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See also our separate Al Qaeda / Osama bin Laden page.

For U.S. Government resources see our U.S. Government - Terrorism page.

The Washington Quarterly

Trends in Terrorism: 2006 (July 2006)
"This report summarizes and discusses trends in terrorism as identified in recent analysis by the State Department, the National Counter Terrorism Center (NCTC), and independent analysts."
By Raphael Perl, Congressional Research Service.

Syracuse University - TRAC Reports
"Your source for comprehensive independent and nonpartisan information about federal enforcement, staffing and spending.

U.S. v. Zacarias Moussaoui
"The jury has rendered a verdict in the trial of Zacarias Moussaoui. The verdict was for life in prison instead of execution for his role in the attacks of 9/11 on the United States."

  • Trial Exhibits
    "The following web pages link to all 1,202 exhibits admitted into evidence during the trial of U.S. v. Moussaoui, with the exception of seven that are classified or otherwise remain under seal. This is the first criminal case for which a federal court has provided access to all exhibits online."
  • Appeal - See U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit - (dead link)

Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction
"After a year of study that included the review of thousands of documents and hundreds of interviews with knowledgeable observers from both within and outside the intelligence community, the Commission presented its report to the President on March 31, 2005."

9-11 Commission Final Report
"The Commissionís Final Report provides a full and complete account of the circumstances surrounding the September 11th, 2001, terrorist attacks, including preparedness for and the immediate response to the attacks. It also includes recommendations designed to guard against future attacks."

FindLaw Special Coverage: War on Terror
Sections include: News ; Commentary ; Cases ; Documents ; Laws ; Web Sites ; Boards.

Annotated Bibliography of Government Documents Related to the Threat of Terrorism & the Attacks of September 11, 2001
"Since the attacksñand our responses to themñgrew out of historical circumstances, this bibliography is not limited to documents that directly concern September 11. Many of them do, but others show how we have dealt with terrorism in the past, what the political circumstances of past terrorist acts were, how we have prepared in the past and for the future, what our weaknesses to future attacks are, what kind of future attacks are likely, and from whence those future attacks are likely to come."
- U.S. Government Information, Oklahoma Dept. of Libraries

The Network of Terrorism
"A summary of what is known about the terrorist attacks of September 11 and their connection to Osama bin Laden and his al Qaeda terrorist network. The site also links bin Laden and al Qaeda to previous attacks on American lives; summarizes the oppressive conditions of life under the Taliban regime; provides a sampling of opinion from the Islamic world; and describes American humanitarian aid to Afghanistan. A photo gallery documents the unforgettable horror of the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon."
- U.S. Dept. of State publication

International Policy Institute for Counter-Terrorism
"...was established in 1996 at the academic Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya (IDC) in Israel...ICT is unique in that it focuses solely on the subject of counter-terrorism. All of its efforts and resources are dedicated to approaching the issue of terrorism globally - that is, as a strategic problem that faces not only Israel but other countries as well."

[Al-Qaeda] - See our separate Al-Qaeda Studies page.

allAfrican.com
African news digest service

  • The Nation (Nairobi) - (dead link) Nairobi Bomb Victims Renew Plea for Compensation (September 11, 2002)

American Library Association - International Responsibilities Task Force
- Social Responsibilities Round Table

American Society of International Law - Resources on Terrorism

  • Bibliography - (dead link)
    "Articles (1990-2001) from the ASIL Library on Legal Aspects of Terrorism"

ANSER Institute For Homeland Security

  • Virtual Library - (dead link)
    Sections include: Policy & Law ; General Accounting Office ; Research Topics ; Government Documents ; Charts and Data.

Arms Control Association

The Atlantic Monthly - The War on Terrorism
"A collection of features from The Atlantic Monthly and Atlantic Unbound..."

The Atlantic Monthly

  • Prophetic Justice
    "The United States is now prosecuting suspected terrorists on the basis of their intentions, not just their actions. But in the case of Islamic extremists, how can American jurors fairly weigh words and beliefs when Muslims themselves canít agree on what they mean?
    By Amy Waldman, October 2006

Australian Government - Counter-Terrorism

The Avalon Project at the Yale Law School

BBC News - Lockerbie Appeal Live

[Bibliography] Bibliography on Terrorism, Bioterrorism, the Middle East, and 9-11 Related Issues
Compiled by Camille Reynolds
LLRX Feature Published November 1, 2001 ["will be updated on a regular basis"]

[Bibliography] West Point - Combating Terrorism Center
"...the Center has been actively involved in supporting the Global War on Terror through education, research, and policy analysis."

  • Teaching Terror
    "This website is dedicated to supporting the study of terrorism and counterterrorism. It is hoped that the information resources provided here will be of use to academics, students, policymakers, and others engaged in understanding and combating global terrorism.
    • Terrorism and Counterterrorism: An Annotated Bibliography
      "This Annotated Bibliography has been produced by faculty and researchers of the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point, and is meant to serve as an information resource for students, researchers, policymakers, teachers, the media and the general public." Volume 1 - March 2004 ; Volume 2 - September 11, 2006.

Brookings Institution

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

[Canada] PBS FRONTLINE/WORLD - The Cell Next Door
Companion website to the January 30, 2007 broadcast. Watch entire episode online.
"FRONTLINE/World and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation go inside a homegrown terrorist cell accused of planning mass destruction and murder on North American soil. The Cell Next Door retraces events leading up to last year's arrests in Toronto of 18, mostly young, Muslim men - who are now standing trial -- and talks to the radical Muslim informant within their ranks who helped foil the attacks."

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

  • Publications
  • Events
    • Spain: Post-Attack and Post Election
      Ana Palacio, Acting Foreign Minister of Spain. Listen to audio or read transcript, March 29, 2004.
    • WMD Threat Reduction: How Far Have We Come - Where Are We Heading
      "Testimony of Jon Wolfsthal before the Subcommittee on Europe and the Subcommittee on International Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Human Rights, House International Relations Committee, May 14, 2003."

    • Carnegie International Non-Proliferation 2002 Conference (November 2002)
      "...approximately 650 experts, journalists, scholars and officials from more than 20 different countries gathered in Washington DC for the 2002 Carnegie International Non-Proliferation Conference. Audio, video, transcripts and presentations are now available."
      Concurrent panels include: New Nuclear Powers in Asia ; Reshaping US-Russian Threat Reduction ; US Nuclear Policy ; An Uncertain Future for the Nuclear Testing Moratorium ; North Korea's Nuclear Challenge ; The Challenge of Iran ; Weapons in Space ; Nuclear Terror Threats ; Preventing the Misuse of Biotechnology ; Consequences of War with Iraq.

  • Strange Bedfellows in a Strange Land: The International Coalition to Combat Terrorism
    "In a special briefing, [October 3, 2001] prominent experts discuss the domestic political pressures faced by different coalition partners that both encourage and constrain their participation as well as the quid pro quo some will seek from the United States."
  • Russian and Eurasian Affairs Program

CATO Institute

Center for Immigration Studies
"It is the nation's only think tank devoted exclusively to research and policy analysis of the economic, social, demographic, fiscal, and other impacts of immigration on the United States."

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

  • State's Hull on Global Terrorism Report - (dead link)
  • (05/01/01)
  • Powell Statement on 2000 Global Terrorism Report - (dead link) (04/30/01)

Centre for Policy Studies (CPS)

  • "Foreign Policy in the Age of Terrorism - (dead link)" (31 October 2001) [.pdf]
    By Henry Kissinger
    Transcript of the 2001 Ruttenberg Lecture

Chatham House
"Chatham House is one of the world's leading organizations for the analysis of international issues. It is membership-based and aims to help individuals and organizations to be at the forefront of developments in an ever-changing and increasingly complex world."

  • Al-Qaeda Five Years On: The Threat and the Challenges - (dead link)
    By Maha Azzam, Briefing Paper, September 2006.

Chinese Military Power
A Compendium of Online Resources About Chinese Military Policy & Capabilities
"...your gateway to full-text online analysis and research tools essential to understanding China's military policy, capabilities, and potential. Here you will find access to the spectrum of U.S. opinion regarding China's strategic development, with regularly updated links to online articles, reports, and government documents assessing China's military modernization, relevant political and economic factors, the military balance in East Asia, and U.S. policy toward China
- Sponsored The Project on Defense Alternatives


  • Terrorism & September 11th - (dead link)

Christian Science Monitor - Specials > Terrorism & Security

Christian Science Monitor - A Changed World: Combating Terrorism

CNN

Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction
"After a year of study that included the review of thousands of documents and hundreds of interviews with knowledgeable observers from both within and outside the intelligence community, the Commission presented its report to the President on March 31, 2005."

Congressional Research Service

  • Trends in Terrorism: 2006 (July 2006)
    "This report summarizes and discusses trends in terrorism as identified in recent analysis by the State Department, the National Counter Terrorism Center (NCTC), and independent analysts."
    By Raphael Perl, Congressional Research Service.

Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) - (dead link)
"CAIR was established to promote a positive image of Islam and Muslims in America. We believe misrepresentations of Islam are most often the result of ignorance on the part of non-Muslims and reluctance on the part of Muslims to articulate their case."

  • National and Worldwide Muslim Condemnation of Terrorism
    "The following document is a compilation of condemnations of the September 11 attacks. The articles, press releases and news clippings represent a sample of worldwide Muslim condemnation of these attacks and of terrorism in general. Most of the documents contain only excerpts of these condemnations. A document containing the full text of these condemnations would be much longer."

Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

Counter-Terrorism - Publications
"The Publications pages include resources to help law enforcement decisionmakers and other first responders develop agency policies, programs, and trainings. Organized by topic, these publications come from government, nonprofit, and private sources and address emerging counter-terrorism issues, research findings and statistics, policy and program development, and technical assistance and skill-building."

CQ Press

Crissisweb: The International Crisis Group

  • Bin Laden and the Balkans: The Politics of Anti-Terrorism - (dead link) (11 November 2001) [.pdf]

Daryl Cagle's Professional Cartoonists Index

Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)

  • EFF- Censorship & Privacy - Terrorism & Militias Archive - (dead link)

Electronic Green Journal

  • Aftermath: Systems Thinking, Sustainability and Terrorism - (dead link) (December 2001)
    Opinion piece by Cate Gable

European Parliament
Sections include ; News ; Parliament ; Activities ; EP Live ; Subject.

  • TDIP
    Temporary Committee on the alleged use of European countries by the CIA for the transport and illegal detention of prisoners.
  • Final Report - (dead link) (January 2007)

Federal Computer Week

  • Homeland Security: Preparing for Tomorrow's Battles - (dead link) (September 2002)
    Special Supplement

Federation of American Scientists

FindLaw - Special Coverage: War on Terror
Sections include: News ; Commentary ; Cases ; Documents ; Laws ; Web Sites ; Boards.

First Monday
Peer-Reviewed Journal on the Internet

  • Reality Bytes: Cyberterrorism and Terrorist 'Use' of the Internet - (dead link) (November 2002)
    [Includes discussion of September 11]
    By Maura Conway

  • Uncloaking Terrorist Networks - (dead link) (April 2002)
    By Valdis E. Krebs

Foreign Affairs
- Published by Council on Foreign Relations

  • "Are We Safe Yet?" A Foreign Affairs Roundtable
    Responses and Discussion Round 2: September 11, 2006.
    "In this special web-only feature, James Fallows, Fawaz Gerges, Paul R. Pillar, and Jessica Stern respond to John Mueller's article " Is There Still a Terrorist Threat?" from the September/October issue of Foreign Affairs and assess the state of the "war on terror" five years after 9/11."

  • Europe's Angry Muslims
    Summary: "Radical Islam is spreading across Europe among descendants of Muslim immigrants. Disenfranchised and disillusioned by the failure of integration, some European Muslims have taken up jihad against the West. They are dangerous and committedóand can enter the United States without a visa.
    By Robert S. Leiken, July 7, 2005

  • Hezbollah's Dilemma (April 2005)
    Summary:  Byman's update to his November/December 2003 essay "Should Hezbollah Be Next?"
    By Daniel Byman

  • Should Hezbollah Be Next? (November/December 2003)
    "Summary:  The radical Lebanese Shi'ite movement Hezbollah is fomenting violence in post-war Iraq and fanning the flames of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Its bloody track record makes it a natural target in the war on terror. But Washington's only option is to confront Hezbollah indirectly: by getting its backers, Syria and Iran, to help change its focus from militancy to politics.

Foreign Policy (FP)
The Magazine of Global Politics, Economics, and Ideas

  • FP Exclusive Interview with former U.S. Military Leaders on Recent Terrorist Attacks (September/October 2001)
    "Present in the interview with FP Editor Moises Naim were four of Americaís most respected and influential former military leaders: Army Major General William Nash (Ret.), former commander of the Armyís 1st Infantry Division and senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations; Navy Admiral William Owens (Ret.), former Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and author of Lifting the Fog of War (New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2000); Marine Lieutenant General Paul Van Riper (Ret.), former assistant commandant of the Marine Corps and former president of the Marine Corps University; and Air Force General Charles Boyd (Ret.), former deputy commander in chief of the U.S. European Command, former executive director of the Hart-Rudman Commission and current director at the Council on Foreign Relations."

G8 Kananaskis Summit 2002 - (dead link)
June 26-27, 2002

  • Fighting Terrorism - (dead link)
  • The G8 Global Partnership Against the Spread of Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction - (dead link)

Gallup International - Recent International Surveys - (dead link)

George Washington University - The National Security Archive

  • Bush Administration's First Memo on al-Qaeda Declassified
    "Document Central to Clarke-Rice Dispute on Bush Terrorism Policy Pre-9/11."
    Edited by Barbara Elias, National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 147, February 2005, Updated September 2006.

  • Electronic Surveillance: From the Cold War to Al-Qaeda
    Wiretap Debate Deja Vu: Documents show Ford White House embraced wiretap law instead of claiming "inherent" Presidential authority in 1976 despite objections from Rumsfeld, G.H.W. Bush, Kissinger. Web posting includes Justice report on criminal liability for 1970s warrantless wiretapping, 1990s directives on US surveillance."
  • The President's Daily Brief
    Documents: The 6 August 2001 PDB headlined "Bin Ladin Determined to Strike in US."


  • Iraq and Weapons of Mass Destruction
    Electronic Briefing Book No. 80
    Edited by Jeffrey Richelson
    "The documents presented in this electronic briefing book include the major unclassified U.S. and British assessments of Iraqi WMD programs, the reports of the IAEA and UNSCOM covering the final period prior to the 1998 expulsions, the transcript of a key speech by President George W. Bush, a recently released statement on U.S. policy towards combating WMD, and documents from the 1980s and 1990s concerning various aspects of Iraqi WMD activities."


  • The September 11th Sourcebooks
    National Security Archive Online Readers on Terrorism, Intelligence and the Next War
  • Volume I: Terrorism and U.S. Policy (September 21, 2001)
    "...contains the documents that our staff experts, led by Dr. Jeffrey Richelson and coordinated by Michael Evans, have selected as the most important available primary sources on U.S. terrorism policy."
  • Volume II: Afghanistan- Lessons from the Last War (October 9, 2001)
    "...Archive experts John Prados and Svetlana Savranskaya draw on declassified records and the memoirs of former Soviet officials to examine Soviet policymaking, military operations, and lessons learned from the last war in Afghanistan, a bloody, ten-year conflict that pitted Soviet military forces against CIA-backed Afghan rebels."
  • Volume III: BIOWAR (October 25, 2001)
    The Nixon Administration's Decision to End U.S. Biological Warfare Programs
    Edited by Dr. Robert A. Wampler
    "In order to provide historical context for these events and revelations, The National Security Archive is making available a collection of documents that shed light upon the decision made by President Richard M. Nixon in 1969 to end all U.S. offensive biological (and chemical) weapons programs."


  • Volume IV: The Once and Future King?
    From the Secret Files on King Zahir's Reign in Afghanistan, 1970-1973
    National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 59
    Edited by William Burr, October 26, 2001


  • Volume V: Anthrax at Sverdlovsk, 1979
    U.S. Intelligence on the Deadliest Modern Outbreak
    National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 61
    Edited by Robert A. Wampler and Thomas S. Blanton, November 15, 2001.


  • Volume VI: The Hunt for Bin Laden
    Background on the Role of Special Forces in U.S. Military Strategy
    National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 63, December 2001.

  • Volume VII: The Taliban File
    Latest update: March 2004.
    National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 97
    Edited by Sajit Gandhi
    "Marking the second anniversary of the terrorist attacks of 9/11, the National Security Archive at George Washington University today posted on the Web a new collection of recently declassified U.S. documents covering the controversial rise to power of Osama bin Laden's former hosts in Afghanistan, the Taliban. "



Government Publications on Terrorism - (dead link)
"Below is a small sample of U.S. federal government information on terrorism. Everything included on this page is available on the Internet."
Government Documents & Maps, University of Maryland Libraries

[Guantanamo Bay] Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

  • Guantanamo Bay Inquiry
    "The FBI on January 2, 2007 released documents related to an internal inquiry in 2004 of FBI personnel who had served at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba since September 11, 2001 and had observed any aggressive interview techniques, interrogations, or mistreatment of detainees by representatives of law enforcement, the military, or the FBI."

Guardian Unlimited - Special Report - Terrorism Threat to UK
Sections include: July 7, 2005 Attack on London ; News ; News Archive ; Interactive Guide.

Guardian Unlimited Observer

Human Rights Watch

  • U.S.: Guantanamo Kids at Risk (April 2003)
    "The detention of children at Guantanamo poses grave risks to their well-being, Human Rights Watch said today, in response to the U.S. military's acknowledgement that at least three children, ages 13 to 15, are among the detainees at Guantanamo."

[India] MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base

[India - Mumbai Train Bombing] NPR [U.S. National Public Radio] - The Conversation

[India] Science and Technology to Counter Terrorism: Proceedings of an Indo-U.S. Workshop (etext)
Roddam Narasimha and Arvind Kumar, Editors, Stephen P. Cohen and Rita Guenther, Editors, National Academy of Sciences, In cooperation with International Strategic and Security Studies Programme of the National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, India, 2007.

[Indonesia] International Crisis Group

International Issues - (dead link)

  • International Terrorism - (dead link) (August 1996, Vol. 39, No. 3)
    Full-text of feature articles
  • The Fate of Terrorists - (dead link)
    By Dr. R. Reuben Miller, University of Colorado
  • After the Cold War-Terrorism Looms Larger as a Weapon of Dissent and Warfare - (dead link)
  • By Dr. Brigitte Lebens Nacos, Columbia University
  • The End-Game of Terror and Democratization-Implications for American Foreign Policy - (dead link)
    By Dr. James L. Walker and Dr. Donna M. Schlagheck, Wright State University
  • International Terrorism and U.S. Policy-Threat and Response - (dead link)
    By Professor Christopher C. Joyner and Tamara Cofman Wittes, Georgetown University
  • Terrorism, the News Media, and Democratic Political Order - (dead link)
    By Dr. A. Odasuo Alali, California State University, Bakersfield and Dr. Kenoye K. Ike, Savannah State College

International Security

Issues in Science & Technology Librarianship

The Journal of Strategic Studies

Library of Congress - Federal Research Division - Terrorism Studies - (dead link)

  • Bibliography of Future Trends in Terrorism - (dead link)
    Report Prepared under an Interagency Agreement by the Federal Research Division, Library of Congress, September 1998, Authors: LaVerle Berry, Glenn Curtis, Rex Hudson.
  • Media Interactions with the Public in Emergency Situations: Four Case Studies - (dead link)
    Report Prepared under an Interagency Agreement by the Federal Research Division, Library of Congress, September 1998, Authors: LaVerle Berry, Amanda Jones, Terence Powers.
  • The Sociology and Psychology of Terrorism: Who Becomes a Terrorist and Why? - (dead link)
    Report Prepared under an Interagency Agreement by the Federal Research Division, Library of Congress, September 1999, Author: Rex A. Hudson

The Little Magazine - Terror
"The magazine was conceived as a dialogue - a platform which would carry important work in the world languages along with the best of contemporary writing in the South Asian languages."

Mechanical Engineering
The journal of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)

Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism (MIPT)
"We feel we have a special obligation to first responders - police officers, firefighters, emergency medical technicians and all of the others who are first on the scene in the aftermath of terrorist activity. We sponsor research to discover equipment, training and procedures that might assist them in preventing terrorism and responding to it."

  • Library - (dead link)
    "The Institute Library continues to grow as we actively add reports, studies, books and journals to the collection. In an effort to become a clearinghouse for terrorism related information, the library also seeks to identify and acquire original manuscript collections, photographs, videotapes, posters and electronic information."

Middle East Media Research Institute - Jihad and Terrorism Studies Project

Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC)
"This site was created by the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) to provide an arena for American Muslim activists to share information, network, and work on causes that impact the American Muslim community."
Contains sections on networking, opinion, analysis, resources, and current events.

National Academy of Engineering of the National Academies

  • Fact Sheets on Terrorist Attacks
    "The National Academies is preparing fact sheets on four types of terrorist attacks. Drawing on our many reviewed publications, the expertise of our members, and the knowledge of other esteemed authorities, the fact sheets will provide reliable, objective information."
  • Chemical Attack - (dead link) [.pdf]
  • Radiological Attack - (dead link) [.pdf]

National Academies Press - Terrorism and Security Collection
"23 recent publications from the National Academies about the science and policy issues surrounding terrorism and security."

National Academy Press (free downloads)

  • 2007
  • 2006
  • 2005
  • 2004
  • 2003
  • 2002
  • 2001

NATO and the Scourge of Terrorism
September 11 - One Year On - NATO's Contribution to the Fight Against Terrorism
"On 12 September 2001, less than 24 hours after the terrorist attacks against the United States, NATO declared the attacks to be an attack against all the 19 NATO member countries."
Section include: After September 11 ; Afghanistan ; Prague Summit ; Key Texts ; Background ; Speeches ; Analysis ; Multimedia ; Links.


New England Journal of Medicine

  • Small Pox and Small Pox Vaccination (January 30, 2003)
    "To help to inform the current national debate about smallpox vaccination, these articles have been published early at www.nejm.org. The full text is available here at no charge and will appear in the January 30, 2003, issue of the Journal."

New York Magazine

nthposition.com (electronic journal)
"...is a free online magazine/ezine with politics & opinion, travel writing, fiction & poetry, reviews & interviews, and some high weirdness."

  • Manual of a Raid (July 2002)
    "Michael Griffin traces Mohammed Atta's transformation from quiet but brilliant graduate student of urban conservation to Al Qa'ida terrorist."

Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI)
"...is working to reduce the global threats from nuclear, biological and chemical weapons and is co-chaired by Ted Turner and Sam Nunn."

  • Source Documents
    Includes: Agreements ; Research Papers and Journal Articles ; Congressional Testimony ; Conference Proceedings and White Papers.

Office of the Director of National Intelligence
"The IC is a federation of executive branch agencies and organizations that work separately and together to conduct intelligence activities necessary for the conduct of foreign relations and the protection of the national security of the United States."

OJPCR - The Online Journal of Peace and Conflict Resolution

Parameters
US Army War College Quarterly

PBS - America at a Crossroads
Companion website to the April 2007 series.
"...is a major public television event premiering on PBS in April 2007 that explores the challenges confronting the post-9/11 world ó including the war on terrorism; the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan; the experience of American troops serving abroad; the struggle for balance within the Muslim world; and global perspectives on Americaís role overseas."
Films include: JIHAD: The Men and Ideas behind Al Qaeda ; Warriors ; Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience ; Gangs of Iraq ; The Case for War: In Defense of Freedom ; Europe's 9/11 ; The Muslim Americans ; Faith Without Fear ; Struggle for the Soul of Islam: Inside Indonesia ; Security versus Liberty: The Other War ; The Brotherhood.


PBS FRONTLINE - Return of the Taliban (Watch Episode Online)
Companion website to the October 2006 broadcast.
"FRONTLINE correspondent Martin Smith returns to the Afghanistan-Pakistan border and presents a rare look inside this secret sanctuary..."
Sections include: Watch Full Program ; Pakistan: Jihad's Seedbed ; Inside the Lawless Tribal Areas ; The Region's New Fighters ; Interviews ; Readings & Links ; Transcript ; Teacher's Guide.


PBS FRONTLINE - The Enemy Within (Watch Episode Online)
Companion website to the October 2006 broadcast.
Sections include: The Lodi, Calif. Case ; The Reality of a Terrorist Attack & U.S. Preparedness ; Interviews ; Teacher's Guide ; Readings & Links.

PBS Frontline - The Man Who New (October 2002) [Video]
"When the Twin Towers fell on Sept. 11, 2001, among the thousands killed was the one man who may have known more about Osama bin Laden and Al Qaeda than any other person in America: John O'Neill."
Sections include: View A 1997 Interview with O'Neill ; Life and Career ; What If... ; "Connecting the Dots" - Map ; Interviews ; Timeline: Al Qaeda's Global Context ; Readings & Links ; Tapes & Transcripts.

PBS - Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly

  • Is Torture Every Justified? (May 14, 2004)
    Interview with Reverend Barbara K. Lundblad, Associate Prof. of Preaching, Union Theological Seminary.

Project on Defense Alternatives (PDA)
A project of the Commonwealth Institute

Public Agenda Special Edition - Terrorism

RAND Corporation - Research Areas - Terrorism and Homeland Security

  • RAND Voices of Jihad Database
    "This online database is a compilation of speeches, interviews, statements, and publications of jihadist leaders, foot soldiers, and sympathizers. Nearly all content is in English translation, and has been collected from publicly-accessible websites. Original links are provided, along with excerpts and full-text content when available."

RAND Corporation - Publications (free downloads)

  • 2006
  • 2003
  • Aptitude for Destruction, Volume 1
    Organizational Learning in Terrorist Groups and Its Implications for Combating Terrorism.
    "The report is the first of a two-volume analysis of the innovation and learning processes of five groups of terrorists: Aum Shinrikyo in Japan, the Provisional Irish Republican Army, the radical environmental movement, and Islamic organizations Hezbollah and Jemaah Islamiyah."

  • Aptitude for Destruction, Volume 2
    Case Studies of Organizational Learning in Five Terrorist Groups
  • Hitting America's Soft Underbelly
    The Potential Threat of Deliberate Biological Attacks Against the U.S. Agricultural and Food Industry
    By Peter Chalk, 2004.
    "Sponsored by the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD)"


  • Mapping the Risks: Assessing the Homeland Security Implications of Publicly Available Geospatial Information
    By John C. Baker, Beth E. Lachman, David R. Frelinger, Kevin M. OíConnell, Alex Hou, Michael S. Tseng, David Orletsky, Charles Yost, 2004.
  • The Bio-Terrorist Threat to Agricultural Livestock and Produce
    "Testimony presented before the Government Affairs Committee of the United States Senate on November 19, 2003."
    By Peter Chalk

  • Terrorism and Rail Security
    "Testimony presented to the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on March 23, 2004."
    By Jack Riley

  • Terrorism and the Security of Public Surface Transportation
    By Brian Michael Jenkins, Testimony presented to the Senate Committee on Judiciary on April 8, 2004.
  • Three Years After: Next Steps in the War on Terror
    September 8, 2004 Conference Proceedings.
    "Conference participants discussed RANDís research on terrorism in terms of four broad categories: (1) Understanding the Nature of the Terrorist Threat; (2) Taking Direct Action Against Terrorists and Terrorist Organizations; (3) Seeking to Reduce the Support for Terrorists, in terms of finances as well as recruits; and (4) Protecting the Homeland. The conference proceedings includes a transcript of remarks on ìA Strategic Approach to the Challenge of Terrorismî by Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz."

The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press (RCFP)
"A nonprofit organization dedicated to providing free legal assistance to journalists since 1970."

  • Homefront Confidential
    How the War on Terrorism Affects Access to Information and the Public's Right to Know.
    6th edition, September 2005, RCFP White Paper.

The Royal Society [UK] - Science Policy - (dead link)

  • Scientist Support for Biological Weapons Controls - (dead link) (November 2002)
    Joint Editorial on biological weapons controls
  • Submission to FCO [UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office] Green Paper on Strengthening the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention - (dead link) (November 2002)

Sam Nunn Policy Forum - (dead link)

  • Terrorism, Weapons of Mass Destruction, and U.S. Security - (dead link) (April 1997)
    Includes: Executive Summary ; Findings ; Videos & Transcripts.

The Scottish Courts Web Site

"This site provides an access point to information relating to all civil and criminal courts within Scotland, including the Court of Session, the High Court of Justiciary, the Sheriff Courts and a number of other courts, commissions and tribunals as well the District Courts

  • Lockerbie Verdict - (dead link)

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Seattle Times - Opinion

[Somalia] Council on Foreign Relation

[Somalia] U.N. Security Council

South Asia Analysis Group (SAAG)

  • The Raging Jihad - An Overview
    International Terrorism Monitor, Paper No. 162.
    By B. Raman, Additional Secretary (retd), Cabinet Secretariat, Govt. of India, and, presently, Director, Institute For Topical Studies.
    SAAG Paper No. 2054, 7.12.2006.
    [Re: Afghanistan, Iraq, & Thailand]



  • A New Weapon of Mass Destruction (WMD)
    By B. Raman, Additional Secretary (retd), Cabinet Secretariat, Govt. of India, and, presently, Director, Institute For Topical Studies.
    SAAG Paper No. 1019, 07.06.2004.

  • Al Qaeda Kills Its Mentor & Godfather?
    By B. Raman, SAAG Paper No. 1018, June 7, 2004.
  • Terrorism in S.E. Asia---India's Concerns
    "This is the expanded version of a presentation on the subject made by the writer during a seminar on 'Changing Trends in S.E.Asia' held by the Indian Council for World Affairs (ICWA), New Delhi, on March 10, 2004)"
    By B.Raman, SAAG Paper No. 980.

[Sri Lanka] PBS FRONTLINEWORLD - Sri Lanka: Living With Terror (Watch Episode Online)
Companion Website to the Public Television broadcast, May 2002.
Sections include: Reporter's Diary ; The Making of a Suicide Bomber ; A Lonely Warrior for Human Rights ; Fighting Terror with Paint Brushes ; Links & Resources.

Studies in Conflict and Terrorism
Journal table of contents only

Surveillance & Society (ejournal)
"...the fully peer-reviewed transdisciplinary online surveillance studies journal."
Also includes a moderated Discussion Forum and an interactive Surveillance Studies Resource Base.

Syracuse University - TRAC Reports
"Your source for comprehensive independent and nonpartisan information about federal enforcement, staffing and spending.

[Taliban] - See our separate Taliban Studies page.

Terrorism and Political Violence
Journal contents and abstracts only

Terrorism Library
"This site serves two purposes. The first purpose is to provide users with links to websites that contain frequently-updated and highly useful materials on the events of September 11 and the U.S. response.  The second purpose is to provide users with topically-organized links to to specific articles and research papers from those sites."
By Stefan Bauschard

Terrorism Research Center
"...is dedicated to informing the public of the phenomena of terrorism and information warfare. This site features essays and thought pieces on current issues, as well as links to other terrorism documents, research and resources. Navigate the site by clicking on the area of interest."

[Thailand] South Asia Analysis Group (SAAG)

  • The Raging Jihad - An Overview
    International Terrorism Monitor, Paper No. 162.
    By B. Raman, Additional Secretary (retd), Cabinet Secretariat, Govt. of India, and, presently, Director, Institute For Topical Studies.
    SAAG Paper No. 2054, 7.12.2006.
    [Re: Afghanistan, Iraq, & Thailand]



Tikkun - (dead link)
Tikkun magazine began publication in 1986 as the liberal alternative to the voices of Jewish conservatism and spiritual deadness in the Jewish world and as the spiritual alternative to the voices of materialism and selfishness in Western society.."

  • How to Respond to Terror: A Strategy to Win - (dead link) (May 27, 2004)
    "Bush's Path is Mistaken-- and Kerry Needs to Hear a Different Approach"

TIME Magazine

  • Osama bin Laden lashes out against the West in TIME's January 1999 interview - (dead link)

[Torture] NPR - The Question of Torture
The line between interrogation and torture can be a fine one. How is torture defined, and is there ever a case to be made for it, say when national security is at stake? In a series of discussions, we examine how the U.S. government interrogates its prisoners, and the question."
- National Public Radio

Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC)
Syracuse University

  • Criminal Enforcement Against Terrorists (12/03/01)
    "Latest data on criminal enforcement against terrorism... federal prosecutors reject most agency referrals... recent referrals focus in four geographic areas."

United Justice Terrorist Newswire
"Your Terrorist News Headquarters"

UN News Centre
  • US Leaders Requires Common Values and International Cooperation - Annan (10 June 2004)
    "While acknowledging that in the wake of the terrorist attacks against the US in September 2001, the world must deal aggressively with the threats of terrorism, weapons of mass destruction and rogue or dysfunctional states, Mr. Annan said that does not mean every country should have the right to use force unilaterally 'simply because it thought there might be a threat.'"

UN Commission on Human Rights

  • Situation of Detainees at Guantanamo Bay - (dead link) (February 2006)[.pdf]

[U.S. Government] - See our separate U.S. Government War on Terrorism Resources page.

U.S. v. Zacarias Moussaoui
"The jury has rendered a verdict in the trial of Zacarias Moussaoui. The verdict was for life in prison instead of execution for his role in the attacks of 9/11 on the United States."

  • Trial Exhibits
    "The following web pages link to all 1,202 exhibits admitted into evidence during the trial of U.S. v. Moussaoui, with the exception of seven that are classified or otherwise remain under seal. This is the first criminal case for which a federal court has provided access to all exhibits online."
  • Appeal - See U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit - (dead link)

United States Institute of Peace

University of Colorado - Natural Hazards Research and Applications Information Center
Information on Human Adaptation to Disaster

The Washington Quarterly

Washington Post

  • e-Qaeda
    A Special Report on How Jihadists Use the Internet and Technology to Spread Their Message
    Sections include: Overview ; Babar Ahmad and Azzam.com ; Zarqawi and Al Qaeda in Iraq ; Videos ; Web Sites ; Documents.

  • Letter Give Glimpse of Al-Qaeda's Leadership
    Letter Shows Worry Over Iraq Infighting
    By Karen DeYoung, October 2, 2006.

Washingtonpost.com - America at War
"Find all Washington Post stories relating to the war on terrorism from Sept. 11. until now."
Sections include: Stories Database ; One Year Later ; Post Series ; Q & A ; Guide to the Terror War ; Phoenix Rising ; The Towers' Fall ; Post Editorials ; Post Columns & Letters.

Washingtonpost.com - The Debate About Iraq
Sections include: Latest Columns and Letters ; President Bush's Case ; Weapons of Mass Destruction ; War on Terrorism ; Role of Congress ; United Nations ; Do Allies Matter ; The Costs ; Alternatives.

  • A Course of 'Confident Action' (November 2002)
    "Bush Says Other Countries Will Follow Assertive U.S. in War on Terrorism"
    "This report is adapted from an interview for the book, 'Bush at War,' an inside account of the debate within the Bush administration that led to U.S. military action in Afghanistan and the decision to confront Iraqi President Saddam Hussein."
    By Bob Woodward


West Point - Combating Terrorism Center
"...the Center has been actively involved in supporting the Global War on Terror through education, research, and policy analysis."

  • Teaching Terror
    "This website is dedicated to supporting the study of terrorism and counterterrorism. It is hoped that the information resources provided here will be of use to academics, students, policymakers, and others engaged in understanding and combating global terrorism.
  • Terrorism and Counterterrorism: An Annotated Bibliography
    "This Annotated Bibliography has been produced by faculty and researchers of the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point, and is meant to serve as an information resource for students, researchers, policymakers, teachers, the media and the general public." Volume 1 - March 2004 ; Volume 2 - September 11, 2006.

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

  • Five Years After 9/11: Terrorism Trends and Implications
    Webcast of the September 07, 2006 event.
    "This meeting, jointly sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson Centerís Division of International Security Studies, the U.S. Armyís Eisenhower National Security Series, and Georgetown Universityís Center for Peace and Security Studies was part of an ongoing series on terrorism and homeland security."

World Public Opinion
"The Program on International Policy Attitudes (PIPA) launched WorldPublicOpinion.org (WPO) in January 2006 to provide a source of in-depth information and analysis on public opinion from around the world on international issues."

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