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New York, NY

bombing attempt in Times Square,
8
,
56
,
214
–
15
,
265
,
297
–
98n71

Galleanist bombing in,
16

Grand Central Station bombing,
220

hijacking/suicide attack on September 11, 2001.
See
September 11, 2001

“Mad Bomber” in,
219
–
22

New York Public Library bombing,
220

Wall Street bombing of 1920,
15
,
18
,
19
,
94
–
95
,
104
–
105
,
241
,
251

World Trade Center bombing of 1993,
18
,
42
,
46
,
164
,
237
,
243

New York Post
(newspaper),
100
,
279n45

New York Times
(newspaper),
51
,
77
,
117
,
148
,
208
,
220
,
262
,
267n4

Next Generation Identification system (NGI) of the FBI,
196
,
197
.
See also
photo inserts

Nichols, Terry,
18
,
46
–
47
,
266

9/11 attacks.
See
September 11, 2001

Nobel, Alfred,
114

Noble County Courthouse (Perry, OK).
See
photo inserts

“no-fly” list,
198
,
297
–
98n71

“non-combatant,” changing definition of,
259
–
60
,
264

Northern Ireland, IEDs found in,
248

Northwest Airlines, passengers preventing a bombing,
212

Northwestern University, bombing at,
75

Norway

shootings at youth camp on Utoya Island,
10
,
19
,
40
,
49
–
50
,
83
,
230
,
240
,
241
.
See also
photo inserts

vehicle bombs in Oslo,
10
,
19
,
40
,
83
,
230
,
241

Norwegian Police Security Service,
50
,
53

nuclear power plants

disaster in Chernobyl,
73

employment screening in,
198
–
99

nuclear weapons,
92
,
108

al Qaeda considering use of,
93
–
94

and Cuban missile crisis,
291n86

least probable WMD for lone wolf to choose,
111
–
12

US and NATO and nuclear weapons in Europe,
121

Obama, Barack,
23
,
212
,
252

Oklahoma City, OK, bombing,
10
,
15
,
16
,
17
–
18
,
41
,
42
,
46
–
49
,
61
,
86
,
207
,
222
,
230
,
237
,
242
,
256
–
57
,
266
.
See also
photo inserts

“Old Man of the Mountain.”
See
Sabbah, Hasan

Olympics

Chechen efforts to sabotage the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Russia,
246

Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta, GA, bombings at,
59
–
61
,
86
,
215
,
225

Summer Olympic Games in Munich, taking of Israeli hostages,
59
–
60

Oneida Community (upstate New York),
150
–
51

“one-to-many” and “one-to-one” matching,
197

Operation Tripwire of the FBI,
209

Orlando, Florida, attack in,
vii
,
viii

Oslo, Norway, bombing in,
10
,
19
,
49
,
50
,
176
,
202
,
206
,
230
,
241

Oslo Accords,
171
,
172
,
173
,
178

Oswald, Lee Harvey,
148
,
164
–
71
,
177
,
178
,
291n76

Oswald, Marguerite,
165
,
170

Oswald, Marina,
166
–
67
,
170
,
291n76

Oswald, Robert,
170
,
171
,
176

“overseas contingency operations,”
252

Pakistan

accused of being involved in Mumbai attacks,
89

al Qaeda leaders in,
183

extremists encouraging Nicky Reilly,
32
,
203

Palestine,
55
,
124
–
25
,
285n69

and the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin,
43
,
171
–
76

hostage exchange after hijackings,
280
–
81n7

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

first intifada,
172

Oslo Accords,
171
–
75
,
176
,
178

Jewish uprising against Roman rule,
146

Palestinian Authority,
172

Palestinian terrorists taking Israeli hostages at Munich Olympic games,
59
–
60

sponsoring terrorist groups.
See
Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade; Hamas; Palestine Liberation Organization; Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine

Palestine Liberation Organization,
35
,
172

Palmer, A. Mitchell,
18
,
104

palmprint matching, use of for identification,
196

Panama Canal, building of,
163

Pan American World Airways,
79

guilty of failing to prevent 1988 bombing,
185

hijackings,
116
,
280
–
81n7

Panetta, Leon,
23

paranoid schizophrenia.
See
mental state of lone wolves; psychological profiles of lone wolf attackers

“Patterns of Global Terrorism” (US State Department),
303Appendixn1

Paulin-Ramirez, Jamie,
138

Peel, Robert,
289
–
90n58

Pena, Frederico,
76

Pendleton Act of 1883,
157

pentaerythritol tetranitrate.
See
PETN

Penthouse
(magazine),
77

“People's Will, The.”
See
Narodnaya Volya

Perez, Shimon,
171
,
173
,
175

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

PETN (plastic explosive),
187

PFLP.
See
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine

physiological biometrics,
194
–
97

Future Attribute Screening Technology,
199
–
201

Pillai, G. K.,
23

Pittsburgh, PA, killing of police officers,
30
–
31
,
202

planes and terrorism,
37
,
255

attempted bombings,
20
,
56
,
106
,
213

Faisal Shahzad's attempt to leave country after,
215
,
297
–
98n71

bombings,
15
,
76
,
113
,
185
,
267n4

first major midair plane bombing in US (1955),
15
,
16
–
17
,
18
,
19
,
68
–
72
,
85
,
132
–
33
,
263
–
64
.
See also
photo inserts

first midair plane bombing in US (1933),
267n4

flying plane into IRS building in Austin, TX,
30
,
202
,
209
,
225

hijackings,
32
,
40
,
77
,
90
,
106
,
115
–
17
,
118
–
19
,
121
,
171
,
251
,
263
,
280
–
81nn7
,
24

increase in bomb threats after 1955,
264

suicide/hijacking.
See
September 11, 2001

Planned Parenthood clinic attack,
ix

Platt, Thomas,
153

political terrorism.
See
antigovernment ideology

Pol Pot,
286n1

Ponto, Jurgen,
119
–
20

Poplawski, Richard,
30
–
31
,
202

Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP),
115
–
16
,
281
–
82n24

Porter, John K.,
156

Porter, Lindsey,
163

Posner, Gerald,
164
,
169

potassium chloride, plan to use to poison water supplies,
93

Preston, Richard,
95

privacy issues and biometrics,
201

product contamination as a terrorist tactic,
40
,
86

Progressive Party (Norway),
51

propaganda war and battle against terrorism,
210
–
12

psychological profiles of lone wolf attackers

encouraging lone wolves to communicate,
222
–
24

lone wolves not always crazy,
233
–
34

psychological issues in idosyncratic lone wolves,
10
,
44
,
78
,
79
,
82
,
85
,
86

psychological warning signs,
208
–
209

use of as psychological warfare against,
217
–
22

See also
mental state of lone wolves

public awareness, need for increased,
212
–
13

Public CCTV Managers Association,
191

Puerto Rico, separatist efforts,
164

purchases as warning signs,
209

Rabin, Yitzhak, assassination of,
43
,
171
–
76
,
178
,
192
,
241

radicalization process,
11
,
56
,
183
,
230
–
31
,
252
–
53

self-radicalization,
184
,
247

via Internet,
21
,
35
,
202
–
204
,
247

RAF.
See
Red Army Faction of West Germany (RAF)

RAND,
7

Rantisi, Abdel Aziz,
124

rape as motivation for women terrorists,
283n36

Rapoport, David C.,
25
–
26
,
148
,
244
,
282n25

Rasim, Isaiak.
See
Kurbegovic, Muharem

RB.
See
Red Brigades of Italy

Reagan, Ronald, attempted assassination of,
177

recombinant Protective Antigen.
See
rPA anthrax vaccine

Red Army Faction of West Germany (RAF),
27
,
119
–
22

Red Army of Japan,
27

Red Brigades of Italy,
27
,
122
,
129

redemption as motivation for women terrorists,
127

Reid, Richard,
106
,
213

Reilly, Nicky,
31
–
32
,
203

relationships as motivation for women terrorists,
127

religious lone wolves,
44
,
83
,
84
,
86
–
87
,
183
,
282n26
.
See also
Hasan, Nidal Malik; Von Brunn, James

Religious Wave of terrorism begun in 1979,
26
,
27
,
244
,
245
.

remorse and lone wolves,
63
,
84
,
86

lack of remorse,
17
,
70
,
79
,
86
,
141

Republican Party in 1880,
151
–
53
,
157

respect as motivation for women terrorists,
127

responsive measures after a lone wolf attack,
213
–
17

retina scanning, use of for identification,
196
,
197

revenge as motivation for women terrorists,
127

Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia,
113

ricin,
109
,
110
,
189
,
206
,
250
,
287n4

right-wing extremism,
17
,
36
,
43
,
47
,
49
,
52
–
53
,
167
,
172
,
204
,
217
–
19
,
230
–
31
,
247

Department of Homeland Security on dangers of,
36

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