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 Terrorism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
While terrorism refers to both motives and acts of terror by a group or an individual for a political or ideological reason, the act of terror is a crime under the jurisdiction of most countries in the world as well as various United Nations protocols.
The United Nations Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention has proposed a short legal definition: that an act of terrorism is "the peacetime equivalent of a war crime." [1] A United States court found that "the malice associated with terrorist attacks transcends even that of premeditated murder." [2]
Claims of responsibility – Although not found in state definitions of terrorism, a statement from the perpetrators can be an identifying characteristic of a terrorist act.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorist   (5618 words)

  
 Close Up Foundation Civics Education Domestic Terrorism
The ACLU on the House Terrorism Bill Arguments from the American Civil Liberties Union against the scope and content of H.R. 2768, "Effective Death Penalty Antiterrorism Act of 1995".
Limits appeals of state court death penalty sentences in the federal courts (Habeas Corpus) by setting a one-year limit on an application for a habeas writ
Permits victims of terrorism to sue, in federal court, those nations that sponsored the terrorist act(s)
http://www.closeup.org/terror.htm   (3013 words)

  
 Defining Terrorism
All forms of state involvement in terrorism are usually placed under the general category of “terrorist states,” or “state sponsored terrorism.” Such a designation has taken on the character of a political weapon; rival states ascribe it to one another, and terrorist organizations use it against states acting against them.
It will enable legislation and specific punishments against those perpetrating, involved in, or supporting terrorism, and will allow the formulation of a codex of laws and international conventions against terrorism, terrorist organizations, states sponsoring terrorism, and economic firms trading with them.
Legislation and punishment must distinguish terrorism from ordinary crime, even when they might actually be identical in practice.
http://www.ict.org.il/articles/define.htm   (6482 words)

  
 United Nations Treaty Collection - Conventions on Terrorism
International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism, adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 9 December 1999.
OAS Convention to Prevent and Punish Acts of Terrorism Taking the Form of Crimes against Persons and Related Extortion that are of International Significance, concluded at Washington, D.C. on 2 February 1971.
SAARC Regional Convention on Suppression of Terrorism, signed at Kathmandu on 4 November 1987.
http://untreaty.un.org/English/Terrorism.asp   (835 words)

  
 Browse Topic: Terrorism
Information on dealing with terrorism issues within the United States.
The Response to Terrorism, an International Information Program from the U.S. Department of State offers information on Legal Issues Pertaining to Victims of Terrorism; Lessons Learned; Bibliography/References and Additional Sources.
Also includes information on United States Embassy bombings and the Cole terrorism incident.
http://www.library.okstate.edu/govdocs/browsetopics/terror.html   (1203 words)

  
 European Union Response to World Trade Center and Pentagon Terrorist Attacks - Terrorism: The European Union's ...
As a Sign of Solidarity with the United States, the Belgian Presidency of the European Union, in Synergy with the European Institutions, Commemorates the Events of September 11th (December 11, 2001).
Declaration by the Austrian Presidency on Behalf of the European Union on the Application of Specific Measures to Combat Terrorism (3/31/2006)
COUNCIL COMMON POSITION 2006/231/CFSP of 20 March 2006 updating Common Position 2001/931/CFSP on the application of specific measures to combat terrorism and repealing Common Position 2005/936/CFSP
http://www.eurunion.org/partner/EUUSTerror/EURespUSTerror.htm   (337 words)

  
 UNODC - Terrorism
Since 1963, the international community has elaborated universal legal instruments related to the prevention and suppression of international terrorism.
Facilitating and providing training to national criminal justice systems with regard to the practical implementation of the universal instruments against terrorism.
Subsequently, the United Nations and regional inter-governmental organizations have dealt with terrorism from a legal and political perspective.
http://www.unodc.org/unodc/terrorism.html   (1265 words)

  
 CDT's Counter-Terrorism issues page
However, all too often the terrorism issue has been used as the justification for eroding civil liberties.
Other Testimony from the May 11, 1995 Judiciary Subcommittee Hearing on the availability of bomb making materials on the Internet.
Center For National Security Studies (CNSS) Analysis of Omnibus Counter-Terrorism Act of 1995 as originally proposed including wiretap provisions (1995).
http://www.cdt.org/policy/terrorism   (580 words)

  
 Terrorism Prevention - MIPT - The National Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism located in Oklahoma City
More than 300 articles provide detailed discussions of the who, what, where, when, and why of terrorism, including definitions of key terms, famous cases, biographies, laws, and law enforcement techniques.
Points of view in this document are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official position of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security or MIPT.
MIPT has made available the Federal Bureau of Investigation's entire "Terrorism in the United States" collection from 1982-2001.
http://www.mipt.org   (631 words)

  
 terrorismfiles.org : Definition of terrorism
• International terrorism involves violent acts dangerous to human life that are a violation of the criminal laws of the United States or any state, or that would be a criminal violation if committed within the jurisdiction of the United States or any state.
Terrorism is defined in the U.S. by the Code of Federal Regulations as: "..the unlawful use of force and violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian population, or any segment thereof, in furtherance of political or social objectives." (28 C.F.R. Section 0.85)
Terrorism has been used by political organizations with both rightist and leftist objectives, by nationalistic and ethnic groups, by revolutionaries, and by the armies and secret police of governments themselves."
http://www.terrorismfiles.org/encyclopaedia/terrorism.html   (275 words)

  
 Lankaweb - Terrorism
Supreme court: Collecting money for foreign bloodshed not a right here
DEATH - TRUMP CARDS -- List of Terrorists
Terror Suspects Who Fear Being Deported Await Supreme Court Ruling
http://www.lankaweb.com/news/terrorism.html   (1960 words)

  
 Terrorism Table of Contents
United Nations Security Council Resolution 635 (Prevention of Acts of Terrorism against International Civil Aviation) — 6/14/89
Judgments of the Israel Supreme Court: Fighting Terrorism within the Law
House Resolution Expressing Solidarity with Israel in Common Struggle Against Terrorism (12/5/01)
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Terrorism/terrortoc.html   (107 words)

  
 IWS Terrorism Chapter: Conventional, NBC & Cyberterrorism
Combating Terrorism: Interagency Framework and Agency Programs to Address Overseas Threat [6.7 MB] GAO-03-165, May 23, 2003
Terrorism Financing: Origination, Organization, and Prevention, Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs, July 31, 2003
Special Oversight Panel on Terrorism hearing on terrorist threats to the United States by the US House Armed Services Committee, May 23, 2000
http://www.iwar.org.uk/cyberterror   (967 words)

  
 CNS Subjects: Terrorism
Lists funding to various federal agencies in order to combat terrorism, including defense against weapons of mass destruction.
These two developments—mass-casualty attacks and the use of biological agents—have signaled a new era in terrorism in the United States.
The September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks have shown that the threat of mass-casualty terrorism has reached the United States.
http://cns.miis.edu/research/terror.htm   (1775 words)

  
 Terrorism
Designed to provide realtime information about terrorism cases and policy developments.
Terrorism and the Laws of War: September 11 and its Aftermath
Terrorism and the Law of War: Trying Terrorists as War Criminals before Military Commissions.
http://library.nps.navy.mil/home/terrorism.htm   (4806 words)

  
 Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
"Nuclear Terrorism: The Danger of Highly Enriched Uranium (HEU)," Pugwash Issue Brief, September 2002 (pdf)
Homeland Security: A Framework for Addressing the Nation's Efforts, testimony by David M. Walker, Comptroller General of the United States, before the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs, 21 September 2001 (pdf)
"Terrorism and National Security: Issues and Trends," 21 December 2004
http://www.carnegieendowment.org/npp/terrorism.cfm   (1388 words)

  
 Terrorism
Tupamaros - fought against the Spainards in Uruguay named after Inca Chief Tupac Amaru
Terrorism - general overview of the state of terrorism in the world.
Comuniques between the group and officials - primary source documents
http://killeenroos.com/link/terror.htm   (1191 words)

  
 Terrorism
CALL (US Army), State and Local Domestic Preparedness Support (DOJ), Terrorism in U.S. WMD Response (FBI)
Terrorism Preparedness (TRAC-SAIC), Terrorism Preparedness (TRAC-Baker), Terrorism Response Resources for First Responders, Terrorism Timeline, US State Department (Terrorism)
FEMA Rapid Response Information System (RRIS), FEMA's Consequence Management Program (PTandE), First Response to Terrorism (USFA), InterAgency Board (IAB) for Equipment Standardization and InterOperability, Mass Casualty Emergency Response Training, National Domesitic Preparedness Consortium (TEEXWEB), World Trade Center Disaster
http://www.disasters.org/emgold/Terrorism.htm   (309 words)

  
 Anti Terrorism Campaign - Pakistan,Taliban and Terrorism.
"Terrorism is a criminal act that influences an audience beyond the immediate victim.
The effectiveness of the terrorist act lies not in the act itself, but in the public's or government's reaction to the act." Terrorism Research
One of the HUM leaders, Maulana Masood Azhar, was freed from an Indian prison in exchange for the hostages on the aircraft in the Air India hijacking in December and has since returned to Pakistan." US State Department
http://terrorism.freeservers.com   (1591 words)

  
 Cleric guilty in terror case - PittsburghLIVE.com
Al-Masri, 48, also is wanted by the United States on terrorism charges.
Imam of North London's Finsbury Park Mosque from 1997 to 2003, the hook-handed al-Masri led a radical congregation that included convicted "shoe bomber" Richard Reid and Zacarias Moussaoui, who is facing trial in the United States in connection with the 9/11 conspiracy.
They include accusations that he helped arrange the abduction of foreign tourists in Yemen in 1998 and participated in a 1999 plan to open a terrorist training camp in Bly, Ore.
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review/terrorism/s_421788.html   (526 words)

  
 Terrorism - Council on Foreign Relations
Calling the war on terrorism “far less a class of civilizations than a clash about civilization,” UK Secretary of State for Defense John Reid argues that the multitudinous, asymmetrical, and technologically networked dimensions of international terrorism require a refined response from the West.
See more in Western Europe, Terrorism and the Law
See more in North America, Terrorism and the Law
http://www.cfr.org/issue/135   (710 words)

  
 Technorati Tag: terrorism
A tag is like a subject or category.
Another Saddam document translated by Jveritas is dated April 4th, 2003….5 days before the fall of Baghdad, in which he orders his Government to treat...
It must take an enormous amount of effort to come up with some of the masterpieces of spin found in the middle-eastern media.
http://www.technorati.com/tag/terrorism   (515 words)

  
 FloridaDisaster.org - Terrorism
Cash - Banks and ATMs may not be open or be available for extended periods.
Develop your Family Disaster Plan to include rally points and have a third party as a common contact.
Terrorism does not mean you have to change your life.
http://www.floridadisaster.org/bpr/EMTOOLS/Severe/terrorism.htm   (636 words)

  
 History For Sale: Terrorism History
The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (also known as the 911 Commission) is chartered to prepare a full and complete account of the circumstances surrounding the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, including preparedness for and the immediate response to the terrorist attacks.
Spy, terrorism, information warfare, and security, critical infrastructure protection, homeland security, and other issues of low-intensity terrorism and violence.
This extraordinary and wide-ranging collection of books embraces the complex and timely issue of terrorism in such a way as to make the entire history of it accessible.
http://www.4terrorism.com/terrorismhistory.htm   (703 words)

  
 Public Agenda Special Report: Terrorism
(Report issued June 2000 by the National Commission on Terrorism created by Congress)
The collapse of a plea bargain for Lynndie England, the soldier who became the symbol of the Abu Ghraib scandal, has brought the question of prisoner abuse back to the news.
The "war on terrorism" has spurred greater interest in international affairs, but critics have always contended that Americans' knowledge of the world has been lacking.
http://www.publicagenda.org/specials/terrorism/terror.htm   (477 words)

  
 Response to Terrorism - US Department of State
Response to Terrorism - US Department of State
United States Deplores Hamas' Defense of Tel Aviv Terror Attack
The United States and its allies, in addition to military efforts against terrorism, also help communities build an alternative future to terrorism’s ideology of hatred and violence, says Air Force Command Chief Master Sergeant Curtis L. Brownhill, an adviser to the U.S. military’s Central Command (CENTCOM).
http://usinfo.state.gov/is/international_security/terrorism.html   (346 words)

  
 Booklist: Encyclopedia of Terrorism.
Encyclopedia of Terrorism will be a useful addition to most reference collections and is recommended for public, high-school, and academic libraries.
The great advantage that this encyclopedia has over similar works is currency.
A useful complement is Facts On File’s Terrorism (2001), part of its Library in a Book series, which includes a bibliography better than those offered in Encyclopedia of Terrorism as well as information on how to research the topic.
http://oldweb.ala.org/booklist/v99/se1/45terrorism.html   (247 words)

  
 Terrorism Unveiled
Although I don't always agree with the politics or worldview of each author, each link is well worth the read.
Update: Asharq Alawsat has an article about the Saudi Advisory Committee, which is similar to the Yemeni committee that attempts to counsel and reform terrorism suspects.
Essays include responses by moderate Muslims to asserations that there are not enough fatwas against terrorism and commentary from non-practicing Muslims who still identify with their heritage.
http://www.terrorismunveiled.com/athena   (5148 words)

  
 Nuclear Terrorism
The Nuclear Control Institute has been alerting the public and policymakers to these risks, seeking emergency measures to reduce the vulnerabilites, and monitoring and assessing the responses of industry, governments and international agencies.
Despite significant assistance from the United States over the last ten years, many of Russias nuclear facilities seem poorly secured, and there is still no comprehensive, verifiable system of nuclear materials accountancy.
Click here for recent documents and developments, listed in reverse chronological order, relating to the threat of nuclear terrorism and the efforts to prevent it.
http://www.nci.org/nci-nt.htm   (5118 words)

  
 :: The Terrorism Research Center ::
Previously only available to the TRC’s Premium Content subscribers, the Terror Web Watch provides a weekly analysis of radical terrorist Web sites that identifies the most relevant content, which is translated and summarized for international researchers and security professionals.
Founded in 1996, the Terrorism Research Center, Inc. (TRC) is an independent institute dedicated to the research of terrorism, information warfare and security, critical infrastructure protection, homeland security, and other issues of low-intensity political violence and gray-area phenomena.
No part of this web site may be reproduced, stored, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying,
http://www.terrorism.com   (361 words)

  
 Encyclopedia of Terrorism - Publishing Division - MTM Publishing
Encyclopedia of Terrorism, by Harvey W. Kushner, is an important and invaluable reference book presenting authoritative, comprehensive, and up-to-date global coverage of the who, what, where, when, how, and why of terrorism.
Encyclopedia of Terrorism - Publishing Division - MTM Publishing
Key features of the encyclopedia include more than 300 in-depth articles, extensive, balanced coverage of terrorist groups; key events (including September 11); people, terms, and statistics; and biographical, historical, and geographical information.
http://www.mtmpublishing.com/p_terrorism.html   (282 words)

  
 CNN.com In-Depth Specials
The site includes a look at state sponsors of terrorism, terrorist groups, the proposed U.S. military tribunals and other aspects of terrorism.
The Council on Foreign Relations, in cooperation with the Markle Foundation, has launched an online encyclopedia of terrorism and the U.S. response to the September 11 attacks to give the public an easy-to-read, authoritative primer on what the experts know and don't know.
Watch a previous CFR webcast on bioterror with the author's of "Germs: Biological Weapons and America's Secret War." MORE >>
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2002/cfr   (165 words)

  
 Flickr: Photos tagged with Terrorism
You can assign as many tags as you wish to each photo.
Feeds for photos tagged with Terrorism Available as RSS 2.0 and Atom
Explore and refine Terrorism photos with our clustery goodness!
http://flickr.com/photos/tags/Terrorism   (72 words)

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