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insanity.
See
mental state of lone wolves

“insurgents,” definition of,
260

Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System (IAFIS) of the FBI,
196
,
215

Integrated Threat Assessment Centre (Canada),
36

Internal Revenue Service (IRS), attack on Austin, TX, building,
30
,
202
,
209
,
225

International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol),
119

international terrorism,
20
,
171
,
300
–
301n14

Soviet Union as main source of in the 1970s and 1980s,
232

statistics on,
239

waves of,
244

Internet and terrorism,
8
,
20
,
21
,
31
,
54
,
58
,
223

addictive nature of Internet,
33

al Qaeda's use of,
210
,
247

“conspiracy” theories,
147
–
48

cyberterrorism,
32
–
33
,
40
,
105
,
249
,
302n11

potential threats in future,
248
–
49

government efforts to monitor,
205

impact of acting recklessly on the Internet,
138
–
39

and lone wolves,
ix
,
20
,
29
–
34
,
52
,
84
,
236

allowing to achieve “hero status,”
225

encouraging women to be lone wolves,
142
–
43

need for the Internet,
201
–
207
,
236
,
256

as a tool to combat lone wolf terrorism,
206
,
257

as a way to communicate,
224
,
235
,
256

radicalization of individuals via Internet,
203
–
204

and the Technological Wave of terrorism,
245
–
48

use of by terrorists

to glamorize terrorist activities,
211

to learn techniques,
105
–
106
,
256

providing information on targets,
32
,
65
,
137
,
192
,
235

religious extremists,
231
–
32
,
247
,
248

terrorists needing,
201
–
207
,
236
,
249
,
256

Interpol.
See
International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol)

intifada.
See
Palestine

IRA.
See
Irish Republican Army (IRA)

Iran

Iranian Revolution of 1979,
27

and US hostage crisis in,
89
,
239

Iraq,
27
,
134

Iraqi war,
140
–
41
,
260

attacks on US troops,
260
,
303Appendixn6

end of US involvement in,
244
–
45

female suicide terrorists in,
125
,
135

insurgents use of IEDs and EFPs,
28
,
247
–
48

Nidal Malik Hasan opposing,
55
,
230

use of rape to coerce women into combat,
283n36

use of technology to identify terrorists,
193
–
94
,
195
–
96
,
198
.
See also
photo inserts

Persian Gulf War (1990–1991),
48
,
237

Irish Republican Army (IRA),
21
–
22
,
35
–
36
,
91

iris recognition, use of for identification,
196
,
197
,
199

ISIS.
See
Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)

Islamic extremism,
viii
,
24
,
26
,
27
,
35
,
36
,
44
,
52
–
53
,
54
,
66
,
84
,
122
–
23
,
183
,
245
,
252
,
262

assassination of Theo van Gogh,
275n91

leaderless jihadist attacks,
35

lessening of appeal of,
210
–
11
,
244
–
45

and lone wolves,
36
,
230
–
33
,
248

use of the Internet,
204
,
248

women participating in,
124
–
25
,
136
–
37
,
138
–
39
,
140
,
141
–
42
.
See also
Choudhry, Roshonara; LaRose, Colleen

See also
al Qaeda; anti-Islamic extremism; Hasan, Nidal Malik; Reilly, Nicky

Islamic Resistance Movement.
See
Hamas

Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS),
viii

Ismailis (Shi'a Islamic sect),
145
–
47

Israel,
212

Israeli hostages at Munich Olympic games,
59
–
60

and Israeli-Palestinian conflict,
115
–
16
,
119
,
124
,
125
,
172
,
186
,
241
,
262

Oslo Accords,
171
–
75
,
176
,
178

See also
Amir, Yigal; El Al airlines; Rabin, Yitzhak, assassination of

Italy

Galleanists (Italian anarchist group),
16
,
104
,
186

Italian version of the Unabomber,
19
,
240

Red Brigades of Italy,
27
,
122
,
129

Ivins, Bruce,
19
,
95
–
104
,
108
,
189
,
226
,
231
,
242

mental state of,
98
–
99
,
102
,
103
,
104
,
203
,
208
,
234
,
257
–
58

motivations of,
230
,
251
,
279n45

See also
anthrax, anthrax letters;
photo inserts

Jaeger, Ingrid.
See
Albrecht, Susan

Jamieson, Alison,
129

Japan

Red Army of Japan,
27

Tokyo subway system nerve gas attack in 1995,
42
,
90
–
91
,
93
,
108

Jenkins, Brian Michael,
7
–
11
,
112
,
245

Jewel, Richard,
61

JFK
(film),
168

“Jihad Jane.”
See
LaRose, Colleen

Johnson, Lyndon,
169
–
70

Johnson, Sally,
78

Joint Terrorism Task Force,
209

Journal-American
(newspaper),
221
,
223
,
224

J. P. Morgan building, bombing of in 1920,
15
,
105

Kaczynski, David,
77

Kaczynski, Theodore (aka Unabomber),
19
,
41
,
75
–
79
,
83
,
84
,
86
,
185
–
86
,
188
,
215
,
238
,
257
,
264

FBI questioning whether a terrorist,
260
–
61
,
262

jealousy of attention paid to Timothy McVeigh,
222

manifesto of,
10
,
52
,
77
–
78
,
201
–
202
,
222
,
223
,
262
.
See also
photo inserts

mental state of,
10
,
78
,
79
,
82
,
85
,
131
,
234

motivations of,
77
,
85
,
223
,
264

See also
photo inserts

Kanzi, Amil,
261
,
262
,
304Appendixn11

Kappa Kappa Gamma (KKG) sorority,
96
–
97
,
100

Kennedy, Jackie,
148

Kennedy, John F., assassination of,
148
,
164
–
71
,
178

Kennedy, Robert, assassination of,
169

Khabab, Abu,
93

Khaled, Leila,
115
–
16
,
117
,
118
–
19
,
126

Khomeini, Ayatollah,
27

kidnappings as a terrorist tactic,
40
,
90
,
109
,
119
–
20
,
122
,
149
.
See also
barricade-hostage incidents, hostage taking; hijackings

Kill the Best Gentiles!
(Von Brunn),
57
–
58

King, Daisie,
68

King, Martin Luther, Jr., assassination of,
169

King's College (London),
139

Kiprianou, Spiros,
72

KKG.
See
Kappa Kappa Gamma (KKG) sorority

Kok, Wim,
64

“Koranic World View as It Relates to Muslims in the U.S. Military, The” (Hasan),
55

Koupparis, Panos,
72
–
74
,
83
,
84
,
85
,
86
,
276n103

Kristianse, Janne,
50

Kurbegovic, Muharem (aka Alphabet Bomber and Isaiak Rasim),
10
,
74
,
79
–
86
,
106
,
131
,
186
,
201
,
222
–
23

mental state of,
82
,
85
,
234

See also
photo inserts

Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK),
123

Labor Party (Israel),
175

Labor Party (Norway),
19
,
49
,
51
,
84

Lane, Mark,
168

LaRose, Colleen,
19
–
20
,
31
,
135
–
39
,
142
–
43
,
202
,
230
,
235
–
36
,
248
.
See also
photo inserts

Lazell, Martin,
191
–
92

“leaderless resistance,”
34
–
36

leaderless jihadist attacks,
35
,
183

Leahy, Patrick,
100

Lebanon

attack on Marine barracks in Beruit,
123
,
282n27

return of hostages from,
237
,
243

suicide attacks in,
279
–
80n51

left-wing extremism,
45
,
53
,
78
,
120
–
21
,
122
,
126
,
174
,
247
.
See also
New Left Wave of terrorism begun in 1960s

Lembke, Michael.
See
photo inserts

Lewis, Bernard,
145

Lewis, Loran,
161

Lia, Brynjar,
25

Liberal Party (in Netherlands),
64

Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE),
113
,
123

Libya,
181
–
82
,
252
,
280
–
81n7

Liebermann, Joe,
9

Likud Party (in Israel),
175

Lincoln, Abraham, assassination of,
157

Linscott, Mara,
98
,
99

List Pim Fortuyn (LPF) (party in Netherlands),
64

Little Rock, AR, terrorism in army recruiting office,
8
,
192

Lockerbie, Scotland, bombing plane over,
185

London, England,
186

prevalence of security cameras in,
190

riots in 2011,
191

“London Nailbomber.”
See
Copeland, David

lone wolves

ability to kill strangers,
132
–
33

as archetypal antihero,
7

assassinations by,
145
–
79
.
See also
assassinations

behavior of,
10
,
44
,
207
,
210
,
255
.
See also
mental state of lone wolves; psychological profiles of lone wolf attackers

believing in a cause,
16

categories of,
43
–
46
,
84
.
See also
criminal lone wolves; idiosyncratic lone wolves; religious lone wolves; secular lone wolves; single-issue lone wolves

characteristics of,
18

countering the “hero status” of,
225
–
26

creative and innovative nature of,
21
–
22
,
85
,
103
–
107
,
112
,
241
–
42
,
248
–
50
,
255

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