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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... known throughout the Palestinian world as Abu Ibrahim, or the “bomb man.” This group was never a part of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and reportedly disbanded in the mid-1980s when several key members joined Hawari's ...
... 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 confirmation that bin Laden had given the order. The Taliban had earlier been ...
... known as: Sabri al-Banna (b. 1937–d. 2002) Palestinian dissident leader Sabri al-Banna was one of the most notorious individuals engaged in terrorist acts during the 1970s through the early 1990s. The architect of the Rome and Vienna ...
... known as: Islamic Group (IG) An indigenous Egyptian Islamic extremist group active since the late 1970s, the Islamic Group appears to be loosely organized, with no single easily identifiable operational leader. It has an external wing ...
... known as collectivism. He and his followers agreed with Karl Marx in stressing the role of the workers' associations and the need for violent revolutionary action but protested what Bakunin called Marx's German authoritarianism in favor ...