Terrorist tactics & training
Find out more here about the clandestine operating tactics of terrorist groups: articles and links on terrorist recruitment, finance, propaganda and weapons selection.
Suicide Terrorism: Definitions, Groups, Theories of Suicide Terrorism
Suicide Terrorism is a growing phenomenon and one that is difficult to understand. This overview provides definitions, profiles of groups who use suicide terror tactics and explorations of widely held theories of what motivates suicide attackers.
Suicide Terrorism is a growing phenomenon and one that is difficult to understand. This overview provides definitions, profiles of groups who use suicide terror tactics and explorations of widely held theories of what motivates suicide attackers.
Glossary of Weapons and Tactics
What's a dirty bomb? Why is hijacking an effective terrorist tactic? Where does the association between terrorists and AK-47s come from? Find the answers in this glossary of terrorist tactics and weapons.
What's a dirty bomb? Why is hijacking an effective terrorist tactic? Where does the association between terrorists and AK-47s come from? Find the answers in this glossary of terrorist tactics and weapons.
Terrorists Rely on Tech Tools
Terrorists are using the Internet as online training camps, according to a University of Haifa communications researcher.
Terrorists are using the Internet as online training camps, according to a University of Haifa communications researcher.
Interview with a Suicide Bomber
In March 2004, fourteen year old Palestinian Hassam Abdo threw up his hands in surrender at a West Bank checkpoint instead of detonating the explosives strapped to his body. Abdo later explained to BBC correspondent James Reynolds what happened that day and how he felt.
In March 2004, fourteen year old Palestinian Hassam Abdo threw up his hands in surrender at a West Bank checkpoint instead of detonating the explosives strapped to his body. Abdo later explained to BBC correspondent James Reynolds what happened that day and how he felt.
Improvised Explosive Devices in Iraq
IEDs--improvised explosive devices--have proven so lethal to the U.S. Army in Iraq that in 2006 the Pentagon spent $3.3 billion dollars to comat them. This Newsweek analysis tells the whole story.
IEDs--improvised explosive devices--have proven so lethal to the U.S. Army in Iraq that in 2006 the Pentagon spent $3.3 billion dollars to comat them. This Newsweek analysis tells the whole story.
Why Airplanes Are Terrorists' Favorite Target
A Defense Studies scholar argues that airplanes' high tech, hyper-modern symbolism makes them the most highly attractive of terrorist targets.
A Defense Studies scholar argues that airplanes' high tech, hyper-modern symbolism makes them the most highly attractive of terrorist targets.