Encyclopedia of Terrorism, Third EditionInfobase Holdings, Inc, 2021 M08 1 - 432 páginas The ongoing conflicts in the Middle East and the bombings overseas have shown that—despite the "War on Terror"—terrorism is still very much a part of daily life for many individuals. Encyclopedia of Terrorism, Third Edition provides students, researchers, journalists, and policymakers with a complete survey of what seems to be an intractable problem. More than 330 entries organized in an easily accessible, A-to-Z format offer comprehensive treatments of the events, people, organizations, and places that have played a major role in international terrorism. Each entry is placed within its appropriate historical context to help readers understand the wide-ranging motivations behind terrorist actions. New and updated entries include:
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... Taliban, a regime providing sanctuary for al-Qaeda. By September 11, 2001, al-Qaeda possessed, according to the 9/11 ... Taliban's opponents—the Northern Alliance—to get enough intelligence to attack bin Laden directly. Diplomatic ...
... Taliban's enemies. The CIA also produced a plan to improve intelligence collection on al-Qaeda, including the use of a small, unmanned airplane with a video camera, known as the Predator. After the October 2000 attack on the USS Cole ...
... Taliban, which gave al-Qaeda sanctuary in Afghanistan; and severely damaged the organization, terrorist attacks continue. The problem, according to the report, is that al-Qaeda represents an ideological movement, not a finite group of ...
... Taliban from power by coalition forces in late 2001, it remains a powerful force. Its network of small cells stretches across South Asia, the Middle East, Europe, Africa, and more recently Central and South America, and it continues to ...
... Taliban surrender bin Laden and his lieutenants to U.S. jurisdiction. To no one's surprise, the Taliban refused, and on October 7, 2001, American airstrikes were launched against Taliban military installations and al-Qaeda bases in ...