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Tennessee Regional Depository
Terrorism:Social and Legal Perspective CJUS4190

Class Description: Theoretical and ideological aspects of practice of and response to international terrorism and domestic terrorism. Terrorism as crime from political, social economic, historical and legal perspective.

U.S. Department of State:Counterterrorism
Megasite for U.S. terrorism information.

Patterns of Global Terrorism

Department of State publications for 1990-1997

International Policy Institute for Counter-Terrorism
Resource on international terrorism including terrorist organizations, news updates and articles on the motivations and methods of international terrorism.

Center for Democracy and Technology
CDT's counter-terrorism issues page "Making sure civil liberties and the openness of the Internet are protected as Congress considers counter-terrorism measures.

Terrorism Research Center
This site gathers literature from journals, congressional testimony, speeches, government reports, and original research. Comprehensive links page.

Milnet: Terrorism
Definitions, legal aspects, chronology of events and more at this very good site.

USIA
Read the news from another point of view. Foreign commentary prepared by the USIA provides a global round-up of editorial and op-ed reaction to a major foreign policy issues or events. The reports include commentary -- sorted by country and region -- from major newspapers, magazines and broadcast media around the world. Search archives for terrorism.

Congressional Research Service Report
Terrorism, the Media and the Government: Perspectives, Trends, and Options for Policymakers.

Oklahoma City Bombing

Measures to Eliminate International Terrorism
United Nations Resolution

Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996
Public Law 104-132 also know by its common name, Omnibus Anti-Terrorism Act. This site has a summary of the lengthy law as well as the full text.

Paris Ministerial on Terrorism Eight nations endorsed 25 explicit ways to enhance cooperation in the fight against terrorism and transnational crime. The members of the Eight urged all states to join in these efforts. At Paris, the Eight committed to strengthen counterterrorism cooperation by improving security procedures, prosecuting and punishing terrorists, tightening border controls, expanding international treaties outlawing terrorism, and preventing terrorists' fundraising.

Documents in the News University of Michigan
Check under topics "Crime and Domestic Terrorism" for good sources on domestic terrorism.

Terrorist Group Profiles
From the State Department's Patterns of Global Terrorism

Militia Watchdog
The purpose of this site is to monitor and disseminate information about the militia movement.

Militia and Patriots Links
Alternative sites

Yahoo Search Results


Sample Print Resources in Government Publications

Patterns of Global Terrorism (Dept. of State)
S 1.138: 1990 to 1997
Significant Incidents of Political Violence Against Americans (Dept. of State)
S1.138/2:996
The Atlanta Olympics Bombing and the FBI Interrogation of Richard Jewell
Y4. J89/2:S.HRG 105-147
The Olympics and the Threat of Terrorism
Y4. J89/2: S. HRG. 104-843
The Militia Movement in the United States
Y4. J89/2:S.HRG. 104-804
The Role of the Military in Combating Terrorism
Y 4. J89/2: S.HRG. 104-704
Terrorism and America: A Comprehensive Review of the Threat, Policy, and Law
Y 4.J89/2:S.HRG.103-581
An Act to Combat International Terrorism (1978)
Y 4.G74/9:T27 The Media, Diplomacy and Terrorism in the Middle East (1986)
Y 4. F76/1:M46/5
Aftermath of the Achille Lauro Incident
Y 4. F76/1:Ac4
Oklahoma City Bombing
Y4. AP6/2:S.HRG. 104-337
State Sponsored Terrorism
Y4.J89/2: S.PRT. 99-56
Threat of Bioterrorism
D 5.417:127


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