The 50 Worst Terrorist Attacks (48 page)

Incident descriptions and biographies of perpetrators and their support apparatus are drawn from more detailed treatments found in the following books and articles. Readers looking for listings of the dead and wounded or court details are directed to these volumes (listed chronologically). In turn, each volume lists sources used for the entries in those books. Of particular use were accounts by the
Associated Press, United Press International, Reuter, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, ABC FM Radio News, NPR, ABC, NBC, CBS Evening News, Al Jazeera,
the
Detroit Free Press
,
New Haven Register,
New York Times
,
Washington Post
,
Washington Star
,
Washington Times
,
Los Angeles Times
,
Chicago Tribune
, the
Economist
, and
US News and World Report
, along with the annual terrorism chronologies put out by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, U.S. Department of State, and National Counter Terrorism Center and chronologies made available by the RAND Corporation, Oklahoma City's Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism, and the University of Maryland's START program. The original sources for the books are on deposit with the U.S. Department of Justice. The Further Reading section offers books and articles that provide additional details on these events.

Mickolus, Edward F.
Annotated Bibliography on International and Transnational Terrorism.
Available in
Legal and Other Aspects of Terrorism
Course Handbook Series, No. 310. New York: Practicing Law Institute, 1979.

Mickolus, Edward F.
The Literature of Terrorism: A Selectively Annotated Bibliography
. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1980.

Mickolus, Edward F.
International Terrorism: Attributes of Terrorist Events, 1968–1977, ITERATE 2 Data Codebook
. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research, 1982.

Mickolus, Edward F.
ITERATE: International Terrorism: Attributes of Terrorist Events
, Data Codebook
. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research, 1976.

Mickolus, Edward F.
Terrorism
, 1988–1991:
A Chronology of Events and a Selectively Annotated Bibliography
. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1993.

Mickolus, Edward F.
Terrorism
, 2005–2007:
A Chronology
. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2008.

Mickolus, Edward F.
Terrorism
, 2008–2012:
A Worldwide Chronology
. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2014.

Mickolus, Edward F.
The Terrorist List: The Middle East
. 2 vols. Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger, 2009.

Mickolus, Edward F.
Transnational Terrorism: A Chronology of Events
, 1968–1979
. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1980.

Mickolus, Edward F., with Peter Flemming.
Terrorism, 1980–1987:
A Selectively Annotated Bibliography
. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1988.

Mickolus, Edward F., with Susan L. Simmons.
Terrorism, 1992–1995:
A Chronology of Events and a Selectively Annotated Bibliography
. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1997.

Mickolus, Edward F., with Susan L. Simmons.
Terrorism, 1996–2001:
A Chronology
. 2 vols. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2002.

Mickolus, Edward F., and Susan L. Simmons.
Terrorism, 2002–2004:
A Chronology
. 3 vols. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2006.

Mickolus, Edward F., and Susan L. Simmons.
The Terrorist List: Asia
, Pacific, and Sub-Saharan Africa
. Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger, 2011.

Mickolus, Edward F., and Susan L. Simmons.
The Terrorist List: Eastern Europe
. Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger, 2011.

Mickolus, Edward F., and Susan L. Simmons.
The Terrorist List: North America
. Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger, 2011.

Mickolus, Edward F., and Susan L. Simmons.
The Terrorist List: South America
. Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger, 2011.

Mickolus, Edward F., and Susan L. Simmons.
The Terrorist List: Western Europe
. Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger, 2011.

Mickolus, Edward F., Todd Sandler, and Jean Murdock.
International Terrorism in the 1980s
: A Chronology, Volume
1
:
1980
–
1983
. Ames, IA: Iowa State UP, 1988.

Mickolus, Edward F., Todd Sandler, and Jean Murdock.
International Terrorism in the 1980s
: A Chronology, Volume
2
:
1984
–
1987
. Ames, IA: Iowa State UP, 1989.

Abrahms, Max. “Why Terrorism Does Not Work.”
International Security
31, no. 2 (2006): 42–78.

Ackerman, Gary A. “Reid, Richard (1973–).” In
Encyclopedia of World Terrorism
, 1996
–
2002
, edited by Frank Shanty and Raymond Picquet, 206–7. Armonk, NY: M. E. Sharpe, 2003.

Anderson, Sean, and Stephen Sloan.
Historical Dictionary of Terrorism
, 2nd ed. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow, 2002.

Anonymous.
Through Our Enemies'
Eyes: Osama bin Laden, Radical Islam, and the Future of America
. Washington, DC: Brassey's, 2002.

“The Arab Communist Organisation” IV-42, 350
Fiches du Monde Arabe
, August 6, 1975.

Arey, James A.
The
Sky
Pirates
. New York: Scribner's, 1972.

Arnold, Ron.
Ecoterror: The Violent Agenda to Save Nature: The World of the Unabomber
. Bellevue, WA: Free Enterprise, 1997.

At Ground Zero:
25
Stories from Young Reporters Who Were There
. New York: Thunder's Mouth, 2002.

Atkins, Stephen E.
Encyclopedia of Modern American Extremists and Extremist Groups
. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2002.

Atkins, Stephen E.
Encyclopedia of Modern Worldwide Extremists and Extremist Groups
. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2004.

Atkins, Stephen E.
The
9/11 Encyclopedia
, 2 vols. Westport, CT: Praeger Security International, 2008.

Avdan, Nazli. “Controlling Access to Territory Economic Independence, Transnational Terrorism, and Visa Politics.”
Journal of Conflict Resolution
, 2013.

Baer, Robert.
See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism
. New York: Crown, 2002.

Barrett, Jon.
Hero of Flight 93
. Hartford, CT: Advocate, 2002.

Baumann, Carol Edler.
The Diplomatic Kidnappings: A Revolutionary Tactic of Urban Terrorism
. The Hague: Nijhoff, 1973.

Bell, J. Bowyer.
The IRA, 1968
–
2000:
Analysis of a Secret Army
. Portland, OR: Frank Cass, 2000.

Benjamin, Daniel, and Stephen Simon.
The Age of Sacred Terror
. New York: Random House, 2002.

Beresford, David.
Ten Men Dead: The Story of the Irish Hunger Strike
. London: Grafton, 1987.

Bergen, Peter.
Holy War,
Inc.: Inside the Secret World of Osama bin Laden
. New York: Free Press, 2001.

Ber gen, Peter.
Manhunt: The Ten-Year Search for bin Laden from 9
/11 to Abbottabad
. New York: Broadway Books, 2013.

Bergen, Peter, and Katherine Tiedemann. “The Almanac of Al Qaeda: FP's Definitive Guide to What's Left of the Terrorist Group.”
Foreign Policy
179 (May/June 2010): 68–71.

Berko, Anat, and Daniel Pipes.
The Smarter Bomb: Women and Children as Suicide Bombers
. New York: Rowman and Littlefield, 2012.

Bermudez, Joseph S.
Terrorism: The North Korean Connection
. New York: Crane Russak, 1990.

Bloom, Mia.
Dying to Kill: The Allure of Suicide Terror
. New York: Columbia University Press, 2007.

Bocca, Giorgio.
Il Terrorising Italiano 1970
–
1980
. Milan, Italy: Biblioteca Univesale Rizzoli, 1981.

Bodansky, Y ossef.
Bin Laden: The Man Who Declared War on America
. New York: Random House, 2011.

Bohn, Michael K.
The Achille Lauro Hijacking: Lessons in the Politics and Prejudice of Terrorism
. Washington, DC: Brassey's, 2004.

Bourret, J. C.
Wiee in Franzoeisches Sonder kommando die in Nov
.
1979 Besetzte Moskee in Mekka Befreite
. Paris: France Empire, 1981.

Bowden, Tom. “The IRA and the Changing Tactics of Terrorism.”
Political Quarterly
47, no. 4 (1976): 425–38.

Brackett, D. W.
Holy Terror: Armageddon in Tokyo
. New York: Weatherhill, 1996.

Brackett, D. W., and John F. Quin. “The Aum Cult.” In
Changing Trends in Terrorism
, Annual Convention of the Association of Former Intelligence Officers, Washington, DC, October 25, 1996.

Brandon, Henry. “Jordan: The Forgotten Crisis (1): Were We Masterful.”
Foreign Policy
10 (Spring 1973): 158–70.

Burger, Ethan S., and Serguei Cheloukhine.
Counterterrorism in Areas of Political Unrest: The Case of Russia's Northern Caucasus
. New York: Springer, 2013.

Cameron, Gavin. “A Multi-track Microproliferation: Lessons from Aum Shinrikyo and al Qaida.”
Studies in Conflict and Terrorism
22, no. 4 (1999): 277–309.

Catanzaro, Raimondo, ed.
The Red Brigades and Left-Wing Terrorism in Italy
. London: Pinter, 1991.

Chalk, Peter, ed.
Encyclopedia of Terrorism
, 2 vols. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-Clio, 2013.

Christopher, Warren, ed.
American Hostages in Iran: The Conduct of a Crisis
. New Haven, CT: Yale, 1985.

“Chronology of Hijackings of US Registered Aircraft and Current Legal Status of Hijackers, as of January 1, 1976.” Washington, DC: Federal Aviation Administration, Civil Aviation Security Service, 1976–1977.

“Chronology of Unlawful Interference with Civil Aviation.” Montreal: International Civil Aviation Organization, 1969–1976.

Ciarrapico, Giuseppe.
Libro Biancosul Terrorismo Tedesco da Schleyer a Mogadiscio
. Rome: Ciarrapico, 1978.

Clarke, Richard A.
Against All Enemies: Inside the White House's War on Terror: What Really Happened
. New York: Free Press, 2004.

Coll, Steve.
The Bin Ladens: An Arabian Family in the American Century
. New York: Penguin, 2008.

Coll, Steve.
Ghost Wars:
The Secret History of the CIA
, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September
11
,
2001
. New York: Penguin, 2004.

Coogan, Tim Pat.
The Troubles: Ireland's Ordeal 1966
–
1996 and the Search for Peace
. New York: Rinehart, 1996.

Cooley, John K.
Green
March
,
Black September: The Story of the Palestinian Arabs
. London: Frank Cass, 1973.

Cox, Matthew, and Tom Foster.
Their Darkest Day; the
Tragedy of Pan Am 103 and Its Legacy of Hope
. New York: Grove Weidenfeld, 1992.

Creed, Patrick, and Rick Newman.
Firefight: Inside the Battle to Save the Pentagon on 9
/11
. New York: Ballantine, 2008.

Cruikshank, Paul, ed.
Al
Qaeda
, 5 vols. New York: Routledge, 2012.

Cunningham, Karla. “Terror 's ‘Invisible Women.'” Op-ed.
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, April 19, 2012,
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.

Davis, Brian L.
Qaddafi
, Terrorism, and the
Origins of the US Attack on Libya
. New York: Praeger, 1990.

Dobson, Christopher.
Black September: Its Short
, Violent History
. New York: Macmillan, 1974.

Dobson, Christopher, and Ronald Payne.
The Carlos Complex
. New York: Putnam's, 1977.

Dolnik, Adam, and Keith M. Fitzgerald.
Negotiating Hostage Crises with the New Terrorists
.
Praeger Security International Series
. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2007.

Dolnik, Adam, and Richard Pilch. “The Moscow Theater Hostage Crisis: The Perpetrators, Their Tactics, and the Russian Response.”
International Negotiations
8 (2003): 577–611.

Drake, Richard.
The Aldo Moro Murder Case
. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1995.

Dunlop, John B.
The
2002 Dubrovka and 2004 Beslan Hostage Crises:
A Critique of Russian Counter-Terrorism
. Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society, Vol. 26. Stuttgart, Germany: ibidem-Verlag, 2006.

Dwyer, Jim, David Kocieniewski, Deidre Murphy, and Peg Tyre.
Two Seconds under the World: Terror Comes to America
—
The Conspiracy behind the World Trade Center Bombing
. New York: Crown, 1994.

Eadie, Pauline E. “Legislating for Terrorism: The Philippines' Human Security Act 2007.” Law Special Edition.
Journal of Terrorism Research
2, no. 3 (2011): 24–33.