CTC Sentinel. Volume 3, Issue 8, August 2010. Evaluating the Al-Qa`ida Threat to the U.S. Homeland

Abstract

The Combating Terrorism Center is an independent educational and research institution based in the Department of Social Sciences at the United States Military Academy, West Point. The CTC Sentinel harnesses the Center's global network of scholars and practitioners to understand and confront contemporary threats posed by terrorism and other forms of political violence. Topics discussed in this journal include: Evaluating the Al- Qaida Threat to the U.S. Homeland, Radical Islamist Groups in the United States, Manchester, New York and Oslo: Three Directed Al Qaida Plots, Lessons Learned from the July 2010 Norwegian Terrorist Plot, American Journeys to Jihad: U.S. Extremists and Foreign Conflicts During the 1980s and 1990s, Tensions Rise Between Hizb-i-Islami and the Taliban in Afghanistan and Recent Highlights in Terrorist Activity.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 2010
Accession Number
ADA530371

Entities

People

  • Philip Mudd

Organizations

  • United States Military Academy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Counter IED
  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Counterterrorism
  • Criminals
  • Electronic Mail
  • Employment
  • Ethnic Groups
  • Human Population
  • Improvised Explosive Devices
  • Man Borne Improvised Explosive Devices
  • Personnel Management
  • Rocket Oxidizers
  • Social Media
  • Societies
  • Students
  • Terrorism
  • Terrorists
  • United States
  • United States Military Academy

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.