TERRORISM TODAY

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July 2003

Compiled by Glenda Armstrong
Bibliographer, Air University Library       
Maxwell AFB, AL


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


The Threat: Terrorist Groups, L-W

   Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LT)
   Lashkar I Jhangvi (LJ)
   Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)
   Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MEK or MKO)
   National Liberation Army (ELN) Colombia
   Palestine Islamic Jihad (PIJ)
   Palestine Liberation Front (PLF)
   Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command (PFLP-GC)
   Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)
   Radical Political Islam
   Real IRA (RIRA)
   Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)
   Revolutionary Nuclei
   Revolutionary Organization 17 November
   Salafist Group for Call and Combat (GSPC)
   Sendero Luminoso (Shining Path or SL)
   United Self-Defense Forces Group of Colombia (AUC)
  
Financing Terrorism
   State Sponsored Terrorism
   Suicide Terrorism 
   Technology and Infrastructure Vulnerabilities
   Weapons of Mass Destruction


Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LT)

Internet Resources
Lashkar-e-Tayyiba
Available online at: http://www.searchcentralstation.com/content/lashkar-e-tayyiba.html
MetaReligion.

Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LT) (Army of the Righteous) April 2001.
Available online at: http://www.publicfigure.com/lashkar.html
U.S. Department of State.

Periodicals
Chalk, Peter and Fair, Chris. Lashkar-E-Tayyiba Leads the Kashmiri Insurgency. Jane's Intelligence Review 14:14-18 November 2002.

Lashkar I Jhangvi (LJ)

Internet Resources
Designation of Lashkar I Jhangvi as a Foreign Terrorist Organization January 30, 2003.
Available online at: http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2003/17063.htm
U.S. Department of State announcement.

Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, Terrorist Group of Pakistan
Available online at: http://www.satp.org/satporgtp/countries/pakistan/terroristoutfits/lej.htm
South Asia Terrorism Portal.

Richard Boucher Holds State Department Briefing. FDCH Political Transcripts January 30, 2003.
Available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?an=32V0864615403&db=f5h
The secretary of state announced the designation of a group as a foreign terrorist organization under U.S. law. The group is Lashkar-i-Jhangvi, a Sunni Muslim group located in Pakistan.

Speech by Pakistan's President Musharraf. FDCH Regulatory Intelligence Database January 12, 2002.
Available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?an=32W2131508695&db=mth
The United States applauds the banning of Jaish-e-Mohammed and Lashkar- e-Tayyiba and welcomes President Musharraf's explicit statements against terrorism and particularly notes his pledge that Pakistan will not tolerate terrorism under any pretext, including Kashmir.

Periodicals
Phillips, Michael. U.S. puts Pakistani Organization on Terror List. Wall Street Journal, 22, p.A8, Op, January 31, 2003.
Reports that the U.S. government designated the Pakistani group Lashkar i Jhangvi as a terrorist organization.

Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)

Internet Resources
Kurukulasuriya, Lasandra. Child Soldiers Key to Rebuilding Sri Lanka. Herizons Spring 2003.
Available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?an=9732253&db=aph
Reports that despite repeated assurances made to representatives of the United Nations, Amnesty International and the Scandinavian peace monitors in Sri Lanka, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) continue to recruit child soldiers.

Perry, Alex. A Rumor of Peace. Time South Pacific April 22, 2002.
Available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?an=6587448&db=f5h
Examines the prospects for peace in Sri Lanka amid violence between the government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). Reports that the LTTE have been rearming and recruiting more fighters.

Perry, Alex and Perrin, Andrew. Tiger Country. Time South Pacific September 23, 2002.
Available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?an=7373241&db=f5h
Reports on Sri Lanka talks between the government and the separatist Tamil Tigers. History of insurgency in Sri Lanka and the role of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE); Outlook for the Norwegian-brokered peace talks between the Tigers and the Sri Lankan government that began in September 2002 in Thailand; Indication that a Tamil nation exists in all but law in the northeast section of the country after 19 years of civil war; Impact of the war on the people.

Ranganathan, Maya. Nurturing a Nation on the Net: The Case of Tamil Eelam. Nationalism & Ethnic Politics Summer 2002.
Available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?an=8959438&db=aph
Discusses the use of the Internet to establish the national identity of Tamils in Sri Lanka. Political discourse on the Internet; Advantages of the Internet; Information on the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.

Shastri, Amita. Sri Lanka in 2002. Asian Survey January-February 2003.
Available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?an=9331947&db=aph
A peace process was reinitiated in Sri Lanka with international support. This article argues that major progress has been made by the United National Front government in opening a dialogue with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. Yet, major hurdles remain: support by the Tigers for a political solution remains conditional, they have not laid down their arms, and negotiating an agreement about the prospective political structure promises to be problematic.

Spaeth, Anthony. Waiting to Exhale. Time South Pacific February 24, 2003.
Available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?an=9168454&db=f5h
Discusses the truce signed by the government and the separatists Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE); Why the people of this war-torn region are still hesitant to move back to their homelands; United States' declaration of the LTTE as a terrorist organization.

Terrorist Crisis? What Terrorists? What Crisis? Report/Newsmagazine (National Edition) September 2, 2002.
Available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?an=7273824&db=aph
Reports on the release of a list of banned terrorist organizations by the Canadian government. Passage of a bill known as the Anti-Terrorism Act; High-profile terror groups which were not included on the list, such as HAMAS and Hezbollah; Question of the status of the Tamil Tigers of Sri Lanka; Idea that the Liberal government is supportive of forces against Israel.

Periodicals
Coomaraswamy, Radhika. An Island of Peace? New York Times, p.A29, Op, March 29, 2003.
Deals with the success of cease fire and peace negotiations between the Sri Lankan government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.

Crispin, Shawn W. The Road to Peace. Far Eastern Economic Review 165:53 May 16, 2002.
Reports on the respite from war being enjoyed by the city of Trincomalee following a ceasefire agreement between Sri Lanka's government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. Eradication of the feeling of fear among Trincomalee residents; Recovery of the tourist trade; Presence of deep-water harbor in the city.

Herath, Anuradha. Historic Cease-Fire. World Press Review 49:25 May 2002.
Focuses on the cease-fire deal signed by Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe and Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam leader Velupillai Pirapaharan on February 23, 2002. Reaction of President Chandrika Bandaranaike to the deal; Groups that oppose the deal; Attitude of the general population toward the deal.

Meet the new Democratic Tigers. Economist 363:42-43 April 13, 2002.
Focuses on the prospect for peace in Sri Lanka, and the role of Velupillai Prabhakaran of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). Terrorist acts committed by the LTTE; Relations between the Tamil minority and the rest of the country; Outlook for democracy to be supported by Prabhakaran.
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?an=6485151&db=aph

Overland, Martha Ann. Fighting for Human Rights. Chronicle of Higher Education 49: February 28, 2003.
Discusses the influence of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam on the promotion of democracy in universities; Details on the operation of the Tamil Tigers.
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?an=9229157&db=aph

Timmerman, Kenneth. HAMAS Fund-Raisers Active in Canada According to FBI Report. Insight on the News 18:6 September 16, 2002.
Reports on the findings of a report from the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation that terrorist group HAMAS has been operating and raising funds in Canada since 1993. Factors which enable terrorist groups to operate in Canada; Estimated amount of funds raised by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in North America annually; Introduction of the C-36 Anti-Terrorism Bill in October 2001.
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?an=7343157&db=f5h

To Thailand in Hope. Economist 364:39-40 September 7, 2002.
Discusses the peace talks between Sri Lanka's government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) held in Thailand on September 16, 2002. LTTE as one of the world's bloodiest insurgent groups; Effort to end 19 years of war between the government and the Tigers; Origins of the war, including attempts by earlier governments to promote Sinhalese interests at the expense of Tamil ones.
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?an=7284521&db=aph

Tottering on. Economist 366:37 February 1, 2003.
The Sri Lankan government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam prepare to hold their fifth round of peace talks in Berlin on February 7th and 8th, their ceasefire has survived a year. Many Sinhalese, who make up three-quarters of Sri Lanka's people, believe the Tigers are only pretending to have forsaken their brutal methods and separatist ambitions, while they consolidate their control over swathes of northern and eastern Sri Lanka.
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?an=9019925&db=aph

Waldman, Amy. Masters of Suicide Bombing: Tamil Guerrillas of Sri Lanka. New York Times,  p.A1, Op, January 14, 2003.
Focuses on the Black Tigers, a special suicide unit of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in Sri Lanka. Perception of suicide attacks as the ultimate commitment to the movement; Effectiveness of the attacks; Examples of their suicide bombings, which were later imitated in the Middle East; Percentage of Tigers' suicide bombers who were women.

Waldman, Amy. Sri Lanka Young Carried off to fill Ranks of the Rebellion. New York Times, p.A1, Op, January 6, 2003.
Discusses the forced enlistment of young Sri Lankans in rebel groups such as the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. Efforts of these groups to force the secession of the Tamil region from Sri Lanka; Claim of the Tigers that they no longer accept or forcible recruit children; Possibility that these recruitment efforts are ongoing; Conditions for child rebels.

Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MEK or MKO)

Internet Resources
Armed Conflict Report 2000 - Iran
Available online at: http://www.ploughshares.ca/content/ACR/ACR00/ACR00-Iran.html
Project Plowshares.

Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MEK or MKO)
Available online at: http://globalization.about.com/blterr15.htm
Globalization Issues.

Periodicals
EU to add Iran Group to its Terrorist List. Wall Street Journal, 87, p.A9, Op, May 3, 2002.
Reports that the European Union plans to classify Mujahedeen e Khalq Organization, and Iraqi-backed Iranian dissident group, as terrorist.
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?an=6638179&db=aph

National Liberation Army (ELN) Colombia

Internet Resources
Ambrus, Steven. Taking Aim at the City. Newsweek (Atlantic Edition) February 18, 2002.
Available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?an=6225150&db=f5h
Focuses on the activities of right-wing death squads, or paramilitaries, who are fighting against the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the National Liberation Army (ELN). Details the history of the conflict.

Colombia's Civil War: ELN
Available online at: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/latin_america/colombia/players_eln.html
PBS Online NewsHour.

Drug Policy & Colombia
Available online at: http://www.colombiapeace.org/links.html
Foreign Policy In Focus (FPIF) has selected the U.S. drug and counterinsurgency policy in Colombia as a strategic focus.

McDermott, Jeremy. Colombia's Rebel Kidnappers January 7, 2002.
Available online at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/1746914.stm
BBC News article.

Periodicals
Easterbrook, Michael. Life Under Fire. Chronicle of Higher Education 48:A14-A16 November 30, 2001.
Deals with the effects of terrorism on wildlife ecology in Colombia and the scientists who study it. Details the experiences of a team of ecology researchers who were captured by members of the National Liberation Army (ELN), and damages to nature caused by the ELN.
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?an=5649039&db=aph

Higday, James D. Enduring Freedom The FARC and Other Terrorist Groups in Colombia and South America: Are We Moving Closer to the Next Phase in the War on Terror? Military Intelligence Professional Bulletin 28:48-52 October-December 2002.
Focuses on the impact of several terrorist organizations in Colombia; Means for the organizations to raise funds; Political ideology of the Popular Liberation Army.
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?an=7917566&db=f5h

In Colombia - A Terrorist Sanctuary? Military Review 82:48-50 March-April 2002.
Focuses on the terrorist organizations in Colombia: the Revolutionary Armed Forces and the National Liberation Army.
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?an=6746558&db=aph

McDermott, Jeremy. Colombia Imposes Democratic Authority. Jane's Intelligence Review 14:20-23 October 2002.

McDermott, Jeremy. Kidnapping Increases in Latin America. Jane's Intelligence Review 15:26-30 June 2003.

Richani, Nazih. Colombia at the Crossroads: The Future of the Peace Accords. NACLA Report on the Americas 35:17-20 January 2002.
Discusses the peace negotiation of the government of Colombia with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia and the National Liberation Army: factors affecting the peace process: impact of the rise of paramilitarism in Colombia; effects of violence and war on the country's economic growth.
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?an=6002088&db=aph

Palestine Islamic Jihad (PIJ)

Internet Resources
Department of Justice Statement Regarding the Arrest of Mazen Al Najjar. FDCH Regulatory Intelligence Database November 24, 2001.
Available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?an=32W3794994399&db=mth
The Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) today arrested Mazen Al Najjar. Al Najjar had established ties to terrorist organizations and held leadership positions in the Tampa-based Islamic Concern Project (ICP) and the World and Islam Studies Enterprise. The ICP and the World and Islam Studies Enterprise are front organizations that raised funds for militant Islamic-Palestinian groups such as the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) and HAMAS.

Oreck, Alden. Palestinian Islamic Jihad
Available online at: http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/Terrorism/PIJ.html
From the Jewish Virtual Library.

Who are Islamic Jihad? August 9, 2001.
Available online at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/middle_east/israel_and_the_palestinians/profiles/1005081.stm
A BBC News report.

Willing, Richard and Sharp, Deborah. Indictment: Smiling Face Hid Hatred. USA Today February 26, 2003.
Available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?an=J0E143881640503&db=f5h
According to allegations in a federal racketeering indictment filed last week, PIJ leaders feared University of South Florida professor Al-Arian's high public profile was drawing unwanted attention to the group and compromising its mission: to organize suicide bombings to kill Israeli civilians.

Palestine Liberation Front (PLF)

Internet Resources
Coalition Captures Terrorist, Brooks Describes Mosul Incident. FDCH Regulatory Intelligence Database April 16, 2003.
Available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?an=32W2342973636&db=mth
Coalition special operations personnel in Baghdad captured Palestinian terrorist Abu Abbas April 14, U.S. Central Command officials said today. Abu Abbas, also known as Mohammad Abbas, planned the 1985 hijacking of the Italian cruise liner Achille Lauro in the eastern Mediterranean Sea.

Palestine Liberation Front (PLF)
Available online at: http://www.geocities.com/udiscoverindia/issues/plf.html
Geocities: history, leadership and chronological listing of terrorist activities.

Reynolds, Paul. Abu Abbas: Unfinished Business April 17, 2003.
Available online at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/2952879.stm
From the BBC News.

Periodicals
Risen, James and Johnston, David. '85 Hijacker is Captured in Baghdad. New York Times, p.B1, Op, April 16, 2003.
Reports that Palestinian terrorist leader Abu Abbas was seized in a raid in Baghdad, Iraq, by U.S. forces. Abbas' suspected connection to the 1985 hijacking of the Italian cruise ship, the Achille Lauro, in which an American was killed; Background on Abbas, who led a faction of the Palestine Liberation Front; His life in Baghdad under the protection of Saddam Hussein's government.

Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command (PFLP-GC)

Internet Resources
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command (PFLP-GC) April 2001.
Available online at: http://www.publicfigure.com/popular-front-for-the-liberation-of-palestine.html
U.S. Department of State.

Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command (PFLP-GC)
Available online at: http://www.fas.org/irp/world/para/pflp-gc.htm
Federation of American Scientists site.

Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)

Internet Resources
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine Octobe 17, 2001.
Available online at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/middle_east/2001/israel_and_the_palestinians/profiles/1604540.stm
BBC News report.

Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)
Available online at: http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/Terrorism/pflp.html
From the Jewish Virtual Library.

Remarks after Interview with NBC's Meet the Press. FDCH Regulatory Intelligence Database May 4, 2003.
Available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?an=32W1329671788&db=mth
The U.S. State Department specifically asked Syria to close the offices of HAMAS, Palestinian Islamic Jihad and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.

Periodicals
Bennet, James. Armed with Weapons and a Will, Palestinian Factions Plot Revenge. New York Times, p.A1, Op, February 21, 2003.
Describes an encounter with Palestinian militants whose aim is to retaliate against attacks by Israel. Their weaponry; Divisions of ideology among militant factions; Groups to which they belong, including Al Aksa Martyr's Brigade, HAMAS and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.

Esposito, Michele K. Peace Monitor. Journal of Palestine Studies 31:101-124 Winter 2002.
Provides information on several bilateral, multilateral, regional and international events that affect the peace process in the Middle East from August 16 to November 2001. Status of Israeli-Palestinian hostility; Assassination of Abu Ali Mustafa, leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine; Relations between Israeli and Lebanese.
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?an=6362370&db=aph

Radical Political Islam

Internet Resources
Nedoroscik, Jeffrey A. Extremist Groups in Egypt. Terrorism & Political Violence Summer 2002.
Available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?an=8959267&db=aph
Investigates the violent internal conflict in Egypt. Gives background of the Muslim brotherhood in Egypt.

Pirchner, Herman. With or Against the West: Russia's Debate Continues. Demokratizatsiya Winter 2003.
Available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?an=9332744&db=aph
Discusses the problems of Russia with Radical Islam and China.

Rabasa, Angel. Political Islam and Militancy in Southeast Asia
Available online at: http://www.rand.org/nsrd/capp/events/islamasia.html
A Rand analysis.

Books
Al-Qaeda and Jihadi Movements Worldwide, edited by James J. Sanchez. Seattle, WA, Reference Corporation, Aristarchus Knowledge Industries, December 2002. 4 vols. (Middle East Abstracts)
Book call no.: R 016.32242 S211a

Alexander, Yonah. Palestinian Religious Terrorism: Hamas and Islamic Jihad. Ardsley, NY, Transnational Publishers, Inc, 2002.
Book call no.: 322.42095694 A379p

Bell, J. Bowyer. Murder on the Nile: The World Trade Center and Global Terror. San Francisco, Encounter Books, 2003. 206 p.
Book call no.: 303.6250962 B433m

Davis, Joyce. Martyrs: Innocence, Vengence, and Despair in the Middle East. New York, Palgrave Macmillan, 2003. 214 p.
Book call no.: 297.7 D262m

Laqueur, Walter. No End to War: Terrorism in the Twenty-First Century. New York, Continuum, 2003. 288 p.
Book call no.: In Processing

Lewis, Bernard. The Crisis of Islam: Holy War and Unholy Terror. New York, The Modern Library, 2003. 184 p.
Examines the theological origins of political Islam, through the rise of militant Islam in Iran, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia. Looks the impact of radical Wahhabi and Saudi oil money on the Islamic world.
Book call no.: 297.72 L673c

Lincoln, Bruce. Holy Terrors: Thinking about Religion after September 11. Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 2003. 142 p.
Book call no.: 291.1787

Documents
Yeager, Peter E. Radical Islam. Quantico, VA, United States Marine Corps Command and Staff College, 2002. 81 p.
Argues that illegitimate and repressive regimes contribute to the numbers of dispossessed and disenfranchised who go on to join terrorist groups. The U.S. should make every effort to democratize the Middle East.
Also available online at: http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA406226
Doc. call no.: M-U 41886-71 Y37r

Periodicals
An Ace in the Hole. Economist 367:35-36 April 26, 2003.
Reports that, after months of procrastination, in 2003, Indonesia's campaign against the ringleaders of Islamic terrorism in South-East Asia has finally reached the courts. Abu Bakar Basyir, an Islamic cleric of al-Qaeda's regional arm, Jemaah Islamiah (JI), went on trial on April 23rd for treason and immigration offences.
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?an=9620016&db=aph

Alexiev, Alex. The Pakistani Time Bomb. Commentary 115:48-54 March 2003.
Deals with the rise of religious extremism in Pakistan as of March 2003.
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?an=9156138&db=aph

Barnett, Neil. Islamist Groups Take Root in the Balkans. Jane's Intelligence Review 14:21-22 January 2002.

Bedi, R. Muslim Insurgency Flares in Kashmir. Jane's Terrorism & Security Monitor12-13 April 2003.
A massacre of 24 Hindus in March has escaled tensions between India and Pakistan.

Bertrand, Serge. Fighting Islamist Terrorism: An Indirect Strategic Approach. Canadian Military Journal 3:15-20 Winter 2002-2003.

Blanche, E. Lebanon Wrestles with New Violence. Terrorism & Security Monitor1-2 March 2003.

Blanche, Ed. Al Qaeda: The Latin American Connection. Middle East 334:28-31 May 2003.
The article focuses on increase in terrorism in Latin America. The lawless tri-border region between Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay is under new scrutiny as a haven for Arab extremists.
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?an=9811044&db=aph

Davis, A. Philippines: Bombing Moderates into Radicals. Jane's Terrorism & Security Monitor11-12 March 2003.

Gizabi, A. Pakistan's Ambiguity on Islamic Militancy. Jane's Terrorism & Security Monitor13-14 March 2003.

Haddad, Simon and Khashan', Hilal. Islam and Terrorism. Journal of Conflict Resolution 46:812-829 December 2002.
Presents a study which accesses Lebanese Muslim reactions to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

Husby, Gorill. Islam Gains Ground in East Africa. Jane's Intelligence Review 15:30-31 May 2003.
"Islamist groups have cemented their presence in East Africa, taking advantage of weak governments and widespread corruption to establish a solid foothold in the region."

Janney, Hailes. Conflict Turns to Chaos in Somalia. Jane's Intelligence Review 15:18-21 January 2003.

Kumar, D. The Challenge of Terrorism in Southeast Asia. Jane's Terrorism & Security Monitor13-14 January 2003.
Terrorist groups are active in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Phillippines and Thailand.

Martines, Lawrence J. Tres Fronteras (Three Borders): The Nexus of Islamic Terrorism in Latin America. Journal of Counterterrorism & Homeland Security International 9,No. 1:35-36 2003.

McBeth, John. The Danger Within. Far Eastern Economic Review 164:20-23 September 27, 2001.
Examines the emergence of Muslim militant groups in Southeast Asia. Discusses the links between Muslim extremist groups in Southeast Asia and fundamentalists in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?an=5372244&db=f5h

Ordanoski, Saso. New Insurgent Group Appears to Threaten Macedonian Elections. Jane's Intelligence Review 14:36-37 September 2002.

Peters, Ralph. Rolling Back Radical Islam. Parameters 32:4-17 Fall 2002.
Examines the American response to the violent extremism in the Islamic World. Radical elements within the Muslim world.
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?an=7355224&db=aph

Siven, Emmanuel. The Clash within Islam. Survival 45:25-45 Spring 2003.
Examines the struggle between Islamic radicalism and authoritarian powers. Influence of radical Islam in various Muslim societies; Greatest feat of radical Islam; Backbone of the radical Islamic movement.
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?an=9382483&db=aph

Woolsey, R. James. World War IV: An Address Delivered at the Restoration Weekend. Journal of Counterterrorism & Homeland Security International 9, No. 1:23-30 2003.
Argues that the U.S. is fighting World War IV. The fight is against three movements: the Islamist Shi'a of Iran; the fascists and the Ba'athist of Iraq and Syria; and the Islamist Sunni.

Zeller, Tom. Under the Lens: Southeast Asia Confronts its Demons. New York Times, p. 12, Op, October 20, 2002.
Provides information on terrorism and terrorist groups in Southeast Asia.

Real IRA (RIRA)

Internet Resources
BBC - History - The Real IRA
Available online at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/war/troubles/factfiles/rira.shtml

Ireland's OWN: IRA
Available online at: http://irelandsown.net/RIRA.html
Links to current news, documents, history of the troubles, hungerstrikes, murals, INLA, POWs, Bloody Sunday, British Collusion in Ireland, Irish Human Rights Coalition and the Irish Political Status Committee.

Real IRA Arms Purchasing in Croatia Indicates a Change of Tactics Jane's Europe News August 23, 2000.
Available online at: http://www.janes.com/regional_news/europe/news/jtsm/jtsm000823_1_n.shtml

Redesignation of the Real IRA as a Foreign Terrorist Organization May 13, 2003.
Available online at: http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2003/20529.htm
U.S. Department of State press statement.

Special Reports: Irish History Interactive Guardian Unlimited
Available online at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/Northern_Ireland/flash/0,6189,344692,00.html
An interactive history of Ireland up to partition.

Books
Moloney, Ed. A Secret History of the IRA. New York, W. W. Norton, 2002. 600 p.
About the Provisional Irish Republican Army that traces the rise of the Provos from the angry ashes of Catholic working-class streets to the enclosure of the movement's leadership within conventional politics through the Good Friday Agreement of 1998.
Book call no.: 941.60824 M728s

Periodicals
Silke, Andrew. Beyond Horror: Terrorist Atrocity and the Search for Understanding - the Case of the Shankill Bombing. Studies in Conflict and Terrorism 26:37-60 January-February 2003.

Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)

Internet Resources
Ambrus, Steven. Taking Aim at the City. Newsweek (Atlantic Edition) February 18, 2002.
Available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?an=6225150&db=f5h
Focuses on the activities of right-wing death squads, or paramilitaries, who are fighting against the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the National Liberation Army (ELN). Details the history of the conflict.

Guerrillas and Paramilitary Forces in Colombia January 2000.
Available online at: http://mondediplo.com/maps/colombiamdv49
From MondeDiplo.com.

International Global Terrorism. FDCH Congressional Testimony April 24, 2002.
Available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?an=32Y1016898942&db=f5h

McDermott, Jeremy. Colombia's Most Powerful Rebels January 7, 2002.
Available online at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/1746777.stm
BBC News Americas special report.

Tellez, Adriana Herrera. Children of War. Hemisphere: A Magazine of the Americas Fall 2002.
Available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?an=8728001&db=aph
Focuses on the effect of the civil war on children in Colombia. Practice of using child combatants by guerrilla forces; Statistics of minor deaths in the civil conflict; Reason for children joining guerrilla groups in Colombia; Long-term psychological effect of violence on children; Absence of social provisions for former child combatants in Colombian Law.

TNI Drug Page: The FARC and the Illicit Drug Trade June 1999.
Available online at: http://www.tni.org/drugs/pubs/farc.htm
Transnational Institute (TNI), The Netherlands.

U.S. Representative Henry Hyde (R-IL) Holds Hearing on International Global Terrorism: Its Links with Illicit Drugs as Illustrated by the IRA and Other Groups in Colombia. FDCH Political Transcripts April 24, 2002.
Available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?an=32V0250665585&db=f5h

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

Richani, Nazih. Systems of Violence: The Political Economy of War and Peace in Colombia. Albany, NY, State University of New York Press, 2002. 225 p.
"Examines the political, economic, and military factors that have contributed to thirty-seven years of protracted violent conflict in Colombia."
Book call no.: 303.609861 R499s

Periodicals
Brownfeld, A. The USA's "Forgotten War" in Colombia. Jane's Terrorism & Security Monitor14-16 March 2003.

Conaway, Janelle. Condemning Terrorism. Americas 55:52 May-June 2003.
Reports on criticisms from the Organization of American States Permanent Council against the terrorist acts of armed groups in Colombia. Information on the support given by the council to the administration of President Alvaro Uribe; Details of a bomb explosion in Bogotá Role of the drug trade in terrorist activities in the country.
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?an=9567071&db=aph

Dudley, Steven. War in Colombia's Oilfields. Nation 275:28-31 August 5, 2002.
Focuses on the campaign of Colombian President Álvaro Uribe Vélez for more government soldiers to fight guerrillas of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia.
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?an=7014355&db=aph

The FARC Turns the Screws. Economist 363:36-37 April 27, 2002.
Reports that the FARC, the largest guerrilla group in Colombia, has started to bring its terrorist war to the cities. Previous battles in rural areas between left-wing guerrillas and their right-wing paramilitary foes for control of territory and drug-trafficking routes; How the terrorist war in the cities coincides with the campaign for a presidential election; Details of the terrorist activities.
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?an=6565975&db=aph

Global Security Challenges with Potential Links to Terrorism. Military Review 82:32-37 March-April 2002.
Interviews the commander of the Colombian army who gives his views on the political objectives and military strategies of the Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC) and the National Liberation Army. Details the use of psychological warfare, propaganda and misinformation used by the FARC.
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?an=6746548&db=aph

Gorka, S. FARC Steps Back into the Limelight. Jane's Terrorism & Security Monitor13-14 June 2003.

Hagen, Jason. New Colombian President Promises More War. NACLA Report on the Americas 36:24-29 July-August 2002.
Deals with the political turmoil happening in Colombia as of July 2002. Influence of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia on the election of the country's president; Overview of the political violence that happened in the country; Extremist groups in the country.
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?an=7116220&db=aph

Higday, James D. Enduring Freedom The FARC and Other Terrorist Groups in Colombia and South America: Are We Moving Closer to the Next Phase in the War on Terror? Military Intelligence Professional Bulletin 28:48-52 October-December 2002.
Focuses on the impact of several terrorist organizations in Colombia; Means for the organizations to raise funds; Political ideology of the Popular Liberation Army.
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?an=7917566&db=f5h

In Colombia - A Terrorist Sanctuary? Military Review 82:48-50 March-April 2002.
Focuses on the terrorist organizations in Colombia: the Revolutionary Armed Forces and the National Liberation Army.
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?an=6746558&db=aph

McDermott, Jeremy. Colombia Imposes Democratic Authority. Jane's Intelligence Review 14:20-23 October 2002.

McDermott, Jeremy. Kidnapping Increases in Latin America. Jane's Intelligence Review 15:26-30 June 2003.

McDermott, Jeremy. Nightclub Attack Demonstrates FARC's New Urban Capability. Jane's Intelligence Review 15:22-23 March 2003.

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

O'Grady, Mary Anastasia. What About Colombia's Terrorists? Wall Steet Journal, 68, p.A15, Op, October 5, 2001.
Explains why the Colombian Armed Revolutionary Forces and its National Liberation Army have remained strong in Colombia.

Richani, Nazih. Colombia at the Crossroads: The Future of the Peace Accords. NACLA Report on the Americas 35:17-20 January 2002.
Discusses the peace negotiation of the government of Colombia with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia and the National Liberation Army: factors affecting the peace process: impact of the rise of paramilitarism in Colombia; effects of violence and war on the country's economic growth.
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?an=6002088&db=aph

Robinson, Linda. Next Stop, Colombia. U.S. News & World Report 132:23 February 25, 2002.
Discusses the proposal by the United States to take more aggressive action against armed insurgent groups in Colombia.
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?an=6132473&db=aph

Roule, T. and Salak, M. FARC and Colombia's Intermeshing Economies. Jane's Terrorism & Security Monitor15-16 January 2003.
FARC is using the drug trade to launder money and fund their cause.

Van Dongen, Rachel. The Right Man. New Republic 228:12-13 June 16, 2003.
Focuses on the success of Plan Colombia, a United States-supported effort to end the Colombian cocaine traffic, under President Alvaro Uribe.
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?an=9969825&db=aph

Van Dongen, Rachel. Security Risk. New Republic 228:11-12 January 27, 2003.
The war between the Colombian government, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Columbia (FARC), and other guerilla groups that has plagued the country for nearly four decades plays out beyond Bogotá, which, is a pleasant and safe place to live.
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?an=8924048&db=aph

Revolutionary Nuclei

Internet Resources
Revolutionary Nuclei
Available online at: http://www.fas.org/irp/world/para/nuclei.htm
From the Federation of American Scientists site.

Revolutionary Organization 17 November

Internet Resources
Banerji, Robin. World Watch Time Atlantic July 15, 2002.
Available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?an=6955523&db=aph
Presents world news briefs as of July 15, 2002. Breakthrough in the investigation of the Greek terrorist group organization 17 November.

Caressava, Anthee. Keeping Terror at Bay. Time Atlantic October 7, 2002.
Available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?an=7459860&db=aph
Discusses Greece's crackdown on the deadly terror organization 17 November and security concerns over the 2004 Summer Olympic Games.

November 17 Group: Small but Deadly June 8, 2000.
Available online at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/782451.stm
BBC News special report.

Revolutionary Organization 17 November
Available online at: http://www.fas.org/irp/world/para/17_nov.htm
From the Federation of American Scientists site.

Revolutionary People's Liberation Party/Front (DHKP/C) Devrimci Sol (Revolutionary Left) Dev Sol
Available online at: http://www.fas.org/irp/world/para/dev_sol.htm
Federation of American Scientists site.

Salafist Group for Call and Combat (GSPC)

Internet Resources
Boucher, Richard. Richard Boucher Holds State Department Briefing. FDCH Political Transcripts March 27, 2002.
Available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?an=32V0349205304&db=f5h
Announced the designation of three additional foreign terrorist organizations. They are Azbad al-Ansar (ph), the Salafist Group for Call and Combat, and the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade. "The Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, whose imminent designation was announced last week, is also being designated under the authority of two executive orders blocking terrorist assets effective today."

Cause and Effect - Overview July1, 2003.
Available online at: http://abcasiapacific.com/cause/network/profile.htm
ABC Asia Pacific News.

Designation of 10 Terrorist Financiers Fact Sheet
Available online at: http://www.ustreas.gov/press/releases/po3014.htm
U.S. Treasury Department, Office of Public Affairs.

Leavitt, Paul. U.S. Goes After 3 More Terror Groups' Assets. USA Today March 28, 2002.
Available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?an=J0E079433786802&db=f5h
The Treasury Department moved to block the assets of three organizations that the Bush administration labeled as terrorist groups. The organizations are the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, a Palestinian militia linked to the Fatah faction of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat; Asbat al-Ansar, a Sunni Muslim group based in Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon; and the Salafist Group for Call and Combat, a group seeking to overthrow the Algerian government.

Profiles of Terrorist Groups: Salafist Group for Call and Combat (GSPC)
Available online at: http://abcasiapacific.com/cause/network/salafist.htm
ABC Asia Pacific News.

Statement by U.S. Treasury Secretary for Enforcement Jimmy Gurul in Support of Today's New Terrorist Financing Designations. FDCH Regulatory Intelligence Database August 29, 2002.
Available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?an=32W4282719128&db=mth
Announced that in the ongoing campaign against terrorism, today the United States and Italy are blocking the property of 25 individuals and entities based on their support for terrorism. Of the 25 new designations, the 11 individuals are related to the Salafist Group for Call and Combat ("GSPC"), a separatist faction of the Gruppo Islamico Armato ("GIA"). The GSPC, an Algerian-based terrorist organization that continues to operate in North Africa as well as Italy, is a lethal terrorist group and its members support and finance terrorism around the globe.

Sendero Luminoso (Shining Path or SL)

Internet Resources
Committee to Support the Revolution in Peru.
Available online at: http://www.csrp.org/

Contreras, Joseph. Turning the Clock Back to Chaos? Newsweek (Atlantic Edition)March 28, 2002,
Available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?an=6347586&db=f5h
Discusses the coca industry of Peru. Drug lords and Shining Path guerrillas who are gaining power; Challenges facing President Alejandro Toledo; U.S. efforts to reduce the number of coca farms; How coca is a way of life in the Apurimac Valley; Efforts of the Toledo government to combat the twin scourges of drugs and guerrillas; Statistics on coca cultivation.

Peru - Sendero Luminoso. World Press Review April 2003.
Available online at: http://www.worldpress.org/Americas/1007.cfm

Sendero Luminoso (SL) Shining Path.
Available online at: http://www.fas.org/irp/world/para/sendero_luminoso.htm
Federation of American Scientists site.

Periodicals
After the Bomb. Economist 362:32 March 30, 2002.
Reports on a March 2002 bombing in Peru at the American embassy in Lima. Background on violence during a terrorist war between two guerrilla groups, the Maoist Sendero Luminoso and the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement; Speculation on who is responsible for the attack, including Sendero or a right-wing paramilitary group linked to Vladimiro Montesinos; International efforts to prevent terrorism, despite the collapse of peace talks in Colombia.
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?an=6404792&db=aph

De La Jara, Ernesto. Caught in an Anti-Terorist Web. NACLA Report on the Americas 35:4-6 January 2002.
Recounts the arbitrary arrest and human rights violations committed under the administration of Peru's President Alberto Fujimori during his anti-terrorism measures after 1992. Impact of the terrorism unleashed by the Shining Path; Profile of people arrested for terrorism; Lessons from the history of arbitrary arrests.
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?an=6002040&db=aph

Digging for Truth. Economist 363:38 April 27, 2002.
Focuses on the first public hearings of Peru's Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Aim of the Commission to explain the causes of the violence between 1980 and the mid-1990s in which 30,000 were killed; The war between Sendero Luminoso, a Maoist guerrilla group, a smaller rival, and security forces; Amnesty declared for all military personnel by Alberto Fujimori, Peru's ruler from 1990-2000; Ruling in 2001 by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights that the amnesty law was invalid.
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?an=6565976&db=aph

Easterbrook, Michael. Peru's Troubled Universities. Chronicle of Higher Education 49:A41-A42 September 13, 2002.
Discusses the problems of public universities in Peru. Problems contributed by the rebel group Shining Path during the 1980s and 1990s.
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?an=7366394&db=aph

The Economist Versus the Terrorist. Economist 366:58 February 1, 2003.
To be the target of a terrorist campaign is not the usual fate of an economist. But Hernando de Soto is no ordinary practitioner of the dismal science. It was his pro-capitalist intellectual crusade against Shining Path terrorists in his native Peru that made him one of their top targets; he survived at least three attempts on his life.
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?an=9019951&db=aph

Military Mutters. Economist 366:32 January 11, 2003.
Last week, in a controversial ruling, Peru's Supreme Court struck down some provisions of Mr. Fujimori's anti-terrorist law. This will allow around 800 prisoners from the Shining Path terrorist group, including Abimael GuzmÁn, its notorious leader, who were convicted in military tribunals to demand retrials by civilian courts.
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?an=8879451&db=aph

Taylor, Robert. Peru Sendero on the Offensive - in Court. World Press Review 50:27 April 2003.
Comments on the debate concerning the constitutionality of detaining the leaders of the Sendero Luminoso, a guerilla organization in Peru. Decision of the Constitutional Tribunal; Refusal of Peru President Alejandro Toledo to release guerilla leaders; Demands made by civic groups.

'Which Side are you On?': New Takes on an Old Query. NACLA Report on the Americas 35:7 January 2002.
Comments on Ernesto de la Jara's article on anti-terrorism in Peru. Terrorism committed by the Shining Path and the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement; Parallelism between Peruvian anti-terrorism and the war on terrorism in the United States; Social causes of terrorism.
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?an=6002067&db=aph

United Self-Defense Forces Group of Colombia (AUC)

Internet Resources
Carrillo, Karen Juanita. Choco Massacre Leaves a Damage Afro-Colombian Community. New York Amsterdam News June 27, 2002.
Available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?an=7105767&db=f5h
Focuses on the impact of the massacre on the Afro-Colombian community in Bojayá, Chocó, Colombia. Reconstruction of Bojayá; Number of residents who suffered due to the incident; Conflict between the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia guerillas and United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia.

Colombia's Growing Paramilitary Force.
Available online at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/1746943.stm
BBC News Americas online.

Colombia's Right Worse than its Left. USA Today July 16, 2002.
Available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?an=J0E384404620802&db=f5h
Argues that the role of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) in that South American nation's interminable civil war is unforgivable, a thorough assessment of the Colombian tragedy must also assail the right-wing paramilitary organization that calls itself the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC).

John Ashcroft Holds News Conference. FDCH Political Transcripts September 24, 2002.
Available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?an=32V3015644639&db=f5h
The Department of Justice announces the unsealing of an indictment charging the leader or leaders of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia, or AUC, with trafficking over 17 tons of cocaine into the United States and Europe since 1997.

The Most Feared Man in Colombia January 19, 2002.
Available online at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/from_our_own_correspondent/1768879.stm
BBC News.

Tellez, Adriana Herrera. Children of War. Hemisphere: A Magazine of the Americas Fall 2002.
Available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?an=8728001&db=aph
Focuses on the effect of the civil war on children in Colombia. Practice of using child combatants by guerrilla forces; Statistics of minor deaths in the civil conflict; Reason for children joining guerrilla groups in Colombia; Long-term psychological effect of violence on children; Absence of social provisions for former child combatants in Colombian Law.

Periodicals
Colombia's Rightists Back Talks with Marxists. New York Times,  p.A7, Op, May 31, 2002.
Reports the support of the rightist paramilitary groups in Colombia to the offer of President Alvaro Uribe V é lez to establish peace talks with Marxist rebels if the Marxists agree to a ceasefire.

Colombia Talks Shaken. New York Times, p.A7, Op, February 1, 2003.
Reports on the negotiation between the government of Colombia and the Elmer Cardenas bloc of the United Self Defense Forces of Colombia for a possible end to the country's civil war.

Gunned Down. Economist 362:36 March 23, 2002.
Reports on terrorism and violence in Colombia by the United Self-Defence Forces of Colombia (AUC). Shootings of Valmore Lacarno and Victor Hugo Orcasita, leaders of a trade union; Claims of paramilitaries that some unions harbor guerrilla supporters; Murder of Catholic Archbishop Isaias Duarte, who had spoken out against guerrilla kidnappings and corruption.
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?an=6378630&db=aph

Is Colombia A Terrorist Sanctuary? Military Review 82:48-50 March-April 2002.
Focuses on terrorist organizations in Columbia. Assertion made by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia and the National Liberation Army, illegal armed organizations of Colombia; Information on the United Self Defense Forces of Colombia.
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?an=6746558&db=aph

Paternostro, Silvana. The Colombia I left Behind. New York Times Magazine 151:40-43 March 24, 2002.
Focuses on the war between the Leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the National Liberation Army (ELN) against right-wing paramilitaries, and the harm that affects the country and the landowners.

War Crime. Economist 363:35 May 11, 2002.
Focuses on an incident in which over one hundred people were killed when a bomb from the Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) guerillas fell on their church in Bellavista, Colombia. Statement of the United Nations Human Rights Office that the killings were a war crime; Idea that the FARC is a terrorist group, along with the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC); Criticism of the impotence of the Colombian army.
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?an=6646275&db=aph

Financing Terrorism

Internet Resources
Countering Terrorism on the Economic Front Patterns of Global Terrorism 2002
Available online at: http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/pgtrpt/2002/html/19995.htm

Daniels, Deborah J. The Challenge of Domestic Terrorism to American Criminal Justice. Corrections Today December 2002.
Available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?an=8596581&db=aph
Focuses on the challenge posed by domestic terrorism to the administration of criminal justice in the U.S. Discusses the need for criminal justice practitioners to be aware of the link between terrorism and crimes such as drug trafficking.

International Global Terrorism. FDCH Congressional Testimony April 24, 2002.
Available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?an=32Y1016898942&db=f5h

Leavitt, Paul. U.S. Goes After 3 More Terror Groups' Assets. USA Today March 28, 2002.
Available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?an=J0E079433786802&db=f5h
The Treasury Department moved to block the assets of three organizations that the Bush administration labeled as terrorist groups. The organizations are the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, a Palestinian militia linked to the Fatah faction of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat; Asbat al-Ansar, a Sunni Muslim group based in Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon; and the Salafist Group for Call and Combat, a group seeking to overthrow the Algerian government.

Periodicals
Birnbaum, Jeffrey H. Following the Money to Terror. Fortune 147:70 April 14, 2003.
Interviews Juan Zarate, deputy assistant treasury secretary who tracks the money of Al Qaeda and other terrorist organizations. Extensiveness of the search; Difficulties found in tracing terrorist money.
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?an=9438064&db=aph

Brownfeld, A. Terrorists in the Triple Frontier. Jane's Terrorism & Security Monitor12-14 February 2003.

Joyce, Brian. Terrorist Financing in Southeast Asia. Jane's Intelligence Review 14:23-25 November 2002.

McDermott, Jeremy. Financing Insurgents in Colombia. Jane's Intelligence Review 15:16-19 February 2003.

Naim, Moises. The Five Wars of Globalization. Foreign Policy 134:28-37 January/February 2003.
Discusses the effect of globalization on illegal trade in drugs, arms, intellectual property, people, and money. Recommends that governments adopt different strategies to deal with these issues; Difficulties of governments to demolish stateless, decentralized networks, such as al Qaeda.
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?an=8786050&db=aph

Van Dongen, Rachel. The Right Man. New Republic 228:12-13 June 16, 2003.
Focuses on the success of Plan Colombia, a United States-supported effort to end the Colombian cocaine traffic, under President Alvaro Uribe.
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?an=9969825&db=aph

Weintraub, Sidney. Disrupting the Financing of Terrorism. The Washington Quarterly 25:53-60 Winter 2002.
Following the money trail is an essential element of the fight against terrorism.

Winer, Jonathan M. and Roule, Trifin J. Fighting Terrorist Finance. Survival 44:87-103 Autumn 2002.

State Sponsored Terrorism

Internet Resources
Galtung, Johan and Fischer, Dietrich. To End Terrorism, End State Terrorism. Social Alternatives Winter 2002.
Available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?an=7561427&db=aph
Discusses the significance of the role of the elimination of state terrorism to the prevention of terrorism. Commonalities between terrorism and state terrorism; Symbolism of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the U.S.

Overview of State-Sponsored Terrorism Patterns of Global Terrorism 2002
Available online at: http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/pgtrpt/2002/html/19988.htm

Books
Cain, Anthony C. Iran's Strategic Culture and Weapons of Mass Destruction: Implications for US Policy. Maxwell AFB, AL, Air University Press, April 2002.
Book call no.: 327.73055 C135i

Chubin, Shahram. Whither Iran? Reform, Domestic Politics and National Security. New York, Oxford University Press Inc., 2002. 140 p.
See chapter 5 "Terrorism and the Middle East Question Iran and the Strategic Use of Terror".
Book call no.: 955.0543 C559w

O'Sullivan, Meghan L. Shrewd Sanctions: Statecraft and State Sponsors of Terrorism. Washington, Brookings Institution Press, 2003. 424 p.
Includes chapters on "Inhibiting Iraq," "Limiting Libya," and "Economic Tools and U.S. Foreign Policy."
Book call no.: 327.117 O85s

Periodicals
Bolton, John R. Beyond the Axis of Evil: Additional Threats from Weapons of Mass Destruction: Remarks Presented toa the Heritage Foundation Washington DC, May 6, 2002. DISAM Journal 24:92-98 Summer 2002.

Eck, John A. North Korea: The Lurking Dragon. Journal of Counterterrorism & Homeland Security International 9:32-39 Spring 2003.

Gause, Ken. North Korean Navy Grows in Influence. Jane's Intelligence Review 14:41-43 September 2002.

Suicide Terrorism

Internet Resources
Suicide Terrorism: an Overview
Available online at: http://www.ict.org.il/articles/articledet.cfm?articleid=128
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.

Van Biema, David. Why the Bombers Keep Coming. Time Atlantic December 17, 2001.
Available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?an=5717911&db=aph
Focuses on the increasing numbers of Islamic suicide bombers. Use of suicide bombings by the Shi'ite Muslim extremist group Hizballah of Lebanon and during the Iran-Iraq war; Concept of martyrdom behind suicide bombing; Popularity among members of HAMAS and Islamic Jihad.

Books
Stork, Joe. Erased in a Moment: Suicide Bombing Attacks Against Israeli Civilians. New York, Human Rights Watch, 2002. 160 p.
Book call no.: 956.94054 S885e

Periodicals
Bennet, James. HAMAS Urges Iraqis to Make Suicide Attacks on the Invaders. New York Times,  p.B13, Op, March 22, 2003.
Reports that the Palestinian armed group HAMAS is urging Iraqis to use suicide as a weapon against invading troops, as Muslim preachers in the Gaza Strip inveighed against war in Iraq.

Dolnik, Adam. Die and Let Die: Exploring Links Between Suicide Terrorism and Terrorist Use of Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Weapons. Studies in Conflict & Terrorism 26:17-35 January-February 2003.
Explains why suicide terrorism does not "necessarily make a mass-casualty chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear attack by a terrorist group more likely."

Israeli, Raphael. A Manual of Islamic Fundamentalist Terrorism. Terrorism and Political Violence 14:23-40 Winter 2002.

Moghadam, Assaf. Palestinian Suicide Terrorism in the Second Intifada: Motivations and Organizational Aspects. Studies in Conflict & Terrorism 26:65-92 March - April 2003.

Pope, Hugh. HAMAS Official Won't Rule out Suicide Bombings. Wall Street Journal, 77, p.A10, Op, April 21, 2003.
Reports on the refusal of Mousa Abu Marzouq, a member of the political bureau that runs HAMAS in Syria, to rule out suicide bombings in an effort to achieve peace in the Middle East as of April 21, 2003.

Waldman, Amy. Masters of Suicide Bombing: Tamil Guerrillas of Sri Lanka. New York Times,  p.A1, Op, January 14, 2003.
Focuses on the Black Tigers, a special suicide unit of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in Sri Lanka. Perception of suicide attacks as the ultimate commitment to the movement; Effectiveness of the attacks; Examples of their suicide bombings, which were later imitated in the Middle East; Percentage of Tigers' suicide bombers who were women.

Technology and Infrastructure Vulnerabilities

Internet Resources
Don't Panic but do Prepare. IEE Review February 2003.
Available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?an=9725181&db=aph
Reports on the cyber-terrorism threat in the U.S. to infrastructure and technology; Al-Qaeda's style of terrorism.

Hosenball, Mark. Al Qaeda Online. Newsweek (Atlantic Edition) December 30, 2002.
Available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?an=8859419&db=f5h
Evaluates terrorist activity on the World Wide Web. Web sites that could contain coded messages for terrorists.

Schenker, Jennifer L. LOOK OUT! Inside that PC! It's the KILLER WORM! Time Atlantic February 10, 2003.
Available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?an=9306849&db=aph
Discusses a computer virus called the Slammer worm that disrupted Internet traffic in Asia and banking in the United States. Cyberterrorism which was the topic at a meeting of the World Economic Forum; Mention of past cybercrime activities; Al-Qaeda operators who researched digital switches for communications grids.

Ward, Mark. Cyber Terrorism 'Overhyped' BBC News Online
Available online at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/2850541.stm
Panel members said companies faced far more serious threats from ordinary criminals, fraudsters and prinksters than they did from technology-literate terrorists.

Books
High-Impact Terrorism: Proceedings of a Russian-American Workshop. Washington, National Academy Press, 2002. 279 p.
Workshop on Terrorism in a High-Tech Society and Modern Methods for Prevention and Response by the Committee on Confronting Terrorism in Russia, in cooperation with the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Book call no.: 363.32 H638

Periodicals
Anhal, Aarti. Hackers Take Kashmir Dispute to Cyberspace. Jane's Intelligence Review 14:52-53 October 2002.

Bannon, James M. Securing Teransportation Systems. Military Engineer 95:23-25 January-February 2003.

Blanche, Ed. Terror Attacks Threaten Gulf's Oil Routes. Jane's Intelligence Review 14:6-11 December 2002.

Boucek, C. Mass Transit Safety. Jane's Terrorism & Security Monitor14-16 February 2003.

Clyde, Robert. Guarding Against Network Security Attacks Journal of Conterterrorism & Homeland Security International 9, No. 1:39-43 2003.

Low-Technology Foes Require High-Technology Detection. Signal 57:23-26 October 2002.

Makarenko, Tamara. Terrorist Threat to Energy Infrastructure Increases. Jane's Intelligence Review 15:8-13 June 2003.
Recent indications point to an increased risk of stystematic attacks against the world's petroleum supply chain, particularly in South Asia and the Middle East.

Oppenheimer, A. Terrorism Threats to Infrastructure Security. Jane's Terrorism & Security Monitor3-4 January 2003.
Low risk targets critical to the economy, such as the oil structure, farming and communications are newly perceived threats.

Oppenheimer, A. Terrorists Pose Threat to Water Supplies. Jane's Terrorism & Security Monitor3-4 June 2003.

Verton, Dan. Cyberthreats not to be Dismissed, Warns Clarke. Computerworld 37:10 January 6, 2003.
Presents the views of Richard Clarke, chairman of the U.S. Critical Infrastructure Protection Board, on the problem of cyberterrorism. Gives views on the threats to cyberspace and concern for the use of wireless technologies.
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?an=8963001&db=aph

Volkert, Timothy. Communications under Fire. Signal 57:65-66 October 2002.

Weapons of Mass Destruction

Internet Resources
21st Century Disasters - Nuclear, Biological, Chemical, and Cyberterrorism.
Available online at: http://www.globaldisaster.org/
Global Development Center site provides links to websites with articles about nuclear/biological/chemical terrorism and cyberterrorism.

Kohn, Carol and Henderson, C. W. U.S. Intelligence Believes Iraq has Samples. Bioterrorism Week December 2, 2002.
Available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?an=8586729&db=aph
Reports on countries which possess samples of the smallpox virus, according to U.S. intelligence. Views of the U.S. on the capability of the Al Qaida terrorist network to mount an attack with smallpox; Concern over the capability of North Korea to develop potent biological weapons; Laxity of Russia in safeguarding the disease.

Scrivo, Karen Lee. Cleaning up the Dirty Bomb Threat. CongressDaily March 3, 2003.
Available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?an=9218280&db=f5h
Reports on the growth in risk of terrorist attacks on the U.S., according to a report of Washington, District of Columbia-based Monterey Institute. Possibility of dirty bombs' usage by the terrorist organization al-Qaida; Bills introduced by Senate Foreign Relations chairman Richard G. Lugar to use radioactive sources for prevention of terrorist attacks.

Books
Acquista, Angelo. The Survival Guide: What to do in a Biological, Chemical, or Nuclear Emergency. New York, Random House, 2003. 284 p.
Book call no.: 613.69 A186s

High-Impact Terrorism: Proceedings of a Russian-American Workshop. Washington, National Academy Press, 2002. 279 p.
Workshop on Terrorism in a High-Tech Society and Modern Methods for Prevention and Response by the Committee on Confronting Terrorism in Russia, in cooperation with the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Book call no.: 363.32 H638

In the Wake of Terror: Medicine and Morality in a Time of Crisis, edited by Jonathan D. Moreno. Cambridge, MA, Bradford Book, MIT Press, 2003. 229 p.
Book call no.: 174.2 I35

Muller, Harald. Terrorism, Proliferation: A European Threat Assessment. Paris, European Union Institute for Security Studies, 2003. 100 p.
Book call no.: In Processing

Sagan, Scott Douglas. The Spread of Nuclear Weapons: A Debate Renewed: With New Sections on India and Pakistan, Terrorism, and Missile Defense. New York, Norton, 2003.   220 p.
Book call no.: 355.0217 S129s

Periodicals
Alfano, Jose A. Medical Response to the Threat of Bioterrorism: Anthrax and Other Concerns. U,.S. Army Medical Department Journal34-37 October-December 2002.

Bowen, Wyn Q. Deterring Mass-Casualty Terrorism. Joint Force Quarterly 31:25-29 Summer 2002.

Cameron, Gavin. Nuclear Terrorism: Reactors and Radiological Attacks after 11 September. Low Intensity Conflict & Law Enforcement 10:1-26 Spring 2001.
Examines the threat of terrorist attacks on nuclear reactors or attacks using radiological materials.

CBRN (Chemical, Biological, Radiological, or Nuclear) Terrorism: How Real Is the Threat? Military Technology 26, no.8:8-12 2002.
Based on an unclassified report prepared by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service.

Do Terrorists have Smallpox Stocks? CQ Researcher 13:118-119 February 7, 2003.
Examines the possibility of using smallpox virus as a terrorist weapon. Evidence on the move of Iraq to weaponize smallpox; Concern on the attack of Iraq using smallpox; Interest of the al Qaeda Network on using the smallpox virus.

Galeotti, Mark. Russia's 'Arsenal of Megaterrorism'. Jane's Intelligence Review 14:48-49 September 2002.

Hall, Molly J. The Psychological Impacts of Bioterrorism. Biosecurity and Bioterrorism: Biodefense Strategy, Practice, and Science 1:139-144 2003.

Leperi, Karin. Medical Focus: Bioterrorism. Officer 79:17-19 November 2002.
Interview with Sen. Bill Frist, M.D.

Orszag-Land, T. WHO Gets New Powers to Fight Bioterrorism. Jane's Terrorism & Security Monitor5-6 June 2003.

Orszag-Land, T. WHO Initiates Response to Terrorist Threat. Jane's Terrorism & Security Monitor5-6 April 2003.
The UN World Health Organization has established a rapid-response force to meet the threat of a biological or chemical attack.

Stewart, Charles and Maniscalco, Paul M. BioTerrorism Basics. Journal of Counterterrorism & Homeland Security International 8, No. 4:24-30 2002.

Thompson, Craig O. Missing Links: Genetically Altered Biological Weaponry: A Gift from the Biopreparat to the World Part One. Journal of Counterterrorism & Homeland Security International 9, No. 2:22-31 Spring 2003.

Wolfsthal, Jon B. and Collina, Tom Z. Nuclear Terrorism and Warhead Control in Russia. Survival 44:71-83 Summer 2002.


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