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General Issues

Cleanse the Polluted Urban Sea (Dr. Russell Glenn - Rand)
The Urban Threat: Guerrilla and Terrorist Organizations (Multiple Sources - Author Not Identified - PDF)
Marching Under Darkening Skies: The American Military and the Impending Urban Operations Threat (Dr. Russell Glenn - Rand)
Our New Old Enemies (Ralph Peters - Parameters)
Small Wars Manual of 2020 (Dr. Keith Bickel)
The Future of Insurgency (Dr. Steven Metz)
The Evolution of Insurgency (Lee Hall)
Analysis: The Roots of Jihad (Finona Syman - BBC)
Viewpoint: Swarming Attacks Challenge Western Way of War (Alan Campen - InfoWar.com)
A Gazette Retrospect: Counterguerrilla Warfare (LtCol James Wilkinson, USMC - Marine Corps Gazette)
The Theory and Practice of Insurgency and Counterinsurgency (Bernard Fall - Naval War College Review)
The Terror War (Brian Train - Latin American Urban Insurgents - 1993)
Fighting Barbarians (David Tucker - Parameters)
The Moral Limits of Strategic Attack (MAJ Michael Carlino, USA - Parameters)
Anticipating the Nature of the Next Conflict (G.I. Wilson, F. Bunkers, and J. Sullivan - EmergencyNet News)
Adaptive Enemies: Achieving Victory by Avoiding Defeat (Robert Scales, Jr. - Joint Forces Quarterly - PDF)
International Terrorism and Crime: Trends and Linkages (Dr. James Anderson)
The Asymmetric Threat: Listening to the Debate (Robert Steele - Joint Forces Quarterly - PDF)
Khobar Towers: The Aftermath and Implications for Commanders (LtCol Robert Creamer, Jr., USMC - Air University - PDF)
Rolling Back Radical Islam (Ralph Peters)
Iran as a Military Threat (Dr. W. Seth Carus - INSS Strategic Review)
Unrestricted Warfare (Qiz Liang and Wang Xiangui - Peoples Liberation Army - PRC)
Unrestricted Warfare (Qiz Liang and Wang Xiangui - Peoples Liberation Army - PRC - PDF Version)
High-Tech vs. Low-Tech Threats (Noah Shachtman - Tech Central Station)
CIA Gets Terrorist Hit List (United Press International)
Bush Approves Terrorist Hit List (BBC)
Bin Laden Reportedly Heads White House 'Hit List' (Reuters)

General Threat Groupings

Separatist, Para-Military, Military, Intelligence and Political Organizations Online (Extensive Links)
Terrorist, Guerrilla, Freedom Fighter: What's the Difference? (Council on Foreign Relations)
Hizballah: Terrorism, National Liberation, or Menace? (Dr. Sami Hajjar - SSI - PDF)
Para-Military Group Profiles (GlobalSecurity.org)
Azzam Publications (Jihad - Worldwide)

Guerrilla/Insurgent

Insurgency Online
The Concept of the Urban Guerrilla (Red Army Faction - 1971)
The Urban Guerrilla is History (Red Army Faction - 1998)
The Mini-Manual of the Urban Guerrilla (Carlos Marighella)
Mini-Manual of the Urban Guerrilla (Commentary by Lenny Frank, Jr.)
The Concept of the Urban Guerrilla (This is Baader-Meinhof)
On Guerrilla Warfare (Mao Tse-tung)
Instructions Given at a Conference on Guerrilla Warfare (Ho Chi Minh - 1952)
Guerrilla Warfare (Ernesto "Che" Guevara)
Che Guevara: Fundamentals of Guerrilla Warfare (Maj Jackie Clark, USMC CSC 1988 - PDF)
The Turner Diaries (William Pierce)
Understanding Guerrilla Warfare (Maj Johnie Gombo, USMC - CSC 1990)
Understanding Revolutionary Warfare (Maj Dennis Merritt, USMC - CSC 1990 - PDF)
Insurgency: The Unsolved Mystery (Maj Eric Nyberg, USMC - CSC 1991 - PDF)
Guerrilla Warfare in the Eyes of the Politician, the Counter-insurgent, and the Guerrilla (CW2 Stephen Antonelli, III, USA - 1986)
Psychological Operations in Guerrilla Warfare (Contras)
Psychological Operations in Guerrilla Warfare
Colombia's Guerrilla Insurgency: Why a Socioeconomic Caste System Threatens a Democracy (Maj Thomas Sullivan - USMC - CSC 2000)
The Relationship of Urbanization to the Insurgency in the Gaza Strip (Maj Joseph Molofsky, USMC - CSC 1997)
Urban Combat Doctrine of the Salvadoran FMLN (David Spencer - Infantry - PDF)

Terrorist

Al Qaeda Training Manual (U.S. Department of Justice)
Al Qaeda's Origins (Roger Hardy - BBC)
Investigating Al Qaeda (BBC In-Depth)
Who's Who in Al Qaeda (BBC)
Know Your Enemy (Austin Bay - Strategy Page)
Portrait of An Al Qaeda Camp (Scott Baldauf - Christian Science Monitor)
Terror War's Ghostly Symbol (David Wood and Chuck McCutchen - Newhouse News Service)
Transnational Terrorism and the Al Qaeda Model: Confronting New Realities (Paul Smith - Parameters)
Countering Al Qaeda: An Appreciation of the Situation and Suggestions for Strategy (Brian Jenkins - Rand)
Deterrence and Influence in Counterterrorism: A Component in the War on Terrorism (Paul Davis and Brain Jenkins - Rand)
Are the U.S. and Israel Fighting the Same War Against Terrorism? (Martin Van Creveld - Forward)
Are the U.S. and Israel Fighting the Same War Against Terrorism? (Thomas Neumann - Forward)
Air War College Gateway to the War on Terrorism
Most Wanted Terrorists (FBI)
Counterterrorism Office (U.S. Department of State)
Terrorist Group Profiles (Naval Postgraduate School)
Terrorism Questions and Answers (Council on Foreign Relations)
Foreign Terrorist Organizations (U.S. Department of State - Oct. 2002)
Enemies of the United States (North Carolina Wesleyan College)
Background Information on Terrorist Groups (U.S. Department of State)
Rand Terrorism Page
BBC News: War on Terrorism
War Against Terror (CNN In-Depth Special)
America at War (MSNBC)
Yahoo War on Terrorism Web Portal
The RMA Debate (Multiple Terrorist Threat Articles)
Terrorism Research Center
Counterterror.net
Response to Terrorism (U.S. Department of State)
The War on Terrorism (Central Intelligence Agency)
Thinking Asymmetrically in Times of Terror (Dr. Colin Gray - Parameters)
Bearer of the Sword: Abu Sayyaf in the Philippines (Dr. Graham Turbiville, Jr. - Military Review)
Tapes Show al-Qaeda Trained for Urban Jihad on West (Nic Robertson - CNN)
Catching Terror on Tape: Milan Wiretaps Offer Glimpse of Al Qaeda Terrorists' Lives (Sandro Contenta - Toronto Star)
A Declaration of War on the West (Reuven Pedatzor - Ha'aretz)
Key Senators Sound Warning on Missiles (William Mann - Associated Press)
Three Decades of Missiles Versus Airliners (James Dunnigan - Strategy Page)
The Proliferation of MANPADS (Thomas Hunter - Janes Intelligence Review)
Airlines Warned of Missile Threats (Bill Gertz - Washington Times)
The New Threat to Airliners (Arnold Beichman - Washington Times)
Airplanes and the Terrorist Threat (Washington Times)
Hezbollah Calls for Global Attacks (Paul Martin - Washington Times)
The Al Qaeda Hamburg Connection (BBC)
No Fast Track at Guantanamo Bay (Katy Kay - BBC)
Al Qaeda Contacts Journalists (Ralph Joseph - Washington Times)
Hezbollah's New Threat (Washington Times)
Canada Bans All Hezbollah Activities (Paul Martin - Washington Times)
McDonalds: The best Weapon Against Terrorism (Austin Bay - Strategy Page)
Al Qaeda Leadership Reported Disrupted (Bill Gertz - Washington Times)
Bin Laden 'Exploits' Palestinian Cause (BBC)
Al Qaeda Said to Revive Terror Camps (Betsy Pisik - Washington Times)
Al Qaeda Said to be Operating in Canada (Jerry Seper - Washington Times)
Al Qaeda and Hezbollah Plot a Dangerous Course (Tom Knowlton - Defense Watch)
Captured Al-Qaeda Militant 'Planned Attacks' in Gulf (BBC)
Terror Police Find Deadly Poison in U.K. (BBC)
Signs of More Maritime Terror Attacks (Tom Knowlton - Defense Watch)
Purported Bin Laden Letter Urges Unity Against 'Crusader Coalition' (AP)
Manchester Policeman Killed in Terror Raid (BBC)
Anti-Terror Police Raid London Mosque (BBC)
Al-Qaeda 'Still At-Large' in U.K. (BBC)
Q&A: North African Terror in U.K. (BBC)
Bin Laden Used Ruse to Flee (Peter Finn - Washington Post)
'Major Al Qaeda Attack Foiled' in Spain (BBC)
Spanish Police Arrest 16 Al Qaeda Suspects (AP)
Arrests Trigger Italy Terror Alert (BBC)
'Terror Commandos' Said to Target Europe (Washington Times)
Pakistani Al Qaeda Suspects Captured in Italy (BBC)
Arrests of Al Qaeda Terrorists Disrupt Plans for Attack (Bill Gertz - Washington Times)
FBI: Al Qaeda Still Top Threat to U.S. (FOX News)
U.K. Anti-Terror Police Arrest Seven (BBC)
Seven Terror Suspects Arrested in Britain (AP)
German Police Grab Terror Suspects (BBC)

Weapons of Mass Destruction (Terrorist/Conventional)

The Fourth Annual Report to the President and the Congress of the Advisory Panel to Assess Domestic Response Capabilities for Terrorism Involving Weapons of Mass Destruction ('Gilmore Report' - Edited by Rand - PDF)
Aum Shinrikyo and Weapons of Mass Destruction: A Case Study (Maj Neal Clinehens, USAF - Air University 2000 - PDF)
Emerging Threats Assessment: Biological Terrorism - White Papers (Dartmouth Institute for Security Studies)
Adversarial Use of Weapons of Mass Destruction (Thomas Linn - Joint Forces Quarterly - PDF)
Biological Terrorism: A Bucket of Hogwash (Todd John - Asia Times)
The Weaponization of Plague - New Face on an Old Enemy? (David Tschanz - Strategy Page)
"Eye of Newt and Toe of Frog": Biotoxins in Warfare (David Tschanz - Strategy Page)
Battling Bioterrorism (Noah Shachtman - Tech Central Station)
Toxic Warfare (Theodore Karasik - Rand)
WHO Issues Food Terrorism Alert (Emma Kirby - BBC)
WHO Warns Terrorists Could Threaten Food Supply (Dale Gavlak - VOA)

Commercial Off-The-Shelf Technologies (COTS)

Homemade GPS Jammers Raise Concerns (Bob Brewin - Computerworld)