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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... lives. Despite weaknesses in preparations for disaster, failure to achieve a unified incident command, and inadequate communications among responding agencies, all but approximately 100 of the thousands of civilians who worked below the ...
... live and work. Syria, under his leadership, also supported numerous training camps for terrorist organizations in some of the areas of Lebanon that its military controls. Asad supported Palestinian organizations in their attacks on ...
... lives of at least 301 people and injured more than 5,000 others. Al-Qaeda also directed the October 12, 2000, attack on the USS Cole in the port of Aden that killed 17 U.S. Navy members and injured another 39. On September 11, 2001 ...
... lives of 41 and injured more than 100 others were supported by al-Qaeda operatives, as was the bombing of the J. W. Marriott Hotel in Jakarta, Indonesia, in August that killed 17 and injured 137. Al-Qaeda also carried out bombings of ...
... lives in what had become for the most part a sectarian conflict between Sunni and Shiite Muslims. BBC News. Middle East. “Obituary: Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.” June 8, 2006. Available online. URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east ...