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Examining major terrorist acts and campaigns undertaken in the decade following September 11, 2001, internationally recognized scholars study the involvement of global terrorist leaders and organizations in these incidents and the planning, organization, execution, recruitment, and training that went into them. Their work captures the changing character of al-Qaeda and its affiliates since the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq and the sophisticated elements that, despite the Wests best counterterrorism efforts, continue to exert substantial direction over jihadist terrorist operations.
List of contents
Introduction, by Bruce Hoffman and Fernando Reinares
Part I. In the West1. The Evolution of the Post-9/11 Threat to the U.S. Homeland, by Lorenzo Vidino
2. The 2004 Madrid Train Bombings, by Fernando Reinares
3. Operation Crevice in London, by Peter R. Neumann and Ryan Evans
4. Dhiren Barot and Operation Rhyme, by Lindsay Clutterbuck
5. The Van Gogh Murder and Beyond, by Beatrice de Graaf
6. Leadership and the Toronto 18, by Stewart Bell
7. Operation Pendennis in Australia, by Sally Neighbour
8. The 7 July 2005 London Bombings, by Bruce Hoffman
9. The 2006 Airline Plot, by Paul Cruickshank
10. The Foiled Attacks in Italy in 2006, by Javier Jordán
11. The German "Sauerland" Plot, Central Asia, and Turkey, by Guido Steinberg
12. The Danish Glasvej Case, by Michael Taarnby
13. The January 2008 Suicide Bomb Plot in Barcelona, by Fernando Reinares
14. Ansar al-Fatah and "Iraqi" Networks in France, by Jean-Pierre Filiu
Part II. Outside the West15. Al-Qaeda Terrorism in Afghanistan, by Seth G. Jones
16. Attacks of al-Jemaah al-Islamiyah in Southeast Asia, by Rohan Gunaratna
17. The Mombassa Attacks of November 28, 2002, by Jonathan Fighel
18. The Origins of Sectarian Terrorism in Iraq, by Mohammed M. Hafez
19. The November 2003 Istanbul Bombings, by Guido Steinberg and Philipp Holtmann
20. The Sinai Terrorist Attacks, by Holly L. McCarthy and Ami Pedahzur
21. Comparing the 2003 and 2007 Incidents in Casablanca, by Jack Kalpakian
22. The 2007 Suicide Attacks in Algiers, by Anneli Botha
23. The 2003 Riyadh and 2008 Sanaa Bombings, by Thomas Hegghammer
24. The 2008 Mumbai Attack, by C. Christine Fair
25. The 2010 Suicide Attacks in Kampala, by Anneli Botha
Conclusion, by Bruce Hoffman and Fernando Reinares
List of Contributors
Index
About the author
Dr. Bruce Hoffman ist Vizepräsident für außenpolitische Fragen und Direktor des Washingtoner Büros der RAND Corporation. Zuvor war er Gründungsdirektor des Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence an der University of st. Andrews, schottland. Er ist Berater zahlreicher Regierungen und internationaler Unternehmen in Terrorismusfragen.
Fernando Reinares - spanischer Politologe - geboren 1960, unterrichtet auch in Stanford und Oxford. Er ist u.a. Autor eines Buches über die Mentalität des ETA-Terrorismus (Patrioten des Todes). Zugehörig der Terrorism Prevention Branch der Vereinten Nationen, Mitherausgeber der wissenschaftlichen Zeitschrift Studies in Conflict and Terrorism. Seit Mai 2004 Berater des spanischen Innenministeriums in Fragen der Terrorismusbekämpfung.
Summary
World-renowned experts on terrorism track the evolution of global jihad from the attack on the World Trade Center to the death of Osama bin Laden.
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"The Evolution of the Global Terrorist Threat offers the definitive account of al-Qaeda's plots in the post-9/11 era. Bruce Hoffman, Fernando Reinares, and the volumes other noted experts provide detailed analyses of al-Qaeda-linked plots around the world, making a compelling case that the al-Qaeda core remains an active terrorism threat to governments everywhere." - Daniel Byman, Georgetown University, and senior fellow, Brookings Institution
