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Aleph.
Available at: http://info.aleph.to
In January 2000, Aum Shinrikyo changed its name to Aleph. Site offers its doctrines, news, and responses by the public relations department of Aleph.
Aum Shinrikyo: Group Profile.
Available at: http://cti.itc.virginia.edu/~jkh8x/soc257/nrms/aums.html">
Religious Movements page at the University of Virginia offers an in-depth profile.
Aum Shinrikyo: (Sect of Supreme Truth).
Available at: http://www.stelling.nl/simpos/aum_shinrikyo.htm
Offers various articles and reports from Netherlands foundation.
Aum Shinrikyo: Supreme Truth.
Available at: http://www.ict.org.il/
Site maintained by the International Policy Institute for Counter-Terrorism. Under the 'International Terrorism' section choose 'Terrorist Organization Profiles' then 'Aum Shinrikyo'. Offers sections titled: Articles, Links, Updates, and Attacks.
** For additional internet sites, refer to the General Internet Resources section at the beginning of this bibliography.
Books
Brackett, D. W. Holy Terror: Armageddon in Tokyo. New York, Weatherhill, 1996. 206 p.
Book call no.: 364.10952 B797h
Facts on File, 1995. New York, Facts on File, 1995. 1 vol.
Nerve-Gas Attack on Tokyo Subway System Kills 10, Police Raid Religious Sect's Offices, Seize Chemicals, March 23, 1995, pp 204-205.
Japanese Cult Leader Arrested, Charged with Subway Nerve-Gas Attacks, May 18, 1995, pp 1-2.
Book call no.: R 909.82 F11 1995
Falkenrath, Richard A. and others. America's Achilles Heel: Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Terrorism and Covert Attack. Cambridge, MA, MIT Press, 1998. 354 p.
Aum Shinrikyo, pp 19-26.
Book call no.: 363.320973 F192a
Hoffman, Bruce. Inside Terrorism. New York, Columbia University Press, 1998. 288 p.
See index under 'Aum Shinrikyo' for specific references.
Book call no.: 303.625 H699i
International Encyclopedia of Terrorism. Chicago, IL, Fitzroy Dearborn, 1997. 805 p.
See index under 'Aum Shinri-kyu sect' for specific references.
Book call no.: R 303.625 I612
Juergensmeyer, Mark. Terror in the Mind of God: The Global Rise of Religious Violence. Los Angeles, University of California Press, 2000. 316 p.
Armageddon in a Tokyo Subway, pp 102-116.
See index under 'Aum Shinrikyo Movement' for additional references.
Book call no.: 291.178331 J93t
Kaplan, David E. and Marshall, Andrew. The Cult at the End of the World: The Terrifying Story of the Aum Doomsday Cult. New York, Crown, 1996. 310 p.
Book call no.: 364.10952 K17c
Lifton, Robert Jay. Destroying the World to Save It: Aum Shinrikyo, Apocalyptic Violence, and the New Global Terrorism. New York, Henry Holt, 1999. 374 p.
Book call no.: 299.93 L722d
Mangold, Tom and Goldberg, Jeff. Plague Wars: A True Story of Biological Warfare. New York, St. Martin's Press, 1999. 477 p.
Apolcalyse Delayed (Aum Shinrikyo discussed), pp 334-351.
Book call no.: 358.38 M277p
Patterns of Global Terrorism: 1999. Washington, U.S. Dept of State, April 2000. 107 p.
Japan, pp 11-12.
Aum Supreme Truth (Aum), pp 70-71.
Also available online at: http://www.state.gov/www/global/terrorism/1999report/1999index.html
Book call no.: R 303.625 P316 1999
Schweitzer, Glenn E. and Dorsch, Carole C. Superterrorism: Assassins, Mobsters, and Weapons of Mass Destruction. New York, Plenum Trade, 1998. 363 p.
Aum Shinrikyo, pp 85-89. See index under 'Aum Shinrikyo' for additional references.
Book call no.: 303.625 S413s
Stern, Jessica. The Ultimate Terrorists. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 1999. 214 p.
See index under 'Aum Shinrikyo' for specific references.
Book call no.: 303.625 S839u
White, Jonathan R. Terrorism: An Introduction. 2nd ed. Belmont, CA, Wadsworth Publishing Company, 1998. 321 p.
Aum Shinrikyo: Technological Terrorism, pp 232-235.
Book call no.: 363.32 W585t 1998
World Conflicts and Confrontations Volume III: Asia and the Pacific, edited by Charles F. Bahmueller. Hackensack, NJ, Salem Press, 2000. 1 vol.
Japan, pp 592-600.
Book call no.: R 909.82 W9273 v.3
Agafonov, Sergei. Lobov Seen as Patron of Japanese Aum Sect: Strange Ties Between 'Kremlin Dreamers' and Japan's Aum Shinrikyo Sect. Current Digest of the Post-Soviet Press 47, no.13:10-11 April 26, 1995.
Aum Blames Leader, Changes Name. Japan Times 40:3 January 16-31, 2000. Aum Cult Leader Asahara Arrested. Japan Times 35:1+ May 22-28, 1995.
Aum Pays Redress to Victims. Japan Times 40:2 February 1-15, 2000.
Aum Suspends Use of Name, Recruiting. Japan Times 39:4 October 1-15, 1999.
Australia Believes Sect Tested Gas on Ranch. New York Times,, p A9 Late edition (National edition, p A5), May 12, 1995.
Butler, Steven. Sounding the Alarm: A Legacy of Violence, Fanaticism and Assassination Re-Emerges in Japan. U.S. News & World Report 118:50-52 April 10, 1995.
Cameron, Gavin. Multi-Track Microproliferation: Lessons from Aum Shinrikyo and Al Qaida. Studies in Conflict and Terrorism 22:277-309 October-December 1999.
Chisholm, Patricia. Japan's Nightmare. Maclean's 108:38-39 May 29, 1995.
Croddy, Eric. Urban Terrorism: Chemical Warfare in Japan. Jane's Intelligence Review 7:520-523 November 1995. Cult by Name, Cult by Nature. Japan Times 40:21 February 1-15, 2000.
Death or Life Behind Bars? Aum Shinrikyo Guru Asahara's Day Nears. Japan Times 40:14 January 1-15, 2000.
Diet Gets Fast-Track Legislation to Curb Activities of Aum Cult. Japan Times 39:1+ November 1-15, 1999.
Doomsday Cult Official Arrested in Japan. New York Times,, p A6, col 3, October 9, 1995. Doomsday Cult Put under 3-Year Surveillance. Japan Times 40:1 February 1-15, 2000.
Foreign Broadcast Information Service Reports. Haselkorn, Avigdor. Japan's Poison Gas Apocalyptics. American Spectator 28:22-25 July 1995.
Holman, Richard L. Japan's Latest Gas Attack. Wall Street Journal,, p A10, col 2 , May 8, 1995.
Japan: Charity Stops at AUM. Economist, 335:p 35-40 May 20, 1995.
Japan Cult Chief Said to Confess to Gas Attack in Tokyo Subway. New York Times,, p A8, col 3, October 5, 1995. Japan: Mysterious Gas Incidents Remind Tokyo of Aum Shinrikyo. Pinkerton Risk Assessment Services Weekly 1998 15, no.15:4 (last page) April 10, 1998.
Japan Police Search Six Cult Facilities in Hunt for Kidnappers. Counterterrorism & Security Reports 8, no.4:4 2000.
Japanese Cult Accused in Subway Gasing Offers Money to Victims. Counterterrorism & Security Reports 8, no.4:8 2000.
Japanese Cults: Apocalypse Tomorrow? Economist 353:37 December 18, 1999.
Japanese Sect Is on the Rise Again. Christian Century 115:256 March 11, 1998. Kamiya, Setsuko. Cult Argues Against New Surveillance Law. Japan Times 40:4 January 16-31, 2000.
Key Aum Leader Stabbed to Death. Japan Times 35:1+ May 1-7, 1995.
Kiyoyasu, Kitabatake. Aum Shinrikyo: Society Begets an Aberration. Japan Quarterly 42:376-383 October 1995.
Kobayashi, Kakumi. Aum's Notorious No. 2 Leader Joyu to Be Freed. Japan Times 39:14 December 16-31, 1999.
Leitenberg, Milton. Aum Shinrikyo's Efforts to Produce Biological Weapons: A Case Study in the Serial Propagation of Misinformation. Terrorism and Political Violence 11:149-158 Winter
1999.
Link with Subway Gas Attack Investigated. Raids on Sect Uncover Sarin Raw Material. Japan Times 35:1+ April 3-9, 1995. Local Governments Take on Aum Cult. Japan Times 39:5 August 1-15, 1999.
Muir, Angus M. Terrorism and Weapons of Mass Destruction: The Case of Aum Shinrikyo. Studies in Conflict and Terrorism 22:79-91 January-March 1999. Mutsuko, Murakami. The Cult That Won't Die. Asiaweek 24:46-52 December 18, 1998. Nelan, Bruce W. The Price of Fanaticism. Time 145:38-41 April 3, 1995.
Nerve Gas Attack in Tokyo. International Journal on World Peace 12:78-79 June 1995. Nerve Gas Attack Kills 10. Japan Times 35:1+ March 27-April 2, 1995.
Pollack, Andrew. Japanese Police Find Body of a Lawyer Believed Killed by Cult. New York Times,, p A15, col 1, September 7, 1995.
Raid Reveals State Clients of Aum-Affiliated Software Firm. Japan Times 40:4 March 1-15, 2000. Sims, Calvin. Japan Sect's Name Change Brings Confusion and Fear. New York Times, p A8, January 24, 2000. Sims, Calvin. Under Fire, Japan Sect Starts Over. New York Times, p A7, February 28, 2000. Smith, Charles. Soul Searching. Far Eastern Economic Review 158:14-16 May 25, 1995. Spaeth, Anthony. Engineer of Doom. Time 145:57 June 12, 1995. Takahara, Kanako. Aum Survival in Doubt as Surveillance Begins to Bite. Japan Times 40:4 February 1-15, 2000.
Takahara, Kanako. Can Legislation Finish Off Aum? Japan Times 39:5 December 1-15, 1999.
Van Biema, David. Prophet of Poison (Tokyo nerve-gas attack). Time 145:26-33 April 3, 1995.
Watanabe, Manabu. Religion and Violence in Japan Today: A Chronological and Doctrinal Analysis of Aum Shinrikyo. Terrorism and Political Violence 10:80-100 Winter 1998.
Zheludkov, Arkady. Aum Shinrikyo Leaders Officially Claim the Sect's Russian Branch Is Independent of the Japanese One. Current Digest of the Post-Soviet Press 47, no.12:21-22 April 19, 1995.
Aum Shinrikyo changes its name to Aleph. Cult says it will reorganize, initiate reforms, and scrape its doctrine that justified murder.
Offers information on the Aum Shinrikyo sect including their Russian connection and graphs of their organization, key personalities, etc.
Masahiro Tominaga, a senior member of Aum Shinrikyo, is charged with delivering a parcel bomb addressed to the Tokyo governor.
For up-to-date information on Aum Shinrikyo (Supreme Truth), check the FBIS online database. Articles are available for 1999 and 2000. (FBIS is a subscription service available in-house at the Air University Library).
Shoko Asahara, the leader of Aum Shinrikyo, confesses to the nerve gas attack and other killings.
Aum Shinrikyo is gaining new members and bolstering its finances, according to Japan's Public Security Investigation Agency.
Several related articles are included in this issue.
(The internet address listed below is not universally available. It is in the "Catchword" subscription database available at Air University Library).
Focuses on the reemergence of Aum Shinrikyo, profiles the cult leader Asahara Shokou and the charges against him, reviews the group's activities.
Also available online at: http://www.cnn.com/ASIANOW/asiaweek/98/1218/cs1.html
Examines the Tokyo nerve gas attack on March 20, 1995. Reportedly, the group had enough materials on hand to kill the entire population of the world several times.
Japanese government agencies had placed orders with a software company now believed to be a major source of funds for the cult.
Aum Shinrikyo changes its name to Aleph. Discusses the purpose of the name change, its impact, and information on the sect.
Discusses the pressures faced by the sect from the Japanese government, remarks by leader Joyu, the reform undertaken by the members, etc.
Discusses the arrest of Asahara and the history of the Aum Shinrikyo cult.
Japanese police have uncovered evidence that the cult had the money, means, and plans to wreck their version of Armageddon in Japan.
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