Terrorism: The Threat and Post 9/11 Trends

August 2002

Compiled by  Air University Library
Bibliography Branch
Maxwell AFB, AL

The Threat

Hizballah (Party of God)
Internet Resources
Books
Documents
Periodicals
Videos

Irish Republican Army (IRA, Real IRA, Continuity IRA)
Internet Resources
Books
Periodicals

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Internet Resources

Hizballah(Party of God)
Available online at: http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/pgtrpt/2002/html/19991.htm
From Patterns of Global Terrorism 2002.

Hizballah (Party of God)
Available online at: http://www.ict.org.il/inter_ter/frame.htm

Hizbullah
Available online at: http://i-cias.com/e.o/hizbulla.htm
Article from Encyclopedia of the Orient.

Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah
Available online at: http://www.nasrollah.org/
The home page of the representative of the imam Khamenii in Lebanon the paramount leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah.

 Books

Jaber, Hala. Hezbollah: Born With A Vengence. New York, Columbia University Press, 1997. 240 p.
Book call no.: 956.92 J11h

Mitchell, Thomas G. Native vs. Settler: Ethnic Conflict in Israel/Palestine, Northern Ireland, and South Africa. Westport, CN, Greenwood Press, 2000. 243 p.
Book call no.: 305.8 M682n

Saad-Ghorayeb, Amal. Hizbu'llah: Politics and Religion. Sterling, VA, Pluto Press, 2002. 254 p.
Book call no.: 322.42095692 S111h

Schad, Andrew Dorvan. Lebanon's Hizbollah Movement: The Party of God. Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, Air Force Institute of Technology, 1999. 97 p.
Book call no.: 956.92044 S292

Facey, Ian M. Entangled in Southern Lebanon: Israel, Iran, Syria and Hizbollah. Monterey, CA, Naval Postgraduate School, 1999. 66 p.
Examines why Israel's military efforts in southern Lebanon have failed to achieve a secure border with Lebanon.
Doc. call no.: M-U 42525 F137e

Periodicals.

Blanford, Nicholas. Hizbullah Prepares to Open Up Front Along the Israeli Border. Jane's Intelligence Review 14:26-29 April 2002.
Hezbollah is preparing for conflict on the Israel-Lebanon border in support of the Palestinian intifada.

Lackey, Sue. Hizbullah Resurgent. Jane's Defence Weekly 37:20-21 April 24, 2002.

Schbley, Ayla Hammond. Torn Between God, Family, and Money: The Changing Profile of Lebanon's Religious Terrorists. Studies in Conflict & Terrorism 23:175-196 July-September 2000.
Article argues that Hezbullah in Lebanon, an organization originally established as a religious network with narrowly defined politico-socioeconomic goals, has eroded.

Sobelman, Daniel. Hizbullah Lends Its Services to the Palestinian Intifada. Jane's Intelligence Review 13:12-14 November 2001.

 Videos

Beirut to Bosnia: Muslims and the West. Princeton, NJ, Films for the Humanities, 2000. 3 videocassettes, 156 min.
Documents the guerrilla war of Lebanon's Hezbollah and Islamic Jihad movements to free southern Lebanon.
Video call no.: 297 B422

The Living Martyr:  Inside the Hezbollah.  Princeton, NJ, Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 2001.  1 videocassette, 53 min.
Video call no.: 322.42095694 L785

Terrorism: A World in Shadows. Religious Terrorism. New York, Ambrose Video Publishing Inc., 2001. 1 videocassette, 46 min.
Looks at Hezbollah in Lebannon, Al Jihad in Egypt and Sikhs India.
Video call no.: 363.32 T3286 v.2

Internet Resources

Continuity Irish Republican Army (CIRA)
Available online at: http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/pgtrpt/2002/html/19991.htm
From Patterns of Global Terrorism 2002.

Irish Republican Army (IRA)
Available online at: http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/pgtrpt/2002/html/19991.htm
From Patterns of Global Terrorism 2002.

Irish Republican Army (IRA)
Available online at: http://www.ict.org.il/inter_ter/frame.htm

Provisional IRA: War, Ceasefire, Endgame?
Available online at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/in_depth/northern_ireland/2001/provisional_ira/
BBC News Online takes a look at the development of modern Irish republicanism, including archive footage of key moments of the troubles.

Real IRA
Available online at: http://www.ict.org.il/inter_ter/frame.htm

Real IRA (RIRA)
Available online at: http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/pgtrpt/2002/html/19991.htm
From Patterns of Global Terrorism 2002.

Sinn Fein Online
Available online at: http://www.sinnfein.ie
Official website of the group.

Threats: Northern Ireland. MI5 The Security Service
Available online at: http://www.mi5.gov.uk/index.html
This is the official website of the UK's security intelligence agency.

Ulster Defense Association/Ulster Freedom Fighters (UDA/UVF)
Available online at: http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/pgtrpt/2002/html/19991.htm
From Patterns of Global Terrorism 2002.

 Books

Bell, J. Bowyer. The IRA, 1968-2000: Analysis of a Secret Army. Portland, OR, Frank Cass, 2000. 351 p.
Book call no.: 941.5082 B433i

Coogan, Tim Pat. Michael Collins: A Biography. New York, Palgrave, 2002. 510 p.
Book call no.: 92 C7122m

De Breadun, Deaglan. The Far Side of Revenge: Making Peace in Northern Ireland. Cork, Ireland, Collins, 2001. 398 p.
Book call no.: 941.60824 D288f

Donohue, Laura K. Counter-Terrorist Law and Emergency Powers in the United Kingdom 1922-2000.. Portland, OR, Irish Academic Press, 2001. 422 p.
Very detailed description of the laws enacted and enforced in Northern Ireland to deal with the IRA and the violence and disruption to society caused by their actions.
Book call no.: 342.410412 D687c

Geraghty, Tony. The Irish War: The Hidden Conflict Between the IRA and British Intelligence. Baltimore, MD, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000. 420 p.
Book call no.: 941.60824 G354i

Goodspeed, Michael. When Reason Fails: Portraits of Armies at War: America, Britain, Israel, and the Future. Westport, CN, 217, 2002. 217 p.
See chapter 2 "The British Army in Northern Ireland".
Book call no.: 355.00904 G655w

Mitchell, Thomas G. Native vs. Settler: Ethnic Conflict in Israel/Palestine, Northern Ireland, and South Africa. Westport, CN, Greenwood Press, 2000. 243 p.
Book call no.: 305.8 M682n

Morrissey, Mike and Smyth, Marie. Northern Ireland After the Good Friday Agreement: Victims, Grievance and Blame. Sterling, VA, Pluto Press, 2002. 247 p.
Reports on the results of surveys of young Irish people assessing their experiences in "The Troubles."
Book call no.: 941.60824 M883n

Newsinger, John. British Counterinsurgency: From Palestine to Northern Ireland. New York, Palgrave, 2002. 221 p.
Book call no.: 355.02180941 N558b

Rucker, Patrick Michael. This Troubled Land: Voices from Northern Ireland on the Front Lines of Peace. New York, Ballentine Books, 2002. 230 p.
Book call no.: 941.60824 R911t

Periodicals

Alonso, Rogelio. The Modernization in Irish Republican Thinking Toward the Utility of Violence. Studies in Conflict & Terrorism 24:131-144 March-April 2001.
Article accesses the changing reactions of republicans to different examples of violence perpetrated by the IRA since the creation of the Provisionals.

Boyne, Sean. Arms and the IRA: What It Has, What It Wants, What It Can Afford to Decommission Jane's Intelligence Review 12:26 April 2000.

Boyne, Sean. The PIRA's (Provisional Irish Republican Army) Colombian Escapade Ends in Arms Decommissioning. Jane's Intelligence Review 13:25-27 December 2001.

Dingley, James. The Bombing of Omagh, 15 August 1998: The Bombers, Their Tactics, Strategy, and Purpose behind the Incident. Studies in Conflict and Terrorism 24:451-465 November-December 2001.

Lutz, Brenda J. British Trials of Irish Nationalist Defendants: The Quality of Justice Strained. Studies in Conflict & Terrorism 25:227-244 July-August 2002.

Monaghan, Rachel. The Return of "Captain Moonlight": Informal Justice in Northern Ireland. Studies in Conflict and Terrorism 25:41-56 January-February 2002.