Terrorism

(see also NHC Library's Government Information: United States: Terrorism , Iraq War, and the University Center Librarian's September 11, 2001)

• Beyond Missile Defense: Countering Terrorism and Weapons of Mass Destruction,
  August 2001, by Michael E. O'Hanlon, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (see also Terrorism and U.S. Foreign Policy, April 25, 2001)
• The Changing Face of Terrorism
  (from Slate, a Microsoft network news publication, September 13, 2001) provides a history of terrorism - see also What Does Osama bin Laden Want?
• Chemical and Biological Weapons: Use in Warfare, Impact on Society and Environment
  January 18, 2001 from The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, "a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing cooperation between nations" founded in 1910, includes a history of chemical warfare use.
• Chemical-Biological Terrorism and Its Impact on Children: A Subject Review
  from the American Academy of Pediatrics-Committee on Environmental Health and Committee on Infectious Diseases, March 2000
• Countering the New Terrorism
  a 1999 report from RAND, "a nonprofit institution that helps improve policy and decisionmaking through research and analysis" discusses the future of terrorism and defense measures needed to combat it.
• Suicide Terrorism: A Global Threat
  (October 20, 2000) from Jane's Information Group, a noted British publisher of defense, aerospace, and transportation information discusses 10 groups with this capability.
• Middle East Network Information Center
  at the University of Texas Center for Middle Eastern Studies provides links by subject to Middle Eastern information sources
• Terrorism Research Center,
  "an independent institute dedicated to the research of terrorism"
• Terrorist Group Profiles
  from Patterns of Global Terrorism, United States Department of State and compiled by the Dudley Knox Library at the Naval Postgraduate School
• Who is Osama bin Laden?
  British Broadcasting Corporation

• War against Terror
  CNN (see also CNN's home page for additional updates)
• Human Rights
  from the American Bar Association discusses the restriction of personal freedom in light of the Patriot Act, passed by Congress on October 25, 2001.
• In Focus: Fighting Terrorism - UN System Responds to Threat
  provides updates on United Nations' activities and discussions after September 11. See also their efforts in the report on the United Nations & Afghanistan.
• In the Aftermath of the Tragedy
  from the Arab American Institute, a non-profit, advocacy Washington-based organization formed in 1985, provides viewpoints on terrorism and its affects on Arab-Americans.
• Preserving Life and Liberty
  from the Department of Justice. Launched to educate Amercians about how life and liberty are being preserved by using the USA Patriot Act
• Q & A on Bioterrorism
  from National Review Online magazine, October 15, 2001 with Jonathan B. Tucker, director of the Chemical & Biological Weapons Nonproliferation Program at the Monterey Institute of International Studies provides information about the threat of anthrax and smallpox
• Ready.gov
  from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security provides emergency planning information
• Responsibility for the Terrorist Atrocities in the United States
  from British Prime Minister Tony Blair, October 4, 2001 details the responsibility for the events of September 11, 2001.
• September 11 Web Archive
  from the Library of Congress, Internet Archive, and WebArchivist.org allows searching of many sites for coverage of the attack and the aftermath.
• Tolerance Watch: A Backlash Continues Against American Arabs and Muslims
  from the Southern Poverty Law Center provides insight into Islam and Arab-Americans to dispel stereotypical ideas.
• USA PATRIOT Act: A Sketch
  from the Library's of Congress Congressional Research Service, provides a summary of the key provisions of the act passed on October 25, 2001. NOTE: PDF file requires Adobe Acrobat Reader.
• What the Middle East Papers Say
  Guardian Limited, from the Guardian, a London-based newspaper - see also their ongoing coverage at Special Report: Attack on America
• When Hate Hits Home: Talking to Your Kids About Terrorism
  from Tolerance.org, sponsored by the Southern Poverty Law Center, a national non-profit civil rights organization.

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