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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... claimed credit for several bombings during the early 1980s, however, including hotel bombings in London, El Al's Rome and Istanbul offices, and Israeli embassies in Athens and Vienna. They also launched an attempted bombing of a Pan Am ...
... claiming to represent the army of god (AOG) kidnapped, and eventually released, an abortion doctor and his wife. Don Benny Anderson was convicted of the kidnapping and of three clinic bombings in Florida and Virginia. The year 1984 ...
... claimed that Nimer was responsible for the finances of the group, but no further details were revealed. The Abu Nidal group was not active in the latter part of the 1990s. This was due in part to the loss of support of Iraq and later ...
... , leader of the Palestine Liberation Front, the splinter group to which the hijackers claimed to belong. He ordered them to release the ship and come into 13 Cindy C. Combs and Martin Slann Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) Achille Lauro, hijacking ...
... claimed joint responsibility for this attack. This attack was followed by the bombing of a U.S. antiaircraft missile site. Authorities believed that these attacks also involved Belgium's Fighting Communist Cells (FCC) since the ...