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MIDDLE EAST

December 1999


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Books

Cordesman, Anthony H. Transnational Threats from the Middle East: Crying Wolf or Crying Havoc? Carlisle Barracks, PA, U.S. Army War College. Strategic Studies Institute, 1999. 231 p.
Book call no.: 327.5604 C794t

Countering the New Terrorism, by Ian O. Lesser and others. Santa Monica, CA, Rand, 1999. 153 p.
Middle Eastern Terrorism and Netwar, pp 55-67.
Book call no.: 303.625 C855

Cubert, Harold M. The PFLP's Changing Role in the Middle East. Portland, OR, Frank Cass, 1997. 235 p.
Book call no.: 324.25694 C962p

Facts on File 1999. New York, Facts on File, 1999. 1 vol.
Pan Am Flight 103 Bombing (discusses negotiations and agreements that led to the surrendering of the suspects), pp 243-244.
Book call no.: R 909.82 F11 1999

Jaber, Hala. Hezbollah: Born with a Vengeance. New York, Columbia University Press, 1997. 240 p.
Book call no.: 956.92 J11h

O'Ballance, Edgar. Islamic Fundamentalist Terrorism, 1979-95: The Iranian Connection. New York, New York University Press, 1997. 228 p.
Hezbollah Looks West, pp 1-16.
Hezbollah in Lebanon, pp 58-74.
Book call no.: 955.054 O12i

United States. Congress. House of Representatives. Committee on International Relations. PLO Commitment Compliance and the Terrorist Threat to Israel. Hearing. 104th Congress, 2nd session, March 12, 1996. Washington, GPO, 1996. 110 p.
Book call no.: 327.5694 U58p

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations. Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs. Terrorism and the Middle East Peace Process. Hearing. 104th Congress, 2nd session, March 19, 1996. Washington, GPO, 1996. 47 p.
Book call no.: 303.6250956 U58c

United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Intelligence. Assessing the Regional Security in the Middle East and Saudi Arabia; Looking to the Future in Combatting Terrorism. Executive Oversight: Hearing. 104th Congress, 2nd session, Wednesday, July 10, 1996. Washington, GPO, 1997. 33 p.
Book call no.: 303.62509538 U58a

United States. Department of State. Patterns of Global Terrorism 1998. Washington, GPO, 1999. 98 p.
Also available at: http://www.state.gov/www/global/terrorism/1998Report/1998index.html
Middle East Overview, pp 23-28.
Overview of State-Sponsored Terrorism (includes Libya and Syria), pp 28-34.
Total International Attacks by Region, 1993-1998 (graph 3 of Appendix).
Book call no.: R 303.625 P316 1998

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Documents

Hoyes, Michael B. Eldorado Canyon: Countering State-Sponsored Terrorism from the Air. Maxwell AFB, AL, Air War College, March 1995. 55 p.
Doc. call no.: M-U 43117 H868e

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Terrorism: Middle Eastern Groups and State Sponsors, 1998, by Kenneth Katzman. Washington, 1998. 39 p.
Doc. call no.: M-U 42953-1 no.98-722 F


Periodicals

Atlas, Yedidya. Syria's Stealth Strategy (for terrorism). Insight on the News 15:38-39 June 21, 1999.

Badolato, Edward V. The Real Terrorist Threat in the Gulf. Counterterrorism & Security Reports 7, no.1:1-2 1998.
Discusses the international terrorism aims of Iran and Hezbollah.

Blanford, Nicholas. Hizbullah: Lebanon's Heir Apparent? Jane's Intelligence Review 11:28-33 November 1999.

Deadlock Broken. Economist 351:44-45 April 10-16, 1999.
Reports on the trial of the Pan Am Flight bombing suspects, and the diplomatic negotiations that led up to it.

Engel, Richard. Egypt Digs for the Truth. Jane's Defence Weekly 31:22-23 February 24, 1999.
Over 100 militants are suspected of high-publicity bombings and shootings.

Gambill, Gary C. The Balance of Terror: War by Other Means in the Contemporary Middle East. Journal of Palestine Studies 28:51-66 Autumn 1998.
Especially note pages 60-64 for an analysis of the conflict between Israel and Hizballah.

Guner, Serdar. Signalling in the Turkish-Syrian Water Conflict. Conflict Management and Peace Science 16:185-206 Fall 1998.
Examines the linkage between an agreement to the water conflict and Syria's support for the PKK (Kurdistan Workers Party).

Israel: Terrorists Strike at Peace. Foreign Policy Bulletin 7:2-24 May-June 1996.

Jansen, Michael. Hizbullah on Top. Middle East International No.595:7-8 March 12, 1999.

Jansen, Michael. Hizbullah's Escalation. Middle East International No.600:10-11 May 21, 1999.

Karmon, Ely. A Solution to Syrian Terrorism. Middle East Quarterly 6:23-32 June 1999.
Discusses the Adana agreement signed by Turkey and Syria, Arab reactions, and Israeli options.

Kristianasen, Wendy. Challenge and Counterchallenge: Hamas's Response to Oslo. Journal of Palestine Studies 28:19-36 Spring 1999.

Libya and the Bombed Airliners. Economist 350:55-56 March 13-19, 1999.
Discusses the Pan Am and French UTA bombings which are both finally coming to some sort of resolution.

Litvak, Meir. The Islamization of the Palestinian-Israel Conflict: The Case of Hamas. Middle Eastern Studies 34:148-163 January 1998.

The Modus Operandi of Militant Islamic Extremist Groups on American Soil. Journal of Counterterrorism & Security International 5:20-22 Spring 1998.

Rajeswarii, P. R. U.S. Policy on Terrorism -- Part II. Cases of Hizbollah and Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. Strategic Analysis 22:1215-1224 November 1998.

Ranstorp, Magnus. Hezbollah's Future? Jane's Intelligence Review.
Part One. 7, no.1:34-36 January 1995.
Part Two. 7, no.2:81-83 February 1995.

Sariibrahimoglu, Lale. Turkey Turns Up the Heat on Hizbullah. Jane's Intelligence Review 11:17-18 August 1999.
Discusses relations between PKK (Kurdistan Workers Party) and Hizbullah.

Shikaki, Khalil. Peace Now or Hamas Later. Foreign Affairs 77:29-43 July-August 1998.

Skulnik, Gary. The Chicago Forfeiture Case: Implications for Counterterrorism. Journal of Counterterrorism & Security International 5:25-29 Summer 1998.
Discusses a civil forfeiture case that produced a money trail to Hamas.

Wyllie, James. Cairo Strives to Keep a Lid on Terrorism. Jane's Intelligence Review 8:309-310 July 1996.

Zanini, Michele. Middle Eastern Terrorism and Netwar. Studies in Conflict & Terrorism 22, no.3:247-256 July-September 1999.


Video

Wars in Peace: Terrorism; Lebanon. New York, Central Park Media, 1995. 1 videocassette, 80 min.
Video call no.: 341.773 T328


** For more information on specific terrorist groups, refer to the Terrorist and Insurgency Groups bibliography.

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