Terrorism: The Threat and Post 9/11 Trends

August 2002

Compiled by  Air University Library
Bibliography Branch
Maxwell AFB, AL

The Threat

China
Internet Resources
Periodicals

Columbia
Internet Resources
Books
Docs
Periodicals
Videos

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China

Internet Resources

China: Falun Gong a global threat.
Available online at: http://www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/asiapcf/east/07/23/china.falungong/index.html
A CNN.com, July 24, 2002, report.

Falun Dafa Information Center
Available online at: http://faluninfo.net/
Current news and background information about the Falun Gong organization.

Falun Gong: China's Dilemma.
Available online at: http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/falungong/
CNN.com In-Depth Specials.

People's Republic of China. China's Anti-Terrrorism Legislation and Repression in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region. 
Available online at: http://web.amnesty.org/ai.nsf/Index/ASA170102002?OpenDocument&of=COUNTRIES%5CCHINA
Article from Amnesty International web site.

Periodicals

Billingsley, Dodge. China Frets over Xinjiang Separatists. Jane's Intelligence Review 13:36 November 2001.

Bodansky, Yossef. Beijing Prepares for a New War Front in Xinjiang. Defense & Foreign Affairs Strategic Policy 28:4-6 2000.

Hill, John. China Talks up Terrorist Threat. Jane's Intelligence Review, 3, 14:47-48 March 2002.
The "war against terrorism" has provided an opportunity for Beijing to reinterpret separatist violence in the province of Xinjiang.

Miles, James. China Cracks Down on Web Dissidents. Jane's Intelligence Review 13:41-43 February 2001.
Beijing is taking a tough line against those who want to exploit information technology for political purposes, such as Falun Gong.

Murphy, David. No Afghanistan. Far Eastern Economic Review 164:39- November 29, 2001.
Beijing is using the war on terror to crack down on Uighur separatists.

Colombia 

Internet Resources

Colombia's Conflict: The Basics.
Available online at: http://www.madre.org/country_col_basics.html
MADRE: An international women's human rights organization site.

Latin America Overview
Available online at: http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/pgtrpt/2001/html/10246.htm
From Patterns of Global Terrorism 2001.

National Liberation Army (ELN) - Colombia.
Available online at: http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/pgtrpt/2002/html/19991.htm
From Patterns of Global Terrorism 2002.

National Liberation Army (ELN) Colombia.
Available online at: http://www.ict.org.il/inter_ter/frame.htm

Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia.
Available online at: http://www.ict.org.il/inter_ter/frame.htm

Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
Available online at: http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/pgtrpt/2002/html/19991.htm
From Patterns of Global Terrorism 2002.

 Books

Betancourt, Ingrid. Until Death Do Us Part: My Struggle to Reclaim Colombia. New York, HarperCollins Publishers, Inc, 2002. 228 p.
Book call no.: 92 B562u

Buscaglia, Edgardo and Ratliff, William. War and Lack of Governance in Colombia: Narcos, Guerrillas, and U.S. Policy. Stanford, CA, Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace, 2001. 26p.
Argues that Plan Colombia must be revised, and then directed toward substantive peace negotiations.
Book call no.: 363.4509861 B976w

Marks, Thomas. Colombian Army Adaptation to FARC Insurgency. Carlisle Barracks, PA, Strategic Studies Institute, Army War College, January 2002. 44 p.
Argues that the U.S. still has the opportunity to help Columbia deal with the insurgent threat in new ways.
Book call no.: 327.730861 M346c

Political Parties and Terrorist Groups, edited by Leonard Weinberg.  London, Frank Cass, 1992.  144 p.
Describes the links between party politics and terrorist violence by giving examples from Northern Ireland, Latin America and Italy.
Book call no.: 322.42 P7691

Rempe, Dennis M. The Past as Prologue? A History of U.S. Counterinsurgency Policy in Colombia, 1957-66. Carlisle, PA, Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, 2002. 46 p.
Gives the history of U.S. counterinsurgency policy and the recommendations made by U.S. Special Survey Teams in Colombia.
Book call no.: 327.730861 R389p

The "Sixth Division" : Military-Paramilitary Ties and U.S. Policy in Colombia. New York, Human Rights Watch, 2001. 101 p.
The "Sixth Division" is a phrase used in Colombia to refer to paramilitary groups.
Book call no.: 322.4209861 S625

Gomez, Juan C. Prospects for Peace in Colombia: Objectives and Strategies of the Main Actors.. Monterey, CA, Naval Postgraduate School, 2001. 96 p.
This thesis analyzes the origins of the conflict in Colombia and shows how government policies and changes in the drug trade have contributed to the escalation of the conflict.
Doc. call no.: M-U 39080-83 A182c

Hobaugh, Michael Eric. Colombia's War on Drugs: Can Peru Provide the Recipe for Success. Monterey, CA, Naval Postgraduate School, 2000. 134 p.
Argues that Plan Colombia will escalate the civil conflict as FARC guerrillas linked to the drug trade battle to protect their source of revenue.
Doc. call no.: M-U 42525 H681c

Owens, Wade. U.S. Support for Plan Colombia: An Alternative Approach. Newport, RI, Naval War College, 2001. 18 p.
U.S. policy makers should recognize that FARC, ELN and right-wing paramilitary groups present the greatest obstacle to achieving democracy and stability in Colombia.
Doc. call no.: M-U 41662 O971u

Serafino, Nina M. Colombia: Conditions and U.S. Policy Options. Washington, Library of Congress, 2000. 36 p.
Discusses Colombia's democracy and the current conflict, including Colombia's two major guerrilla groups - the FARC and the ELN - and the paramilitary forces.
Doc. call no.: M-U 42953-1 no. 00-RL30330

Chronicle of a War Foretold: Colombia: Moving Into Terra Incognita. World Press Review 49:14-19 May 2002.

Demarest, Geoffrey B.  In Colombia - A Terrorist Sanctuary?  Military Review 82:48-50 March-April 2002.

Makarenko, Tamara. Colombia's New Crime Structures Take Shape. Jane's Intelligence Review 14:16-19 April 2002.
Colombian drug cartels have adapted the terrorist organizational structure of cells since experience has shown that this provides greater resistance to penetration.

McDermott, Jeremy. War Resumes After Collapse of Colombian Peace Process. Jane's Intelligence Review 14:8-13 April 2002.
FARC rebels are starting to target economic infrastructure and the cities.

Military Review's Interview with General Jorge Enrique Mora Rangel, Commander, Colombian Army.  Military Review 82:33-37 March-April 2002.

Molano, Alfredo. The Evolution of the FARC. NACLA Report on the Americas 34:34-36 2000.

Ortiz, Roman D. Insurgent Strategies in the Post-Cold War: The Case of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia. Studies in Conflict and Terrorism 25:127-143 March-April 2002.

Paternostro, Silvana. The Colombia I Left Behind. New York Times Magazine 151:40-44 March 24, 2002.
Focuses on the war between the leftist FARC of Colombia and the ELN against right-wing paramilitaries, the AUC, that has harmed the country.

Roskin, Michael G. Crime and Politics in Colombia: Considerations for US Involvement. Parameters 31:126-134 Winter 2001-2002.

Terror Focus on Colombia: There are Growing Signs the U.S. May Widen the Scope of Its Military Aid to Bogota Locked in Stalemate Against FARC Rebels. Jane's Defence Weekly 37:21 2002

Videos