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definition of lone wolf terrorism,
10
,
251
,
259
–
66

early warning signs of lone wolf terrorists,
207
–
10

encouraging lone wolves to communicate,
222
–
24

explaining behavior of,
42

foreign and military policy changes not effecting,
231

identifying,
8
,
39
–
87

impact of on terrorism,
20
–
21

and “leaderless resistance,”
34
–
36

lulls in terrorist attacks,
237
–
39

motivations of lone wolves,
40
–
43
,
84
–
85

of Anders Breivik,
30
,
52
,
84
,
230

of Bruce Ivins,
230
,
251
,
279n45

differing by type of lone wolf,
84

of Eric Rudolph,
60
,
61
,
62
–
63
,
85

motivations for women terrorists,
127
,
283n36

of Theodore Kaczynski,
77
,
85
,
223
,
264

of Timothy McVeigh,
10
,
17
,
46
,
47
–
48
,
84
,
230

not just Islamic extremists,
viii
–
ix
,
230
–
33

potential for use of WMDs,
92
,
94
–
95

psychological comparison of lone wolves and terrorist group members,
233
–
34

responsive measures after an attack,
213
–
17

riskiness of,
128
–
30

statistics on lone wolf terrorism,
239
–
41
,
300
–
301n14

strategies for dealing with,
181
–
227

tactics of.
See also
assassinations; barricade-hostage incidents; bombings; chemical weapons; cyberterrorism; hijackings; kidnappings; product contamination; shootings; suicide attacks

tactics of lone wolves,
40
–
43
,
84
–
85

targets of lone wolves,
10
,
21
,
25
,
39
–
43
,
59
,
61
,
84
,
109
–
10
,
217

effect of violence on targets,
37
,
207
,
236
,
238
,
257

governments as targets,
92
,
94
,
105
,
121
,
122
–
23
,
146
,
177
,
181
,
233
,
236

use of Internet to study targets,
20
,
29
,
32
,
106
,
142
,
192
,
235

terrorism databases not tracking,
128

threats from,
23
–
38

future of,
243
–
53

reasons why dangerous,
89
–
112

use of Internet,
20
,
29
–
34
,
52
,
84
,
201
–
207
,
224
,
225
,
235
,
236
,
256

warning signs for lone wolf terrorists,
70
,
142
,
160
,
179
,
203
,
207
–
210

women lone wolves,
113
–
43
.
See also
Choudhry, Roshonara; LaRose, Colleen

factors that might make more women lone wolves,
134
–
35

reasons why there are so few,
127
–
34

See also names of specific lone wolves, i.e.,
Anders Breivik
,
Eric Rudolph
, etc.

Los Angeles Greyhound bus station, planned bombing at,
80

Los Angeles Herald-Examiner
(newspaper),
80

Los Angeles International Airport,
10

bombing of Pan Am terminal lobby,
79
–
80
,
81

killings at El Al ticket counter,
10
,
262

Unabomber threatening,
76

Los Angeles Times
(newspaper),
117

Loughner, Jared,
131

LPF.
See
List Pim Fortuyn

LTTE.
See
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam

Luddism, Theodore Kaczynski's writings reflecting,
77
–
78

“Mad Bomber.”
See
Metesky, George

Mafia,
168

Malik, Tashfeen,
viii

malintent, theory of,
199
,
201

Manchester, William,
148

manifestos,
204
,
206
,
236

of Anders Breivik,
10
,
29
–
30
,
50
–
51
,
52
,
53
,
202
,
204
–
205
,
236

of Colleen La Rose,
235
–
36

of Joseph Stack,
30
,
202
,
204
–
205

letters of Charles Guiteau,
153
–
54

promoting Croatian independence,
77
,
116
,
117

of Theodore Kaczynski,
10
,
52
,
77
–
78
,
201
–
202
,
222
,
223
,
262

Marines barracks in Beirut, attack on,
123
,
282n27

Marxist-Maoist revolution,
121

Masada, fortress of,
146

matching, types of biometric,
197

Mateen, Omar,
viii

McKinley, William, assassination of,
158
–
63
,
178
.
See also
photo inserts

McLuhan, Marshall,
168

McNamara, Robert,
170

McVeigh, Jennifer,
47

McVeigh, Timothy,
16
,
24
,
41
,
46
–
49
,
52
,
83
–
84
,
86
,
134
,
222
,
231
,
237
,
242
,
256
–
57
,
270n10

mental state of,
234

and Michigan militia,
17
,
42
,
47
,
207

motivations of,
10
,
17
,
46
,
47
–
48
,
84
,
230

receiving assistance from Terry Nichols,
18
,
46
–
47
,
266

See also
photo inserts

media and terrorists,
207
,
236

al Sahab (media arm of al Qaeda),
210

need for increased public awareness,
212
–
13

need to emphasize impact of attacks on victims,
226

use of media to catch Franz Fuchs,
218

Meinhof, Ulrike,
120
–
21
,
126
,
281n20
.
See also
Baader-Meinhof Gang

mental state of lone wolves,
10
,
44
,
255

of Anders Breivik,
234

of Bruce Ivins,
98
–
99
,
102
,
103
,
104
,
203
,
208
,
234
,
257
–
58

of Charles Guiteau,
176
,
177
,
178
,
234

of Eric Rudolph,
234

of George Metesky,
221
–
22

impact of on creativity,
106
–
107

of Leon Czolgosz,
161
–
62
,
290n59

lone wolves not always crazy,
233
–
34

and the M'Naghten Rule,
161
–
62
,
289
–
90n58

of Muharem Kurbegovic,
82
,
85
,
234

of Nidal Malik Hasan,
208
,
234

paranoid schizophrenia in,
10
,
45
,
78
,
79
,
82
,
221
–
22

less common in women,
131
–
32

psychological makeup of lone wolf assassins,
176
–
79

of Theodore Kaczynski,
10
,
78
,
79
,
82
,
85
,
131
,
234

of Timothy McVeigh,
234

women less likely to have personality disorders found in lone wolves,
131
–
32

See also
idiosyncratic lone wolves; psychological profiles of lone wolf attackers

Merah, Mohammed,
198

Metesky, George,
219
–
22
,
223
–
24
,
238

Metropolitan Police Department Bomb Squad (London),
186

Michel, Lou,
270n10

Michigan Militia,
17
,
42
,
47
,
207

Midwood High School (Brooklyn, NY),
281
–
82n24

“militants,” definition of,
260

military measures against terrorist organizations,
182

militias.
See
Michigan Militia

Minority Report
(film),
200

Missouri State Highway Patrol,
188

M'Naghten, Daniel,
289
–
90n58

M'Naghten Rule,
161
–
62
,
289
–
90n58

Muhammad (Prophet), caricatures of,
19
,
137

Moore, Sara Jane,
177

Morocco, Theodore Roosevelt's policy toward,
163

Moscow theater, attack on by Chechens,
124

Mosser, Thomas,
261

motivations of lone wolves,
40
–
43
,
84
–
85

of Anders Breivik,
30
,
52
,
84
,
230

of Bruce Ivins,
230
,
251
,
279n45

differing by type of lone wolf,
84

of Eric Rudolph,
60
,
61
,
62
–
63
,
85

motivations for women terrorists,
127

adding rape to list,
283n36

of Theodore Kaczynski,
77
,
85
,
223
,
264

of Timothy McVeigh,
10
,
17
,
46
,
47
–
48
,
84
,
230

Mueller, Thomas,
218

Muhammad, Abdulhakim Mujahid (aka Carlos Bledsoe),
7
–
8
,
192

Multinational Force in Lebanon,
282n27

Mumbai, India, terrorist attack in,
89
,
191

Munich Massacre,
59
–
60

Murphy, NC, and folk-hero status for Eric Rudolph,
62

My Pet Jawa (website),
138

MySpace,
19
,
136
,
138
,
202

nail bombs,
24
,
31
,
190
,
203
,
213
.
See also
Copeland, David; Reilly, Nicky

Narodnaya Volya [“The People's Will”],
113
,
114
–
15
,
146

National Academy of Sciences,
102

National Operations Center of Department of Homeland Security,
205

National Security Preparedness Group,
184

NATO

bombing of Serbia in 1999,
51

targeted by RAF,
121

NBC News,
100

neo-Nazi terrorist activities,
24
,
30
,
31
,
44
,
45
,
57
,
84
,
92
,
93
,
190
,
202
,
218
.
See also
Copeland, David

nerve gas,
8
,
109

Muharem Kurbegovic's threats to use,
75
,
79
,
82
,
186

used in Tokyo subway system,
42
,
90
–
91
,
93
,
108

Netanyahu, Benjamin,
175

Netherlands

assassination of Pim Fortuyn,
64
–
67
,
240
,
242

assassination of Theo van Gogh,
240
,
275n91

Neville-Jones, Pauline (baroness),
142

New Jersey, bombing in,
261

New Left Wave of terrorism begun in 1960s,
26
–
27
,
244
.
See also
left-wing extremism

New York Chamber of Commerce,
18
,
251

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