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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... efforts to improve airport security continued. Congressional decisions resulted in laws making passenger and luggage security personnel federal employees, although the implementation of these rules remained problematic. Screeners were ...
... efforts did not prevent numerous Sunni demonstrations against the regime. Though Asad also pursued some economic ... effort to gain concessions from Israel over the Golan Heights. Further Information National Memorial Institute for the ...
... efforts to lure foreign jihadists into Iraq to fight as his allies. Zarqawi hated Americans, but most of his victims Further Information were Iraqis. His network of terror targeted Shiite Muslims whom he believed to be apostates and ...
... efforts of the Ugandan military in 2000 to destroy several ADF camps has diminished its strength. In the past, the ... effort to incite a race war. The bombings were timed, apparently, to coincide with the sentencing of police officers ...
... effort to prevent the torture and murder of our animal brothers and sisters by evil experiments.” Band of Mercy then turned its efforts to stopping the annual seal cull of the Wash along the Norfolk coast in 1974, trying to destroy the ...