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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... forces. The group has also carried out joint attacks with other militant groups, such as Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad. A leader of the Fatah movement, Marwan Barghouti, was arrested by Israel on charges of being involved as a ...
... forces convoy that killed 11 policemen on February 18, Entry Author: Combs, Cindy C. and Martin Slann. 2000. Spokesman Salim Hashmi claimed on April 26, 2001, that its mujahideen had killed 51 Indian soldiers, injured 137, and destroyed ...
... forces. Its goal, since the end of the struggle in Afghanistan against the Soviets, has been to unite all Muslims ... force. To this end, al-Qaeda works with allied Islamic extremist groups to overthrow regimes it deems “non-Islamic,” to ...
... 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 carry out attacks, as the train ...
... forces for further identification, and then was buried 24 hours later at sea. On May 6, 2011, al-Qaeda confirmed the death of Osama bin Laden and vowed revenge for the killing. The information that was gathered from the Abbottabad ...