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taking the glory out of,
211

and technology,
20
,
21
.
See also
Internet and terrorism

“technological wave of terrorism,”
25
–
28

throwing entire nation into crisis,
89

waves of terrorism,
25
–
26
,
282n25
.
See also
anarchy; Anti-Colonial Wave of terrorism begun in 1920s; New Left Wave of terrorism begun in 1960s; Religious
Wave of terrorism begun in 1979; Technological Wave of terrorism

women terrorists,
113
–
27

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

reasons why fewer women lone wolves,
127
–
34

See also
antigovernment ideology; anti-Islamic extremism; Islamic extremism; lone wolves; neo-Nazi terrorist activities; right-wing extremism; white supremacy

Terrorist's Handbook, The
(on the Internet),
31

Terrorist Trap: America's Experience with Terrorism, The
(Simon),
7

Terror Network, The
(Sterling),
232

Texas School Book Depository,
167

Thatcher, Margaret,
21
–
22

Thompson, James,
184

Tiller, George, assassination of,
283n38

Times Square, New York City, bombing attempt,
8
,
56
,
214
–
15
,
265
,
297
–
98n71

Timms, Stephen, attempted assassination of,
140
–
41

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

Tolstoy, Leo,
149

Trans World Airlines, hijackings of,
116
,
251

travels as warning signs,
209
–
10

Treaty of Versailles (ending World War I),
26

Truman, Harry S., attempted assassination of,
164

“Truth, The” (Guiteau),
154

Tsarnaev, Dzhokhar,
viii

Tsarnaev, Tamerlan,
viii

Turkey, terrorist attacks for Kurdistan liberation,
123

Turner Diaries, The
(Pierce),
17

“2083: A European Declaration of Independence” (Breivik).
See
manifestos, of Anders Breivik

Twitter,
20
,
205
,
225

Tylenol capsules laced with cyanide,
86

Unabomber.
See
Kaczynski, Theodore;
photo inserts

Unconventional Warfare Devices and Techniques
(book found in Kurbegovic's apartment),
106

underwear bomber.
See
Abdulmutallab, Umar Farouk

Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences,
55

“Union of Death” (aka “The Black Hand”),
149

United Airlines, bombing on board

in 1933,
267n4

in 1955,
15
,
16
–
17
,
18
,
19
,
263
–
64
,
267n4
.
See also
photo inserts

United States Postal Sevice
(USPS),
75
,
76
,
102
,
185
–
86
,
188
,
242

devices used to screen mail,
189

University of California at Berkeley,
75
–
79

University of California at San Francisco,
78

University of Michigan,
150

University of North Carolina graduate.
See
Linscott, Mara

US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID),
95
–
96
,
97
–
98
,
100

USPS.
See
United States Postal Sevice

US Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology (US-VISIT),
195
,
198
–
99

Utoya Island,
49
–
50
.
See also
Norway, shootings at youth camp;
photo inserts

van der Graaf, Volkert,
64
–
67
,
83
,
84
,
85
,
86
,
192

van Gogh, Theo,
240
,
275n91

Vanzetti, Bartolomeo,
104

vehicle bombing,
255

vehicle identification number (VIN), use of after a lone wolf attack,
214
,
215

Verhofstadt, Guy,
64

verification.
See
biometrics, use of to identify terrorists

“video content analysis,”
193
–
94
,
199

Viet Cong,
26
–
27

Vietnam War,
26

impact of Kennedy assassination on,
169
–
70

Vilks, Lars, threats to kill,
19
,
137
,
138

Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology.
See
US Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology

VMO.
See
Association Environmental Offensive

Von Brunn, James,
57
–
59
,
83
,
84
,
86
,
202
–
203
,
230
.
See also
photo inserts

Waco, TX, raid on Davidian compound,
17
,
47
,
48
,
84

Wainwright, Rob,
245
–
46
,
247

Walker, Edwin, attempted assassination of,
167

Wallace, George, attempted assassination of,
177

Wall Street bombing of 1920,
15
,
18
,
19
,
94
–
95
,
104
–
105
,
241
,
251
.
See also
photo inserts

Walter Reed Hospital,
55

warning signs for lone wolf terrorists,
70
,
142
,
160
,
179
,
203
,
207
–
10

“war on terrorism,”
251
–
52

Warren, Earl,
168

Warren Commission,
164
,
167
,
168
,
169
,
291n76

Washington, DC

attack at Holocaust Memorial Museum,
57
–
59

attack on Federal Reserve Board headquarters,
58

Galleanist bombing in,
16

hijacking-suicide attacks on September 11, 2001,
40
.
See also
September 11, 2001

Washington Post
(newspaper),
77
,
117
,
262

Watergate scandal,
168

Watson, Nancy,
83

weapons of mass destruction (WMDs),
90
–
95

causing extreme damage,
89

potential use of

by governments sponsoring terrorism,
94

lone wolves using,
95
–
112

by religious terrorists,
93
–
94

public backlash on use of,
91
–
93

See also
biological weapons; chemical weapons; nuclear weapons

Weather Underground “Weathermen,”
27
,
122
,
281
–
82n24

Weaver, Randy,
48

Weinberger, Caspar,
251

West Berlin, bombing of nightclub in,
182

West Jerusalem, attempted suicide attack in,
125

white supremacy,
24
,
30
–
31
,
34
–
35
,
44
,
45
,
48
,
54
,
57
,
58
,
84
,
92
,
93
,
183
,
231
.
See also
Poplawski, Richard; Von Brunn, James

Wichita, KS, attempted assassination in,
283n38

Wilentz, Sean,
170

Wilson, Woodrow,
16

Winter Olympics.
See
Olympics

WMDs.
See
weapons of mass destruction (WMDs)

women terrorists,
113
–
43

as lone wolves

factors that might make more women lone wolves,
127
,
134
–
35
,
283n36

growth in number in future,
248

reasons why there are so few,
127
–
34

women suicide attackers,
113
,
114
,
123
–
27
,
135
,
248

motivations of,
127
,
283n36

See also
Choudhry, Roshonara; LaRose, Colleen

World Trade Center

bombing of in 1993,
18
,
42
,
46
,
164
,
237
,
243

See also
September 11, 2001

World War I

assassination leading to,
148
–
49

Treaty of Versailles ending,
26

x-ray technology to identify terrorist threats,
72
,
106
,
187
,
188
,
294n17

Yassin, Ahmed,
124

Yemen

al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula based in,
186
,
245

and attack on USS
Cole
,
279
–
80n51

Yousef, Ramzi,
42

YouTube,
31
,
136
,
138
,
201
,
202
,
207
,
285n69

YouTube Smackdown (website),
138

Zangara, Giuseppe,
177

Zasulich, Vera,
26
,
115

Zawahri, Ayman al-,
41

Zealots,
145
,
146
,
181

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