs, and began Sunday with a roundtable discussion among 10 panelists. George Gilliam, director of Forum Programs at the Miller Center, said the conversation aimed to discuss why terrorists "engage in acts of terrorism, what level of anger and humiliation makes them engage in acts of terror." This event marked the 10th year that CIAG has held a conference in Charlottesville and the second year that the Miller Center has co-sponsored the event. "It's one network getting together with another and the synergy that comes from those right entities working together," CIAG Executive Director Gregory Saathoff said. Panelists included Chuck Robb, former Virginia governor and U.S.
