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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... become more active and more deadly than al-Qaeda itself. Further Information Bin Laden, son of a billionaire Saudi family but no longer a Saudi citizen is believed to have inherited about $300 million, which he used to finance the Entry ...
... become too radical even for al-Qaeda. The location was a farmhouse near Baqubah, a small town about 30 miles north of Baghdad. A small surveillance team hid in a nearby grove and watched the house for any sign of movement while two U.S. ...
... become more revolutionary, renaming the movement the Animal Liberation Front (ALF). a sufficient level of economic hardship to drive individual enterprises out of operation. ALF activities in the United States during the last quarter of ...
... become the Colombian political party Democratic Alliance M-19. A few members, however, rejected this cease-fire and formed new groups to continue the violent struggle for populist reform. 15, 2006. April. 19. Movement. Also known as: M-19 ...
... become pervasive. By this point in time, Arafat was having more difficulty within his own Palestinian Authority than he was with the Israelis. With Israeli withdrawal imminent, the strong possibility of a civil war between Islamists in ...