Received my March/April Issue of Foreign Affairs yesterday. Whew, another 200 page issue!
On the third page there is a full page ad announcing :
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The Nation's First Online
Encyclopedia of Terrorism
Council on Foreign Relations
In Cooperation with the Markle Foundation
TERRORISM
QUESTIONS
& ANSWERS
"The public needs one place to find answers to
its questions on terrorism, a place that is
reliable and nonpartisan. This is it."
-- Warren B. Rudman
"By launching the nation's first online encyclopedia
of terrorism, the council has consolidated all the
vast and conflicting information out there into
an easy-to-use and authoritative resource."
-- Ambassador Richard C. Hollbrook
http://www.terrorismanswers.com
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Here's the TOC:
Table of Contents
Afghanistan
-The Country
-The Taliban
-The Northern Alliance
-America’s War Aims
-Peacekeeping and the U.N.
-Postwar Government
-Postwar Aid and Economic Development
What Is Terrorism?
-Terrorism: An Introduction
-Types of Terrorism
-Suicide Terror: Was 9/11 Something New?
-Terrorism as Theater
-Narcoterrorism
-Cyberterrorism
Terrorist Groups
-Al-Qaeda (Afghanistan, Islamists)
-Osama bin Laden (al-Qaeda leader)
-Hamas, Islamic Jihad (Palestinian Islamists)
-PFLP, DFLP, PFLP-GC (Palestinian leftists)
-Hezbollah (Lebanon, Islamists)
-Jamaat al-Islamiyya, Egyptian Islamic Jihad (Egypt, Islamists)
-Armed Islamic Group (Algeria, Islamists)
-Harakat ul-Mujahedeen, Lashkar-e-Taiba, Jaish-e-Muhammad (Kashmir, Islamists)
-Mujahedeen-e-Khalq (Iran, Islamists)
-Abu Nidal Organization (Iraq, extremists)
-Kach, Kahane Chai (Israel, extremists)
-Chechnya-based Terrorists (Russia, separatists)
-Kurdistan Workers’ Party (Turkey, separatists)
-Abu Sayyaf Group (Philippines, Islamist separatists)
-Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (Sri Lanka, separatists)
-Irish Republican Army (U.K., separatists)
-Real IRA (U.K., separatists)
-Basque Fatherland and Liberty (Spain, separatists)
-November 17, Revolutionary People’s Struggle (Greece, leftists)
-Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, National Liberation Army (Colombia, leftists)
-Shining Path, Tupac Amaru (Peru, leftists)
-Aum Shinrikyo (Japan, cultists)
-American Militant Extremists (United States, radicals)
State Sponsors of Terrorism
-Iran
-Iraq
-Syria
-Libya
-Cuba
-North Korea
-Sudan
Havens for Terrorism
-Afghanistan
-Yemen
-Lebanon
-Somalia
-Indonesia
-Colombia
-Philippines
Coalition States
-Canada, Australia, and New Zealand
-China
-Egypt
-Europe
-India
-Japan
-Jordan
-Other Central Asian States
-Pakistan
-Russia
-Saudi Arabia
-Tajikistan
-Turkey
-United Kingdom
-Uzbekistan
Weapons of Mass Destruction
Biological Weapons
-Anthrax
-The Anthrax Letters
-Smallpox
-Other Germs: Botulism, Ebola, Plague, Tularemia
Chemical Weapons
-Sarin
-VX
-Mustard Gas
Nuclear Weapons
-Loose Nukes
-Making a Bomb
-"Dirty Bombs"
Homeland Security
-Responding to Biological Attacks
-Responding to Chemical Attacks
-Responding to Nuclear Attacks
-Responding to Radiation Attacks
-Nuclear Facilities
-Hospital Emergency Rooms
-Fire Departments
-Police Departments
-Law Enforcement
-Information Infrastructure
-Airline Security
-Trains and Buses
-Immigration and the INS
-Borders
-Ports
-Food and Agriculture
-The Homeland Security Office
-Civil Liberties
Causes of 9/11
-Muslim Militant Extremists?
-U.S. Support for Israel?
-U.S. Sanctions on Iraq?
-U.S. Support for Repressive Regimes?
-U.S. Troops in Saudi Arabia?
-Arab Politics?
-A Clash of Civilizations?
-U.S. Foreign Policy: Unilateralism and Arrogance?
-World Poverty?
Responses to 9/11
-Military Tribunals
-Civilian Courts
-Detainees and POWs
-Intelligence
-The Ongoing Investigation
-The Money: Drying Up the Funds for Terror
-Public Diplomacy
-How Have Other Countries Handled Terror? (Israel, Britain, Japan, Spain, Peru, Russia, India)
Policy after 9/11
-Flashpoint: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
-Flashpoint: Kashmir
-Trade-Off: Coalitions vs. Human Rights
-Trade-Off: Stability vs. Democratization
-Trade-Off: Going Alone vs. U.N. Action
-Economics: At Home
-Economics: Globalization
-Rebuilding New York
-Hate Crimes
-Oil
-Energy Policy
-Terrorist, Guerrilla, Freedom Fighter: What’s the -Difference?
-Assassination: Does It Work? Should America Try?
-Refugees and Humanitarian Aid
-Foreign Aid and Economic Inducements
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They even have a Top Ten List:
Top 10
What our viewers are reading:
1. Iraq
2. Causes of 9/11: Muslim Militant Extremists?
3. Chechnya-based Terrorists
4. Osama bin Laden
5. Al-Qaeda
6. Type of Terrorism
7. Terrorism: An Introduction
8. Hamas
9. Borders
10. Aum Shinrikyo
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All you ever wanted to know about Terrorism but were afraid to ask...
FL says, check it out.
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