TERRORISM TODAY
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September 2003
Compiled by Glenda Armstrong
Bibliographer, Air University Library
Maxwell AFB, AL
Internet
Resources
AUL Bibliographies
Academic & Think
Tank Sites
Government Sites
Search Engines & Databases
AUL Bibliographies
Anthrax Vaccine and Biological Weapons Issues.
June 2000.
Available online at: http://www.au.af.mil/au/aul/bibs/anthrax/anthrax.htm
Asymmetric Warfare. May 2002.
Available online at: http://www.au.af.mil/au/aul/bibs/asw/asw.htm
Homeland Security . July 2002.
Available online at: http://www.au.af.mil/au/aul/bibs/homeland/hmlnd.htm
Iraq: 1991-March 17, 2003. May 2003.
Available online at: http://www.au.af.mil/au/aul/bibs/iraq/iraq.htm
IRAQ: Selected Online Resources. March 2003.
Available online at: http://www.au.af.mil/au/aul/bibs/iraq/iraq_crisis.htm
Islam. January 2003.
Available online at: http://www.au.af.mil/au/aul/bibs/islam/islam.htm
Islamic Activism. June 2002.
Available online at: http://www.au.af.mil/au/aul/bibs/islamc/islamact.htm
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. June 2002.
Available online at: http://www.au.af.mil/au/aul/bibs/israel/israelpalconf.htm
Mass Media. July 2003.
Available online at: http://www.au.af.mil/au/aul/bibs/mass/massmedia.htm
Media Coverage of 9/11 and Its Aftermath.
July 2003.
Available online at: http://www.au.af.mil/au/aul/bibs/9-11/9-11.htm
Narco-Terrorism. June 2003.
Available online at: http://www.au.af.mil/au/aul/bibs/narco/narco.htm
Nuclear Biological Chemical. January
1998.
Available online at: http://www.au.af.mil/au/aul/bibs/nbc/nbccont.htm
Nuclear Biological Chemical Supplement 1.
April 2001.
Available online at: http://www.au.af.mil/au/aul/bibs/nbcs/nbcstoc.htm
Operation Enduring Freedom. July 2002.
Available online at: http://www.au.af.mil/au/aul/bibs/bib97.htm#O
Operation Iraqi Freedom: Special Operations. May
2003.
Available online at: http://www.au.af.mil/au/aul/bibs/spops/oif.htm
Role of Airpower in Terrorist Reprisals. February
2003.
Available online at: http://www.au.af.mil/au/aul/bibs/terepris/terepris.htm
Terrorism: The Threat and Post 9/11 Trends.
September 2002.
Available online at: http://www.au.af.mil/au/aul/bibs/terror/tertoc.htm
Terrorist and Insurgent Organizations.
July 2000.
Available online at: http://www.au.af.mil/au/aul/bibs/tergps/tg98tc.htm
Weapons of Mass Destruction. June 2002.
Available online at: http://www.au.af.mil/au/aul/bibs/wmd/wmd.htm
Academic and Think Tank Sites
America's Response to Terrorism--Chronology. Anti-Defamation League. Center for Democracy and Technology Counter-Terrorism Page. Countering the Changing Threat of International Terrorism. ERRI Counter-Terrorism Archive. Federation of American Scientists The Hate Directory. ICT: Terrorism & Counter-Terrorism. International Association for Counterterrorism & Security
Professionals. NewsLinks: Terrorism. NSI's Information Security Resource Net. Radical Resource Sites. Recent Terrorism Events: Background and Context. Southern Poverty Law Center. Terrorism Portal.com. Terrorism Questions & Answers. Terrorism Research Center, Inc.. Terrorism Resource Center. Terrorist Attacks on America. American Embassy London: Current Issues: Terrorism. Anti-Terrorism Conventions 2001. Background Information on Foreign Terrorist Organizations. Canadian Security Intelligence Service: Commentary Series. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). CIA Electronic Reading Room. Critical Infrastructure Assurance Office. DefenseLINK. Executive Order 13224 Blocking Terrorist Property and a Summary of
the Terrorism Sanctions Regulations. Federal Aviation Administration. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). General Services Administration (GSA). Government Accounting Office (GAO). Homeland Defense & Domestic Terrorism . Institute For Homeland Security Joint Forces Staff College Library Terrorism Hotlinks. Naval Postgraduate School, Dudley Knox Library. Network of Terrorism. OFAC Compliance - Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). Office of Homeland Security. Patterns of Global Terrorism 2000. Patterns of Global Terrorism 2001. Patterns of Global Terrorism 2002. Report on Foreign Terrorist Organizations 2001. Rewards for Justice. Terrorism: Selected Internet Resources. Portals to the World,
Library of Congress U. S. Coast Guard. U.S. Customs Service. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. U.S. Department of Justice . U.S. Department of State. U.S. Postal Service. U.S. Treasury Department - Office of Foreign Assets Control. United Nations Treaty Collection: Conventions on Terrorism. The White House. FirstGov. Google News and Resources. Google UncleSam. Google Web Directory. LEXIS-NEXIS Academic Universe. STRATFOR.com GeoSecurity. Thomas.
Available online at: http://www.brook.edu/dybdocroot/terrorism/chronology.htm
Brookings Institution site lists terrorist incidents from 1989-2000 and
2001-2002.
Available online at: http://www.adl.org
Anti-Defamation League site has links to information on the Israeli-Palestinian
conflict; hate groups and extremism in the U.S.; and countering suicide
terrorism.
Available online at: http://www.cdt.org/policy/terrorism/
This site offers access to various reports, news and analyses relating to
counterterrorism legislation and U.S. agency roles.
Available online at: http://www.fas.org/irp/threat/commission.html
Online report from the (U.S.) National Commission on Terrorism, released in
2000.
Available online at: http://www.emergency.com/cntrterr.htm
Emergency Response & Research Institute site contains a summary of
world-wide terrorism events, groups, and terrorist strategies and tactics.
Available online at: http://www.fas.org/
FAS initiatives include arms sales monitoring, chemical and biological arms
control and online resources on terrorist groups, weapons of mass destruction
and arms sales.
Available online at: http://www.bcpl.net/~rfrankli/hatedir.pdf
Lists hate groups on the internet. Includes web sites, archives, chat rooms,
hate games, etc.
Available online at: http://www.ict.org.il
The International Policy Institute for Counter-Terrorism site features a
database on terrorist organizations and terror attacks and links to academic
articles by researchers into the motivations and sources of international
terrorism.
Available online at: http://www.iacsp.com
Offers information under "Terror Information Bank;" "Terrorism
Watch" and news releases; as well as selected articles from the journal
Counterterrorism and Security International.
Available online at: http://www.rand.org/hot/newslinks/terrorism.html
Rand Corporation site has links to Rand documents and transcripts of testimony
by Rand experts. Also the bibliography of Rand works on terrorism and
low-intensity conflict is here.
Available online at: http://nsi.org
Click on "terrorism" to access the National Security Institute links
to terrorism legislation, terrorism facts and commentary.
Available online at: http://www.officer.com/hate.htm
Site of Officer.com lists and links organizations that monitor hate and militia
groups.
Available online at: http://www.cqpress.com/context/default.htm
Site provides material from a variety of CQ Press sources. Includes information
on the Clinton administration's strikes on bin Laden and concepts such as war
and religion and jihad.
Available online at: http://www.splcenter.org
Their Intelligence Project monitors hate groups and extremist activity
throughout the U.S.
Available online at: http://www.theterrorismportal.com/
Provides shortcuts to various websites with information about terrorism and
terrorist activities.
Available online at: http://www.terrorismanswers.com
Council on Foreign Relations site. Contains links to: "What Is
Terrorism?;" "Terrorist Groups;" "State Sponsors of
Terrorism;" "Causes of 9/11;" "Responses to 9/11;: : and
Policy After 9/11."
Available online at: http://www.terrorism.com/index.shtml
Site features essays and thought pieces on current issues and links to other
terrorism sites and documents.
Available online at: http://www.cfr.org/reg_issues.php?id=13|||1
Council on Foreign Relations site provides weekly updates on the War on
Terrorism, and links to policy papers and opinion pieces.
Available online at: http://cns.miis.edu/research/terror.htm
Monterey Institute of International Studies Center for Nonproliferation Studies
(CNS) site has links to terrorist group profiles and numerous links to U.S.
preparedness and response to terrorism sites.
Government Sites
Afghanistan Resource Home Page.
Available online at: http://www.dean.usma.edu/history/afghanweb/
U.S. Military Academy page has links to sites on al Qaeda, Islam and the Taliban.
Available online at: http://www.usembassy.org.uk/terror.html
Links to different U.S. government web sites and U.S. State Department
announcements.
Available online at: http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=107_cong_reports&docid=f:er002.107
Committee on Foreign Relations report addresses terrorist bombings and the
financing of terrorism.
Available online at: http://www.state.gov/www/global/terrorism/fto_info_1999.html
Site has not been updated since January 20, 2001. It does list terrorist
organizations descriptions, aliases, activities, location, etc. From the U.S.
Dept. of State's Office of Counterterrorism.
Available online at: http://www.csis-scrs.gc.ca/eng/comment/comsum_e.html
Links to online reports on various terrorist groups and other aspects of
terrorism and ethnic conflict.
Available online at: http://www.bt.cdc.gov
Contains information for Public Health Preparedness and Response: anthrax and
smallpox information; a listing of biological and chemical agents and threats;
and links to reports on preparedness for a biological and chemical attack.
Available online at: http://www.odci.gov
Special section: The War on Terrorism. Also links to The World Factbook which
contains information on each country including a map and data on the government,
military, communications, geography and transnational issues. Terrorism related
excerpts from Global Trends 2015 are also included.
Available online at: http://www.foia.ucia.gov/special_collections.asp
The search engine will locate historic, sanitized CIA documents relating to
terrorism.
Available online at: http://www.ciao.gov
The lead agency for physical and cyber protection of the information and
communications (I&C) sector.
Available online at: http://www.defenselink.mil/
Department of Defense news, and links to sites with information on Operation
Enduring Freedom, anthrax and terrorism and terrorist groups.
Available online at: http://www.ustreas.gov/offices/enforcement/ofac/sanctions/terrorism.html
U.S. Department of Treasury site.
Available online at: http://www.faa.gov/
This site offers "Security Tips for Travelers" and "Flight School
Security".
Available online at: http://www.fbi.gov
FBI's War on Terrorism link and search engine gives access to all terrorism
related subjects on fbi.gov. Photographs of the hijackers of September 11 and
press releases are also available.
Available online at: http://www.fema.gov
Contains information on the recovery efforts at NYC and the Pentagon. Links to
other agencies involved in the recovery process. Information on applying for
disaster aid.
Available online at: http://www.gsa.gov/Portal/home.jsp
Links under "Hot Items" to Federal Protective Service
"Information on Chemical, Biological and Bomb Threats" site and the
Federal Protective Service "Making Federal Buildings Safe" site.
Available online at: http://www.gao.gov
This site contains links to full text GAO reports on homeland security and
terrorism.
Available online at: http://www.nwc.navy.mil/library/3Publications/Eccles%20Library/LibNotes/libhomelandef.htm
A Naval War College Library bibliography dated October 2000.
Available online at: http://www.homelandsecurity.org/
Available online at: http://corc.oclc.org/WebZ/XPathfinderQuery?sessionid=0:term=2629:xid=AFQ
Consolidates many websites that provide information on terrorism. Government,
public, private and international sites are included.
Available online at: http://library.nps.navy.mil/home/terrorism.htm
Provides links to Patterns of Global Terrorism, Terrorist Group Profiles and
other links to general terrorism information and NPS bibliographies.
Available online at: http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/netterror.htm
A U.S. State Department publication that is a summary of what is known about the
terrorism attacks of September 11, and their connection to Osama bin Laden and
his al Qaeda terrorist network.
Available online at: http://www.ofaccompliance.com/
Compliance solutions for USA Patriots Act, OFAC, BSA, money laundering and more.
Available online at: http://www.whitehouse.gov/homeland/
Contains information on the Homeland Security Advisory System and other Homeland
Security news and events.
Available online at: http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/pgtrpt/2000/
Department of State publication.
Available online at: http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/pgtrpt/2001/html/
Department of State publication.
Available online at: http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/pgtrpt/2002/html/
Department of State publication.
Available online at: http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/rpt/fto/2001/5258.htm
Department of State publication.
Available online at: http://www.rewardsforjustice.net/
U.S. Department of State site. Instructions on how to test your observation
skills and how and where to report terrorism activities. Also, links to sites
with lists of most wanted terrorists and how to stop terrorism.
Available online at: http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/hispanic/terrorism/terrorism.html
Links to general sites on terrorism, aviation security measures, bin Laden, etc.
Available online at: http://www.uscg.mil/news/cgnews.shtm
The "News" section includes information on homeland security
"Protecting America" and "Facts & Figures Since September
11."
Available online at: http://www.cbp.gov/
Information concerning September 11 events. Fact sheet on Advanced Passenger
Information System (APIS). Press photos on the aftermath of the September
terrorist attacks.
Available online at: http://www.hhs.gov/disasters/index.shtml
Provides information on anthrax and biological incidents preparedness and
response. Links to sites that provide information in the event of a biological
or other public health emergency.
Available online at: http://www.justice.gov/ag/terrorismaftermath.html
DOJ "Response to Terrorist Attacks" page provides links to the Al
Qaeda Training Manual and to information about the September 11 Victim
Compensation Fund 2001.
Available online at: http://www.state.gov
This site has links to information about counter-terrorism, travel warnings and
advisories and background notes on countries. There are also links to Patterns
of Global Terrorism and Global Coalition Against Terrorism.
Available online at: http://www.usps.gov
Security of the Mail - what's being done to keep the mail safe and moving. Tips
about identifying and handling suspicious mail and tips for making the mail
safe.
Available online at: http://www.ustreas.gov/offices/enforcement/ofac/
Administers and enforces economic and trade sanctions based on US foreign policy
and national security goals against targeted foreign countries, terrorists,
international narcotics traffickers, and those engaged in activities related to
the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.
Available online at: http://untreaty.un.org/English/Terrorism.asp
Available online at: http://www.whitehouse.gov
The section "America Responds to Terrorism at Home and Abroad" has
links to information on homeland security actions, diplomatic actions, military
actions, financial actions, investigative actions and humanitarian actions.
Search Engines & Databases
FedWorld.
Available online at: http://www.fedworld.gov
A gateway to U.S. government information with links to the top government sites.
Available online at: http://www.firstgov.gov/
The official U.S. gateway to all government material. Accesses more than 51
million web pages from federal and state governments. Page "America
Responds to Terrorism" has links to sites with information about
bioterrorism, the Homeland Security Advisory System, among others.
Available online at: http://www.google.com/news/
Has links to U.S. news sources, international news organizations and some U.S.
government agency sites.
Available online at: http://www.google.com/unclesam
A specific version of the well known Google search engine. Searches are limited
to the web pages in the Google index which belong to the .mil or .gov domains.
Boolian searching is allowed in the Advanced Search mode.
Available online at: http://www.google.com/dirhp?hl=en&ie=UTF8&oe=UTF8&q=
Search by subject, or go to Society - Issues - Terrorism.
Available online at: https://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe
Click on "Sources". Type "terrorism" in the search box. All
journals and newspapers with "terrorism" in the title will appear. You
then have the option of searching that particular journal by author, keyword, or
article title. Many of the articles will be available in full-text. Available
from AU schools & AUL only.
Available online at: http://www.stratfor.com/channel.php?ID=8
Stratfor.com provides intelligence analysis and news archives on various
countries. Available from AUL and AU schools only.
Available online at: http://thomas.loc.gov/
Provides a link to "Legislation Related to the Attack of September 11,
2001". Also searchable information about the U.S. Congress and the
legislative process.
Table of
Contents |
Internet Resources | The Threat: Terrorist Groups, A-K
| The Threat: Terrorist
Groups, L-W | Current American Trends |
Current Global Trends |
War on
Terrorism