Item 1: Iraqi insurgent videos available: A sniper takes down coalition soldiers; the Islamic Army in Iraq (Country Profile) releases a lengthy propaganda video. Item 2: "Biological Weapons" from the …
Terror Web Watch for April 29, 2005
Item 1: News reports of the announcement of the death Osama bin Laden on a Jihadist website based on false information. Item 2: Zarqawi reads aloud to the Mujahideen from The Washington Post. Item …
Terror Web Watch for April 22 2005
Item 1: Plans continue regarding how to establish al-Qaeda in Israel and the Palestinian territories. Item 2: Al-Qaeda in the Land of the Two Rivers announces that the "Triangle of Death" is coming …
Terror Web Watch for April 15, 2005
Item 1: Extracting explosive material from air-borne missiles and land mines Item 2: Preparing Explosive Charges Item 3: Explosives Available on Foreign Markets The Terror Web Watch collects …
Terror Web Watch for April 8 2005
Item 1: "Relying on Violence," chapter four of al-Qaeda (Group Profile)'s new book Managing Savagery. Item 2: Global Islamic Media reports on clashes with Saudi security forces that killed crucial …
Terrorist Intentions to Target Hotels and Resorts
Terrorist groups seek targets that are rewarding from their point of view.1 With that maxim as its premise, this analysis focuses on terrorist intentions as they relate to hotels and resorts. Hotels …
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Are Biological Weapons Correctly Classified as WMD?
"Discrepancies can often be found among definitions used by the scientific and political communities when topics overlap their respective fields. While the role of terminology in science is to …
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The Terror Network: How Al-Qaeda Uses the Internet
"Prior to 9/11, Al-Qaeda enjoyed the benefits of physical sanctuary that Afghanistan provided. The Taliban, the de facto rulers of Afghanistan, allowed al-Qaeda to construct training camps and other …
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State and the Union: A Conceptual Appreciation of State-Sponsored Terrorism
"But the issue of state-sponsored terrorism may be more complex in terms of con- ceptualization and response than Bush’s absolutist rhetoric might indicate. This paper will attempt to appreciate the …
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Securing the Port in the Face of Terrorism
Port security is an issue that has long been overlooked. It has never been a priority in national security policy until 9/11 at which time the seemingly unimaginable method of attack sensitized …
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