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Encyclopedia of Terrorism

Encyclopedia of Terrorism and Political Violence

Encyclopedia of World Terrorism

Encyclopedia of World Terrorism

Historical Dictionary of Terrorism

Historical Dictionary of Terrorism

2001 Report on Foreign Terrorist Organizations
http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/rpt/fto/2001/5258.htm
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Advisory Panel to Assess Domestic Response Capabilities for Terrorism Involving Weapons of Mass Destruction
also known as The Gilmore Commission
http://www.rand.org/nsrd/terrpanel/
The Advisory Panel will assess the capabilities for responding to terrorist incidents in the U.S. homeland involving weapons of mass destruction. Response capabilities at the Federal, State, and local levels will be examined, with a particular emphasis on the latter two. Includes first five annual reports as of Dec. 2003.
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America Still Unprepared - America Still In Danger
http://www.cfr.org/publication.php?id=5099
This report concludes that America is still unprepared to prevent and respond to a catastrophic terrorist attack on U.S. soil. Though a number of steps have been taken there are indications that Americans are lapsing back into complacency. The report discusses a number of issues and makes a number of recommendations. Report of an Independent Task Force Sponsored by the Council on Foreign Relations and co-chaired by Gary Hart and Warren B. Rudman.
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Americans for Medical Progress
http://www.amprogress.org/ResearchOpposition/ResearchOppositionList.cfm?c=17
Americans for Medical Progress explain why research on animals is critical and why violence against animal research is wrong. According to the FBI, the Animal Liberation Front (ALF) and the Earth Liberation Front (ELF) alone are responsible for more than 600 criminal acts in the United States since 1996, causing damages in excess of $43 million dollars. While the perpetrating groups note that their actions have not yet taken human life, they overlook, among other potential harm, the jeopardy in which they place firefighters and other first responders. More than 50,000 firefighters are injured each year either responding to (6,000) or fighting fires (46,000), according to the United States Fire Administration. For this reason, federal and state lawmakers are proposing legislation to give more muscle to law enforcement efforts against those committing violent acts in the name of animal rights or the environment. President Bush signed the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act (AETA) into law November 27, 2006. The new law expands criminal prohibitions against the use of force, violence, and threats involving animal-related businesses, including biomedical research, and increases penalties for violations.
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Antiterrorism.org Bookstore
http://www.antiterrorism.org/book_store.html
Most of the books mentioned are available in the MSU Libraries.
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Antiterrorism Individual Protective Measures
http://web.archive.org/web/20041010002332/
http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/e-resources/ebooks/records/7129-1.html
Pamphlet published by Joint Chiefs of Staff, February 1997. Shared by the University of Buffalo Libraries. Still available thanks to the Internet Archive. Works best with Mozilla Firefox.
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Basics of Combatting Terrorism
http://web.archive.org/web/20011215003235/
www.terrorism.com/terrorism/basics.shtml
There is much confusion over what terrorism is and is not. The following is an essay from the US Army's Command & General Staff College in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. The essay does an excellent job of explaining not only the basics of terrorism, but also details the US policy towards this phenomenon. Because of its length, we have broken the essay into several parts. U.S. Army, Field Manual 100-20, Stability and Support Opperations, (Final Draft), "Chapter 8: Combatting Terrorism. Stil available thanks to the Internet Archive. Works best with Mozilla Firefox.
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Bombing of America
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/bombing/index.html
PBS online exhibit on bombing and terrorism, with information about chemical bombs, juvenile bombers, suspects, and police and forensics procedures. (Last checked 02/17/12)

Bremer Commission (National Commission on Terrorism) Report
Countering the Changing Threat of International Terrorism
http://web.archive.org/web/20021214231742/
http://www.terrorism.com/documents/bremercommission/index.shtml
Still available thanks to the Internet Archive. Works best with Mozilla Firefox.
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CIA, FBI, and Pentagon Team to Fight Terrorism
http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0900/091900nj.htm
GovExec.Com Daily Briefing, September 18, 2000.
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CNN's War on Terror
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/trade.center/
An archive of news articles related to terrorist activities since the attack on the World Trade Centers in September 2001. Commercial site maintained by CNN.
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Combating Terrorism: Evaluation of Selected Characteristics
in National Strategies Related to Terrorism
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d04408t.pdf
Identifies and defines the desirable characteristics of an effective national terrorism and homeland security strategy and evaluates whether the current national strategies address those characteristics.
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Countering the New Terrorism
http://www.rand.org/publications/MR/MR989/
Countering the New Terrorism, a new 153-page book published by RAND, has recently been made available online. The book contains four chapters that address the changes, trends, and implications of the new terrorism. The introductory chapter, written by Ian O. Lesser, overviews the changes in terrorism in a changing world. The second chapter, "Terrorism Trends and Prospects," by Bruce Hoffman, looks at trends in international terrorism. Chapter three, "Networks, Netwar, and Information-Age Terrorism," by John Arquilla, David Ronfeldt, and Michele Zanini, examines the special problem of terrorism in the information age. The final chapter, "Countering the New Terrorism: Implications for Strategy," also by Lesser, suggests how to meet terrorist challenges to US interests. The book also includes three figures, one table, an index, and a foreword by Brian Michael Jenkins. Each part of the online book is provided as an individual .pdf file.
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Countering the Changing Threat of International Terrorism
http://www.fas.org/irp/threat/commission.html
The final report is a result of the National Commission on Terrorism's Congressionally mandated evaluation of America's laws, policies, and practices for preventing and punishing terrorism directed at American citizens. It is available in Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF). Released first by the Federation of American Scientists and later by GPO Access. 2000.
Note: The National Commission on Terrorism is also known as the Bremer Commission.
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Country Reports on Terrorism
2009 report : http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/crt/2009/index.htm
Previous reports : http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/crt/index.htm
U.S. law requires the Secretary of State to provide Congress, by April 30 of each year, a full and complete report on terrorism with regard to those countries and groups meeting criteria set forth in the legislation. This annual report is entitled Country Reports on Terrorism. Beginning with the report for 2004, it replaced the previously published Patterns of Global Terrorism.
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Dag Hammarskold Library Web Page on International Terrorism
http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/resources/terrorism/index.html
The United Nations has long been active in the fight against international terrorism. Reflecting the determination of the international community to eliminate this threat, the Organization and its agencies have developed a wide range of international legal agreements that enable the international community to take action to suppress terrorism and bring those responsible to justice. Dating back to 1963, these agreements provide the basic legal tools to combat international terrorism in its many forms -- from the seizure of aircraft to hostage-taking to the financing of terrorism. Many have been ratified by the majority of countries around the world, and only the most recent one is not yet in force. Such agreements have been developed by the General Assembly, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), the International Maritime Organization (IMO), and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). (Note to Correspondents 5679). The web page also provides links to UN publications, non-UN publications, and web sites.
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Discouraging Terrorism: Some Implications of 9/11
http://www.nap.edu/books/0309085306/html/
Courtesy of the National Academies Press, Center for Social and Economic Studies (CSES), 2002.
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DoD USS Cole Commission Report
http://www.fas.org/irp/threat/cole.html
Since the attack on Khobar Towers in June 1996, the Department of Defense (DoD) has made significant improvements in protecting its service members, mainly in deterring, disrupting and mitigating terrorist attacks on installations. The attack on USS COLE (DDG 67), in the port of Aden, Yemen, on 12 October 2000, demonstrated a seam in the fabric of efforts to protect our forces, namely in-transit forces. Our review was focused on finding ways to improve the US policies and practices for deterring, disrupting and mitigating terrorist attack on US forces in transit.
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Eco-Terrorism
http://akdart.com/enviro5.html
You would think that a multi-billion-dollar War on Terrorism would not be limited to international terrorism, but would include some kind of action against eco-terrorists who attack chinchilla farms, throw dye on fur coats, burn down legitimate businesses and deliberately disrupt military training and testing. I'm no lawyer, but at the very least, many of these cases appear to be organized crimes as defined in (18 U.S.C. § 1961), the RICO laws, and most of them probably constitute "interference with commerce by threats or violence" as defined in (18 U.S.C. § 1951). So why aren't these people already in prison?
Ironically, radical environmentalists, anti-war and animal rights activists destroy property and provoke violent confrontations in the name of non-violence. Moreover, they are legally incorporated nonprofit organizations under U.S. tax law.* However, many environmental activists don't even maintain the pretense of non-violence. Some organizations, like the Animal Liberation Front, openly condone and endorse violent activities against legal businesses, and even offer detailed advice about what to do and how to get away with it.
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Encyclopedia of Terrorism (Council on Foreign Relations)
http://www.terrorismanswers.com/terrorism/introduction.html
The Council on Foreign Relations, in cooperation with the Markle Foundation, has launched an online encyclopedia of terrorism and the U.S. response to the September 11 attacks to give the public an easy-to-read, authoritative primer on what the experts know and don't know. The site includes a look at state sponsors of terrorism, terrorist groups, the proposed U.S. military tribunals and other aspects of terrorism.
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Extremist Movements and Their Threat to the United States
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=106_senate_hearings&docid=f:61869.pdf
Transcript of a hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, held on November 2, 1999. Osama bin Laden is one of the main points of discussion. Senate hearing 106-297, published in 2000.
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FBI's Project Megiddo Report
http://permanent.access.gpo.gov/lps3578/www.fbi.gov/library/megiddo/megiddo.pdf
The attached analysis, entitled Project Megiddo, is an FBI strategic assessment of the potential for domestic terrorism in the U.S. undertaken in anticipation of or response to the arrival of the new millenium.
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Feds Prepare State, Local Governments for Terrorist Attacks
http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0301/031501nj.htm
Article by Sydney J. Freedberg Jr., National Journal. Courtesy of GovExec.Com Daily Briefing, March 15, 2001.
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Findlaw Special Coverage: War Against Terrorism
http://news.findlaw.com/legalnews/us/terrorism/documents/index.html
A webliography of online articles, legal documents, and research reports on terrorism, from both government and private sources.
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Foreign Terrorist Groups
http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/45323.pdf
Title 22 of the US Code, Section 2656f, which requires the Department of State to provide an annual report to Congress on terrorism, requires the report to include, inter alia, information on terrorist groups and umbrella groups under which any terrorist group falls, known to be responsible for the kidnapping or death of any US citizen during the preceding five years; groups known to be financed by state sponsors of terrorism about which Congress was notified during the past year in accordance with Section 6(j) of the Export Administration Act; and any other known international terrorist group that the Secretary of State determined should be the subject of the report. The list of designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) below is followed by a list of other selected terrorist groups also deemed of relevance in the global war on terrorism.
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Foreign Terrorist Organizations
http://www.state.gov/www/global/terrorism/fto_1999.html: October 8, 1999
http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/rpt/fto/2001/5258.htm: Oct. 5, 2001
http://www.fas.org/irp/crs/RL32223.pdf : CRS list Feb. 6, 2004
http://www.state.gov/j/ct/rls/other/des/123085.htm : January 27, 2012
This list compiled by the U.S. Department of State is comprised of foreign organizations that engage in terrorist activity and "threaten the security of U.S. nationals or the national security (national defense, foreign relations, or the economic interests) of the United States." Updated every two years.
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Global Terrorism Database
http://www.start.umd.edu/gtd/
From the University of Maryland, this searchable database has information on over 98,000 terrorist attacks.
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Homeland Security Week (Subscription Info)
http://www.govexec.com/email/
A free weekly e-mail newsletter on the federal government's efforts to ensure the security of the United States. It features news from Government Executive and other National Journal publications, as well as a roundup of stories from national news outlets. It is delivered on Wednesdays.
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Identifying the Links Between White-Collar Crime and Terrorism
https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/209520.pdf
Terrorist activities require funding not only for weaponry, but also for training, travel, and living expenses. As such, terrorists commit many white-collar crimes (e.g., money laundering; identity theft; tax evasion; credit card, insurance, and immigration fraud) to further their goals. This report describes the relationship between white-collar crime and terrorism in a way that helps state and local law enforcement officials and prosecutors recognize and deter terrorist activities. National White Collar Crime Center, April 2005. 94pp.
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Individual's Guide for Understanding and Surviving Terrorism
http://web.archive.org/web/20011214153636/
http://www.doctrine.quantico.usmc.mil/mcrp/view/mcrp302e/mcrp302e.pdf
A Marine Corps reference publication informs individual Marines, civilian employees, and family members on how terrorism affects them. Provides an overview of terrorism, explains individual protective measures that help recognize and avoid terrorist actions, and provides information that will increase chances of surviving terrorism. Nov. 17, 1999. Still available thanks to the Internet Archive. Works best with Mozilla Firefox.
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Intelligence and Law Enforcement:
Countering Transnational Threats to the U.S.
http://news.findlaw.com/cnn/docs/crs/intell4lawenf11601.pdf
Richard A. Best, Jr. Congressional Research Service report. Updated Jan. 16, 2001.
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International Association for Counterterrorism and Security Professionals (IACSP)
http://www.iacsp.com/
Provides membership information plus sample articles from the association's International Counterterrorism and Security: the Magazine.
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International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings
http://www.un.org/law/terrorism.htm
United Nations. Nov. 25, 1997.
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The International Policy Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT)
http://www.ict.org.il/
Based in Israel, the ICT has opened a new site that will prove very valuable to anyone researching regional violence or radical groups. The site provides background information and articles dealing with terrorist groups and terrorism, a list of International Terrorist Organizations, a searchable database on Terrorist Attacks, and daily updates on related worldwide events. Additional resources include an internal search engine, annotated links, and information sections on counter-terrorism, the Arab-Israeli conflict, international terrorism and the Institute. Future plans for the site include a Discussion Forum and Hebrew and Arabic translations of several of the main sections. Source: Scout Report for the Social Sciences, April 7, 1998.
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InternationalTerrorism.info
http://www.internationalterrorism.info/
Complete List of Terrorist & Insurgency Groups Worldwide. List of Persons, Groups & Entities Involved in Terrorist Acts. Web site provided by Francesc Borrull [fborrull@elpunt.com].
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Journalist's Toolbox Special Report: 9/11 Terrorist Attack
http://www.journaliststoolbox.com/newswriting/wtccrisis.html
Extensive collection of web links.
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Jurist Terrorism and Terrorists Page
http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/terrorism/terrorism1.htm
Provides newswire reports and numerous links to terrorism advisories, terrorism reports, information on terrorists and terrorist groups, threat assessments, and terrorist research centers.
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A Look at Terrorist Behavior: How They Prepare, Where They Strike
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/pubs-sum/222900.htm
Some of the most infamous terrorists traveled hundreds of miles to their targets. But is this typical? Researchers examined 60 case studies involving terrorist attacks in the U.S. during the past 25 years to determine where and when terrorists plan incidents, engage in preparatory activities and carry out attacks. Article by Brent Smith, Ph.D., July 2008.
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Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism (MIPT)
http://www.mipt.org/
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Michigan State University
School of Criminal Justice
Online Certificate Program in Homeland Security Studies
http://www.homelandsecurity.msu.edu/
Michigan State University 's School of Criminal Justice , in collaboration with colleges across campus, has created a three-course online certificate program that allows working professionals and graduate and undergraduate students to add a specialization in homeland security to their career or academic plans. This up-to-date program from one of the nation's top schools of criminal justice is meant for practitioners and others interested in updating their skills.
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Military Guide to Terrorism in the Twenty-First Century
http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/army/guidterr/
This report discusses the nature and history of terror; terrorist behaviors, motivations and characteristics; terrorist group organization; assessing terrorist capabilities and intentions; terrorist targeting of U.S. military forces; and the future of terrorism. Source: U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command. Report Number: DCSINT Handbook No. 1. August 2005.
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National Commission on Terrorist Attacks on the United States, First Interim Report
http://www.9-11commission.gov/press/report_2003-07-08.pdf
The First Interim Report from the 9/11 Commission which was commissioned to report on the facts and circumstances surrounding the attacks of September 11, 2001. July 2003.
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The National Counterintelligence Strategy of the United States, 2007
http://www.ncix.gov/publications/policy/CIStrategy.pdf
The National Counterintelligence Strategy of the United States of America elaborates the fundamental responsibility for US intelligence to warn of and help prevent terrorist attacks against the homeland, engage other asymmetric threats, and provide reliable intelligence on traditional and enduring strategic challenges.
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The National Counterintelligence Strategy of the United States, 2005
http://www.ncix.gov/publications/policy/FinalCIStrategyforWebMarch21.pdf
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National Security Institute's Security Resource Net
http://nsi.org/
An organization established in 1985, that provides a variety of information relating to terrorism including, statistics, legislation, computer security, and travel advisories.
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National Security Strategy of the United States
http://www.whitehouse.gov/nsc/nss.pdf
"Defending our Nation against its enemies is the first and fundamental commitment of the Federal Government. Today, that task has changed dramatically. Enenimes in the past needed great armies and great industrial capabilities to endanger America. Now, shadowy networks of individuals can bring great chaos and suffering to our shores for less than it costs to purchase a single tank. Terrorists are organized to penetrate open societies and to turn the power of modern technologies against us. To defeat this threat we must make us of every tool in our arsenal -- military power, better homeland defenses, law enforcement, intelligence, and vigorous efforts to cut off terrorist financing." September 2002.
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National Strategy for Homeland Security
http://www.whitehouse.gov/homeland/book/nat_strat_hls.pdf
This report presents the Administration's national strategy for homeland security—a comprehensive plan for using America's talents and resources to enhance our protection from and reduce our vulnerability to terrorist attacks. Office of Homeland Security, July 2002.
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National Strategy for the Physical Protection of Critical Infrastructures and Key Assets
http://www.dhs.gov/xprevprot/publications/publication_0017.shtm
The national strategy for physical protection of critical infrastructures and key assets serves as a critical bridge between the national strategy for homeland security and a national protection plan to be developed by the Department of Homeland Security. 83pp.
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Osama Bin Laden
http://www.lawresearch.com/newsletter/ART-BIN-LADEN.htm
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OVC Handbook for Coping After Terrorism
A Guide to Healing and Recovery
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/publications/infores/cat_hndbk/welcome.html
U.S. Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crimes. Sept. 2001.
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Overseas Security Advisory Council
http://www.osac.gov/
Created in 1985 to foster the exchange of information between the U.S. Government and the American private sector, including American colleges and universities, OSAC has become an active partnership to assist American businesses remain competitive and secure in a global economy. Web site provides information about the history of the agency, publications, the OSAC Electronic database (listed separately), and related web links.
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Patterns of Global Terrorism
http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/crt/
Submitted annually by the State Department to Congress. This web page contains regional and country overviews, information on state-sponsored terrorism, a review of the year's incidents, and an introduction to US anti-terrorism policy. Reports from 1995-2003 are available.
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Political Violence Against Americans
http://www.state.gov/m/ds/rls/rpt/19691.htm
Formerly called Significant Incidents of Political Violence Against Americans, this web page/report is produced by the Bureau of Diplomatic Security's Office of Intelligence and Threat Analysis (DS/DSS/ITA) to provide readers with a comprehensive picture of the broad spectrum of political violence that American citizens and interests have encountered abroad on an annual basis. The web page contains a copy of the 2002 report as well as earlier reports going back to 1987.
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Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
http://www.fas.org/irp/world/para/pflp-gc.htm
The Federation of American Scientists (FAS) Intelligence Resource Program) hosts this entry describing the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP).
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Project Megiddo
http://permanent.access.gpo.gov/lps3578/www.fbi.gov/library/megiddo/megiddo.pdf
Widely reported in the press this week and then released online on November 3, the FBI's report "Project Megiddo" analyzes "the potential for extremist criminal activity in the US by individuals or domestic extremist groups who profess an apocalyptic view of the millennium or attach special significance to the year 2000." Those most likely to commit violent acts, according to the FBI, are either groups motivated by religious beliefs relating to the Apocalypse or New World Order conspiracy theory holders convinced the United Nations has a secret plan to conquer the world. Available in .pdf format only, the report contains a useful introduction and short analyses of groups such as the Christian identity Movement, white supremacists, militias, the Black Hebrew Israelites, and apocalyptic cults. A brief discussion of the potential for violence in Jerusalem, especially at the Temple Mount, is also included.
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Protecting the American Heartland: A Preliminary Analysis
http://web.archive.org/web/20040630003510/
http://www.brookings.org/dybdocroot/fp/projects/homeland/fullhomeland.pdf
A million people could die if terrorists launch a biological attack that widely disperses smallpox, anthrax, ebola or other agents, according to a new study that analyzes the damage that could be caused by the use of weapons of mass destruction. Even though such a biological attack was deemed extremely unlikely, a team of scholars from the Brookings Institution said the Bush administration should concentrate homeland security efforts on similar doomsday terrorist scenarios that have the potential for causing the largest numbers of deaths and economic losses, and the greatest psychological damage.
The study estimated that 100,000 people would die if a nuclear bomb hit a major U.S. city and that 10,000 would perish in a successful attack on a nuclear or toxic chemical plant. If weapons of mass destruction were directed against the shipping industry, the report said, the economy could suffer up to $ 1 trillion in losses.
The report is one of the most comprehensive studies since the Sept. 11 attacks, which killed more than 3,000 people at the Pentagon and World Trade Center and in Pennsylvania. The authors, who specialize in economic and foreign policy studies, said they hoped to aid policymakers such as Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge, who is developing a national strategy, figure out where to put resources. Brookings Institution, 2002. 182pp. Still available thanks to the Internet Archives. Works best with Mozilla Firefox.
Also available in paper copy via the MSU Libraries.
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Protecting the American Heartland: One Year On
http://web.archive.org/web/20050306160108/
http://www.puaf.umd.edu/faculty/papers/destler/HS-Brook1.03.pdf
Report by Ivo Daalder, Brookings Institution, January 2003. 29pp. Still available thanks to the Internet Archive. Works best with Mozilla Firefox.
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Protection of Public Facilities against Terrorist Attacks
http://www.csa.com/discoveryguides/homeland/overview.php?SID=eiak97qsia7cmo1iurp77oa4d1
Covers public transportation, water utilities, and electric utilities. Carol Y. Wang, Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, March 2005.
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Psychological Profiles of Terrorists
Still available via the MSU Online Catalog
This article proposes a psychological framework for understanding the minds of terrorists based on scientific analysis of actuarial data, psychological analysis of multiple sources, and synthesis of existing reports from around the world. This study explores the likely psychological makeup of terrorists and their motivations based on the evidence of their actions, selection of means, selection of targets, public statements, and characteristic histories. The discussion of a psychological profile in this study is offered in the context-of its use in efforts aimed as greater security and terrorism prevention strategies. Reuben Vaisman-Tzachor. Forensic Examiner, Vol. 15, no. 2, Summer 2006.
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Red Army Faction
http://www.fas.org/irp/world/para/raf.htm
The Federation of American Scientists (FAS) Intelligence Resource Program hosts this entry describing the history and activities of the Red Army Faction.
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Red Brigade
http://www.fas.org/irp/world/para/br.htm
The Federation of American Scientists (FAS) Intelligence Resource Program hosts this entry describing the history, activities, strength, and primary area of operation of the Italian Red Brigade.
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Report of the Accountability Review Boards on the Embassy Bombings in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam on August 7, 1998
http://www.state.gov/www/regions/africa/accountability_report.html
"Having completed an extensive review in Washington, Nairobi, and Dar es Salaam, the Boards were most disturbed at two interconnected issues: 1) the inadequacy of resources to provide security against terrorist attacks, and 2) the relative low priority accorded security concerns throughout the US government. . . ." U.S. Department of State. January 1999.
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Responding to Terrorism Victims:
Oklahoma City and Beyond
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/pdftxt/NCJ183949.pdf
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/publications/infores/respterrorism/welcome.html
Identifies the special measures needed to protect the rights and meet the needs of victims of a large-scale terrorist attack involving mass casualties. U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office of the Victims of Crime. October 2000. NCJ183949. Contents: Bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building -- The immediate crisis response -- Postcrisis victim assistance -- The criminal pretrial and trial phases -- Long-term victim needs -- Legal issues pertaining to victims of terrorism -- Recent international terrorism cases -- Lessons learned -- Policy recommendations.
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A Review of the Federal Bureau of Prisons' Selection of Muslim Religious Services Providers
http://www.usdoj.gov/oig/special/0404/final.pdf
A new report issued by the Justice Department's Inspector General calls for system wide changes to help prevent terrorist recruitment in the federal prisons. While the problem is not widespread, the IG found "deficiencies in how the BOP selects and supervises Muslim religious services providers." The report was issued at the request of Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY), who was concerned that the Bureau of Prisons relied on two organizations to recruit Muslim chaplains. He was concerned that those groups were connected to terrorist elements. U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the Inspector General. April 2004. 61pp.
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Road Map for National Security: Imperative for Change
http://govinfo.library.unt.edu/nssg/PhaseIIIFR.pdf
In an independent and bipartisan study, the U.S. Commission on National Security (also known as the Hart-Rudman Commission) conducted extensive research on the U.S. national security structure. The final report, released January 31, 2001, emphasizes the dangers that exist even after the Cold War. The U.S. government must adapt to changes wrought by techological advances and globalization in order to secure its prominence in the world, according to the report. Feb. 15,2001. 156pp.
Also see U.S. Commission on National Security/21st Century link below.
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Security & Terrorism
http://yaleglobal.yale.edu/article_list/9
The links between security, terrorism, and globalization were highlighted vividly by the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on New York City and Washington, D.C. The hijackers were non-US nationals who worked in the US and even studied to be pilots there - enjoying the mobility and opportunities afforded by globalization. The spread of destabilizing weapons and delivery systems through commercial transactions also demonstrates the dark side of economic integration. But the global reach of terrorist groups has led to the emergence of global cooperation in counter-terrorism. The following articles have been assembled to shed light on these and other related issues.
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Significant Incidents of Political Violence Against Americans
see Political Violence Against Americans.

Significant Terrorism Incidents: 1961-2001
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ho/pubs/fs/5902.htm
A brief chronology courtesy of the U.S. Department of State.
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Sociology and Psychology of Terrorism: Who Becomes a Terrorist and Why?
http://www.loc.gov/rr/frd/pdf-files/Soc_Psych_of_Terrorism.pdf
In focusing on the types of individuals and groups that are prone to terrorist acts, this study aims to assist in improving U.S. counterterrorist methods and policies. Rex A. Hudson; NCJ 202194. (186 pages). Listed in Magic.
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Terrorism 2002-2005
PDF : http://www.fbi.gov/publications/terror/terrorism2002_2005.pdf
HTML http://www.fbi.gov/publications/terror/terrorism2002_2005.htm (Last checked 02/17/12)

Terrorism and Drug Trafficking: Responsibilities for Developing Explosives and Narcotic Detection Technologies
http://www.gao.gov/archive/1997/ns97095.pdf
Explores how the U.S. government is organized to develop technologies for detecting explosives and narcotics.
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Terrorism and Organized Hate Crime : Intelligence Gathering, Analysis, and Investigation
Michael R. Ronczkowski. Boca Raton : CRC Press, c2007. 2nd edition, 363pp. On order 04/12/07
In response to the current terrorist threat, law enforcement agencies at every level have expanded technological and intelligence-gathering initiatives in order to support new tactical, investigative and deployment strategies. The demand for homeland security requires that agencies hire professional and specially-trained criminal and intelligence analysts to find and pre-empt any potential threat.
Agencies must now determine how to train these analysts and properly identify and respond to critical intelligence. Terrorism and Organized Hate Crime: Intelligence Gathering, Analysis, and Investigations provides a framework for exploring the issues that all new or existing analysts and investigators must face, including what information to gather, how to analyze it, and the effectiveness of crime analysts investigating terrorism.
Training in proactive analytical-based investigation has been around for less than thirty years. Events now mandate that unavoidable importance of understanding "terrorism analysis." This expert overview provides the crucial foundation of criminal intelligence gathering and analysis and defines the nature of terrorism and its practitioners, subjects of vital importance if local agencies are to play an effective role in the battle against terror.

Terrorism and U.S. Policy
http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB55/index1.html
The first volume contains the documents that our staff experts, led by Dr. Jeffrey Richelson and coordinated by Michael Evans, have selected as the most important available primary sources on U.S. terrorism policy. These materials include CIA biographic sketches of Usama Bin Laden and Taliban leader Mohammad Omar, reports from the Pentagon and the Senate Intelligence Committee on previous terrorist attacks on the USS Cole and the Khobar Towers, the State Department’s overview of global terrorism and the FBI’s review of terrorism in the U.S. We have included several of the most relevant Congressional Research Service briefs, six of the General Accounting Office’s most recent reports on combating terrorism, plus the key policy directives on terrorism from the Pentagon and from Presidents Reagan and Clinton. Volume 1: The September 11th Sourcebooks; National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 55; edited by Jeffrey Richelson and Michael L. Evans, September 21, 2001
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Terrorism / Counter-Terrorism Web Sites
http://www.usip.org/library/topics/terrorism.html
A compilation of links by topical categories to resources primarily in English providing information on terrorism/counter-terrorism by the United States Institute of Peace.
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Terrorism: How Vulnerable is the United States
http://web.archive.org/web/20021102153542/www.terrorism.com/terrorism/sloan.shtml
A chapter by Stephen Sloan from From Terrorism: National Security Policy and the Home Front, edited by Stephen Pelletiere, published by The Strategic Studies Institute of the U.S. Army War College, May 1995. Still available thanks to the Internet Archives. Works best with Mozilla Firefox.
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Terrorism in the United States, 1999
Also called Thirty Years of Terrorism : A Special Restrospective Issue.
http://www.fbi.gov/publications/terror/terror99.pdf
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Terrorism: Near Eastern Groups and State Sponsors, 2002
http://www.fas.org/irp/crs/RL31119.pdf
Kenneth Katzman. Congressional Research Service. Feb. 13, 2002.
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Terrorism: Questions & Answers
http://www.terrorismanswers.com/
This website is provided by the Council on Foreign Relations and the Markle Foundation. There is a Question of the Day with an answer and other questions. There is an index of the scope of subjects to be addressed and those that have been completed. Some of the subjects included are Afghanistan, What is Terrorism?, and Terrorist Groups. There are subtopics on each subject. The homepage has links to the Top 10 topics their viewers are reading. The link to This Week in the War on Terrorism gives you an overview of the week’s terrorism issues. There is a 2002 archive of this information.
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Terrorism Research Center
http://www.terrorism.com/
This web site is dedicated to informing the public of the phenomena of terrorism and information warfare. This site contains two sections, featuring monthly essays on current issues, as well as links to other terrorism and information warfare related web sites and essays.
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Terrorism Research Guide
http://www.nps.edu/Library/Research/SubjectGuides/SpecialTopics/Terrorism/TerrorismSubjectGuideEssay.html
Detailed subject guide courtesy of the Dudley Knox Library at the Naval Postgraduate School.
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Terrorism, The Future, and U.S. Foreign Policy
http://www.fas.org/irp/crs/IB95112.pdf
Raphael F. Perl. Congressional Research Service Issue Brief 95112. Updated March 26, 2002.
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The Terrorism Threat and U.S. Government Response:
Operational and Organizational Factors
http://magic.msu.edu/record=b3821963~S39a
James M. Smith and William C. Thomas, eds. INSS Book Series. March 2001. US Air Force Academy, Colorado, USAF Institute for National Security Studies. Contents: 1. Terrorism threat and response: a policy perspective / James M. Smith and William C. Thomas -- 2. The terrorist threat in a strategic context / James M. Smith and William C. Thomas -- 3. The changing nature of terrorism / Stephen Sloan -- 4. WMD terrorism: hype or reality / David A. Kay -- 5. The cyber threat / Gregory J. Rattray -- 6. Domestic preemption / Robert Blitzer -- 7. Combating international terrorism / David Tucker -- 8. Antiterrorism via counterproliferation / James J. Wirtz -- 9. Intelligence / Peter Probst -- 10. The military's response to domestic WMD terrorism / William C. Thomas -- 11. International incident response / Dept. of State -- 12. Organizing to combat 21st century terrorism / Douglas Menarchik -- Epilogue: a terrorism agenda for the United States / Jay Davis.
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Terrorism Update
http://www.adl.org/main_terrorism.asp
A periodic report on international and domestic terrorism from the International Affairs and Civil Rights Division of the Anti-Defamation League. Made possible by a grant from the William and Naomi Gorowitz Institute on Terrorism and Extremism.
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Terrorism: U.S. Response to Bombings in Kenya and Tanzania:
A New Policy Direction?
http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB55/crs19980901.pdf
Raphael F. Perl. Congressional Research Service Report 98-733F. Updated Sept. 1, 1998.
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Terrorist and Insurgent Organizations - al Qaida
http://www.au.af.mil/au/aul/bibs/tergps/tgaqai.htm
Online bibliography from the Air Force's Air University Library, published in July 2000.
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Terrorist Attack on USS Cole:
Background and Issues for Congress
http://news.findlaw.com/cnn/docs/crs/coleterrattck13001.pdf
Raphael F. Perl. Congressional Research Service short report. January 30, 2001.
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Terrorist Threat Screening Center (TTSC) Established
http://www.dhs.gov/xnews/releases/press_release_0245.shtm
Attorney General John Ashcroft, Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge, Secretary of State Colin Powell, FBI Director Robert Mueller and Director of Central Intelligence George Tenet today announced the establishment of the Terrorist Screening Center (TSC) to consolidate terrorist watchlists and provide 24/7 operational support for thousands of federal screeners across the country and around the world. The Center will ensure that government investigators, screeners and agents are working off the same unified, comprehensive set of anti-terrorist information - and that they have access to information and expertise that will allow them to act quickly when a suspected terrorist is screened or stopped.
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Terrorists, Spies, and Assasins
http://www.crimelibrary.com/terrorists-spies-assassins.htm
Includes short biographies of various infamous people such as John McVie, Osama Bin Laden, John Walker, James Earl Ray, and John Wilkes Booth courtesy of the Crime Library.
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This is Baader-Meinhof: Germany in the Post-War Decade of Terror 1968-1977
http://www.baader-meinhof.com/
Focused on the radical leftist Baader-Meinhof Gang, which was responsible for bombings, arson, and kidnappings in Berlin in the 1970s, this Web site illuminates a significant chapter in the history of terrorism. A who's who, guide to terminology, detailed timeline, and lists of print, Web, and media resources are included. Some text is in German only, including the communiqués issued by the group, but these sections have background information in English.
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Travel Warnings and Consular Information Sheets
http://travel.state.gov/
Travel warnings and country specific information collected by the U.S. Department of State.
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Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement
http://www.fas.org/irp/world/para/tupac_amaru.htm
The Federation of American Scientists (FAS) Intelligence Resource Program hosts this entry on the terrorist group Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement, active in Peru from 1984 to 1997.
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University of Maryland
College of Law
Thurgood Marshall Law Library
Congressional Research Service Reports on Homeland Security/Terrorism
http://www.law.umaryland.edu/marshall/crsreports/index.asp
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U.S. Commission on National Security/21st Century
http://govinfo.library.unt.edu/nssg/
The purpose of the Commission is to provide the most comprehensive government-sponsored review of U.S. national security in more than 50 years.  The Commission looks beyond U.S. military capabilities and diplomatic efforts in regards to national security and views technological advances, the education of America's youth, and commercial relationships as crucial to America's security.   The Commission has proposed serious solutions to serious problems and invites you to weigh in your opinions on the issues that will affect you, your community and the country in the coming century. The site currently contains reports, news, and the Commission's charter.  Reports include the Phase II report, Seeking a National Strategy: A Concert for Preserving Security and Promoting Freedom, and the Phase III report, Roadmap for National Security: Imperative for Change. Source: Jason A. Humm, GOVDOC-L, Sept. 24, 2001.
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U.S. Department of State
Counterterrorism Office
http://www.state.gov/www/global/terrorism/index.html
http://www.state.gov/s/ct/
Provides a list of foreign terrorist organizations, patterns of global terrorism, economic summit statements, significant incidents of political violence against Americans, and other items.
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U.S. Department of State
List of Foreign Terrorist Groups http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._State_Department_list_of_Foreign_Terrorist_Organizations (Last checked 02/17/12)

U.S. Government Accountability Office
Special Collection on Homeland Security
http://www.gao.gov/docsearch/featured/homelandsecurity.html
Compilation of GAO reports on homeland security issues.
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U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO)
Special Collection on Terrorism
http://www.gao.gov/docsearch/featured/terrorism.html
The U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO) presents its reports on terrorism. The reports cover such topics as combating terrorism, bioterrorism, public health preparedness programs, infrastructure protection, and nuclear nonproliferation, among others.
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U.S. House Committee Votes for Counterterrorism Czar
http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0600/062200t3.htm
The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Wednesday approved creating a White House Office of Terrorism Preparedness to help coordinate federal, state and local efforts against biological, chemical or nuclear attacks.
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Virtual World of Intelligence: Terrorism
http://www.virtualfreesites.com/covert.terrorism.html
If you don't mind popups, this web site has some interesting links.
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War on Terrorism Research Guides
http://www.ecu.edu/cs-lib/govdoc/waronterror.cfm
The resources listed below were created, and are currently maintained, by David Durant, Political Science and Government Documents Librarian, Joyner Library, East Carolina University. They provide selected links on various aspects of the September 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks and subsequent war on terrorism.
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Wikipedia Articles on Terrorism
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorism
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