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Suicide Terrorism
Devotion, Desire Drive Youths to 'Martyrdom'
Available online at: http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/june01/2001-06-26-suicide-usat.htm
A USA Today article from July 5, 2001.
Outsmarting Suicide Terrorists
Available online at: http://www.csmonitor.com/durable/2000/10/24/fp9s1-csm.shtml
Christian Science Monitor.
Sri Lanka: Suicide Bombers
Available online at: http://www.essex.ac.uk/armedcon/Countries/Asia/Texts/SriLanka011.htm
Article from the Far Eastern Economic Review, June 01, 2000.
Suicide Bombing: No Warning, and No Total Solution
Available online at:
http://www.janes.com/security/international_security/news/jtsm/jtsm010917_1_n.shtml
Suicide Terrorism: an Overview
Available online at: http://www.ict.org.il/articles/articledet.cfm?articleid=128
An
ICT paper discusses the definition of a suicide attack, how such attacks are advantageous to terrorist organizations and the perpetrator, characteristics of suicide attackers, and what can be done to stop this terrorism.
Suicide Terrorism: Development & Characteristics
Available online at:
http://www.ict.org.il/articles/articledet.cfm?articleid=112
A lecture presented at the International Conference on Countering Suicide Terrorism at
ICT.
Suicide Terrorists
Available online at: http://www.ncpa.org/pi/congress/pd091201e.html
Outlines the motivations and reasons behind suicide attacks from the National Center for Policy Analysis.
What Makes Suicide Bombers Tick?
Available online at: http://www.israelinsider.com/channels/security/articles/sec_0049.htm
Article from
IsraelInsider.com.
Why We Have Become Suicide Bombers: Understanding Palestinian Terror
Available online at: http://www.missionislam.com/islam/conissue/palestine.htm
An essay by a psychiatrist on understanding Palestinian terror on the MissionIslam.com site.
Ali, Tariq. The Clash of Fundamentalisms: Crusades, Jihads and Modernity. New York, Verso, 2002. 342 p.
See chapter 20 "September surprise." Attempts to answer the question "Why does an educated layer of Saudis, Egyptians and Algerians gravitate towards individual terrorism and why are they, as individuals, prepared to sacrifice their lives in the process?"
Book call no.: 320.550917671 A398c
Countering Suicide Terrorism: An International Conference: February
20-23, 2000, Herzliya, Israel. Herzliya, Israel, International
Policy Institute for Counter-Terrorism, 2001. 160 p.
Academic experts and counter-terrorism professionals from all over the
world compare ways and means of countering the threat of suicide terrorism.
Book call no.: 363.32 C855
Essential Readings on Political Terrorism: Analyses of Problems and
Prospects for the 21st Century, edited, with a foreword by Harvey W.
Kushner. Lincoln, NE, University of Nebraska Press, 2002. 399 p.
Explains the nature of terrorism as a socio-political phenomenon and
the major threats, trends and conundrums posed by terrorism. Psychological
and psychiatric reactions to terrorism; jihad; conflict between security and
freedom; the sociological nature of terrorist groups; and the psychology of
suicide bombers are examined.
Book call no.: 303.625 K97e
Bennet, James. Gingerly, Arabs Question Suicide Bombings.
New York Times p A1, Op July 3, 2002.
Focuses on the debate among Palestinians over suicide bombing.
Bennet, James. Rash of New Suicide Bombers Exhibit No Patterns or Ties.
New York Times p A1, OP, June 21, 2002.
Examines the increase in Palestinian suicide bombers who are not connected to
the militantly Islamic groups. Give views of psychiatrists.
Gunaratna, Rohan. Suicide Terrorism: A Global Threat. Jane's Intelligence
Review 12:52-55 April 2000.
Also available online at: http://www.janes.com/security/international_security/news/usscole/jir001020_1_n.shtml
Gunaratna, Rohan. Terror From the Sky. Jane's Intelligence
Review 13:6-9 October 2001.
Article describes the evolution of suicide terrorism and the use of airborne attacks.
Kondaki, Christopher. Suicide Terrorism, an Age-Old Weapon, Adds Technology. Defense & Foreign Affairs Strategic
Policy 29:8-9 2001.
Luft, Gal. The Palestinian H-Bomb. Foreign Affairs
81:2-8 July/August 2002.
Article discusses the Palestinian's growing acceptance of suicide bombings as a
legitimate tool of war.
Perina, Kaja. Suicide Terrorism: Seeking Motives Beyond Mental Illness. Psychology Today 35:15 September/October 2002.
Sprinzak, Ehud. Rational Fanatics. Foreign Policy
120:66-73 September/October 2000.
Article discusses the prevalence, history and religious aspects of suicide
terrorism. Also gives the organizational link of a suicide terrorist and
the views by terrorist groups on using suicide bombers.
Telhami, Shibley. Why Suicide Terrorism Takes Root. New
York Times p A23,Op April 4, 2002.
Discusses the possible reasons for the suicide bombings being committed by
Palestinians in line with the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
Afghanistan
Afghanistan Online: Afghan Politics
Available online at: http://www.afghan-web.com/politics/
Provides links to the official websites of the active political parties in Afghanistan. Also photo and biography galleries.
Afghanistan under the Taliban
Available online at: http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/taliban/
CNN.com In-Depth Special.
Taliban & Afghanistan-Special Report
Available online at: http://www.usip.org/oc/sr/sr_afghan.html
United States Institute of Peace report.
Who are the Taleban?
Available online at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/south_asia/newsid_144000/144382.stm
BBC News analysis.
Edwards, David B. Before Taliban: Genealogies of the Afghan Jihad. Berkeley, CA, University of California Press, 2002. 354 p.
Book call no.: 958.1045 E26b
Gohari, M. J. The Taliban: Ascent to Power. Oxford, UK, Oxford University Press, 2001. 158 p.
A depiction of the Taliban's military, social and political presence in Afghanistan.
Book call no.: 958.1046 G614t
Goodson, Larry P. Afghanistan's Endless War: State Failure, Regional Politics, and the Rise of the Taliban. Seattle, WA, University of Washington Press, 2001. 264 p.
Book call no.: 958.1 G655a
Griffin, Michael. Reaping the Whirlwind: The Taliban Movement in Afghanistan. Sterling, VA, Pluto Press, 2001. 283 p.
Book call no.: 958.104 G852r
Marsden, Peter. The Taliban: War and Religion in Afghanistan. New York, Zed Books, 2002. 162 p.
Book call no.: 958.1046 M364t
Nojumi, Neamatollah. The Rise of the Taliban in Afghanistan: Mass Mobilization, Civil War, and the Future of the Region. New York,
Palgrave, 2002. 260 p.
Book call no.: 958.1045 N784r
Rashid, Ahmed. Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil, and Fundamentalism in Central Asia. New Haven,
CN, Yale University Press, 2000. 274 p.
Book call no.: 958.104 R224t
Ullman, Harlan. Unfinished Business: Afghanistan, the Middle East and Beyond: Defusing the Dangers that Threaten America's Security. New York, Citadel Press, 2002. 300 p.
Book call no.: 363.320973 U41u
Ebert, Todd B. The Taliban and Islamic Fundamentalism in Central Asia. Monterey, CA, Naval Postgraduate School, 2001. 130 p.
Thesis examines the relationship between the Taliban and the Islamic opposition movements in Central Asia.
Doc. call no.: M-U 42525 E16t
Singh, Vijay K. Security Implications of the Rise of Fundamentalism in Afghanistan and Its Regional and Global Impact. Carlisle Barracks, PA, U.S. Army War College, 2001. 52 p.
A study of the historical instability in Afghanistan. Looks at what effects ethnicity and the rise of fundamentalism has on the Central Asian region.
Doc. call no.: M-U 39080-537 S617s
Periodicals
David, Anthony. The Taliban Tinderbox. Jane's Defence Weekly 36:18-19 July 18, 2001.
Davis, Anthony. Afghan Drug Output Wanes, But Only Under Taliban. Jane's Intelligence Review 13:14-17 October 2001.
Davis, Anthony. Struggle for Recognition (of Afghanistan's Taliban). Jane's Defence Weekly 34:21 October 4, 2000.
Kondaki, Christopher D. The Taliban: A Primer. Defense & Foreign Affairs Strategic Policy 29:6-10 2001.
Afghanistan: Exporting the
Taliban Revolution.
Princeton, NJ , Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 1999. 24 min.
Video call no.: 958.1046 A2571
Understanding Terrorism: Afghanistan, the Lost Generation. New York, Ambrose Video Publishing, 2001. 1 videocassette, 30 min.
A Mostafa Danesch film that focuses on Afghanistan dominated by a terrorist regime.
Video call no.: 363.32 U55 v.1