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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... al-Asad, Hafiz .. . . . . . . . . . . . . al-Badr Mujahideen . . . . . . . . . . al-Gama'at al-Islamiyya (GAI) . . al-Ittihaad al-Islami (AIAI) al-Qaeda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . al-Zarqawi, Abu Musab ...
... al-qaeda. In early 1995, police in Manila uncovered a plot by Ramzi Yousef to blow up a dozen U.S. airliners while they were flying over the Pacific. In November 1995, a car bomb exploded outside the office of the U.S. program manager ...
... 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, evidence accumulated that it had been launched by al-Qaeda operatives, but without ...
... al-Qaeda was not a major topic for policy debate among the public, the media, or in the Congress. Indeed, it barely came up during the 2000 presidential campaign. Al-Qaeda's new brand of terrorism presented challenges to U.S. ...
... al-Qaeda, even though this was perhaps the most dangerous foreign enemy threatening the United States. America's homeland defenders faced outward. NORAD itself was barely able to retain any alert bases. Its planning scenarios ...