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Special Topics: Terrorism

Sites related to the events of September 11, 2001:

Presidential Address to a Joint Session of Congress - Sept. 20, 2001

UIUC Documents Library - Government Information and Current News about Terrorism

A quick list of resources relating to terrorism and the events of the past two weeks.

Evergreen State College   Hot Topics

This is a fairly comprehensive site of resources related specifically to the events of September 11 provided by the Government Documents Library at Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington.

Illinois State University.   Terrorism: Foundations of Inquiry

Another comprehensive site provided by the Documents Library at ISU.

LexisNexis News Service - Attack on America in Context

"Content from an archive of news and legal, legislative and business information to assist people in their jobs and lives with the ongoing after-effects of the tragic terrorist events of Sept. 11. In addition to current events, coverage includes background material on terrorism, terrorist groups, and Osama bin Laden; information about the World Trade Center (including lists of businesses with addresses in all of its seven buildings and summaries of selected legal cases resulting from the 1993 attack on it); the proposed Victims of Terrorism Act; and more."

Sites related to the topic of terrorism in its various forms:

Anti-Defamation League. Terrorism Update.

This site contains reports, focus articles, and current events from the ADL perspective.

Center for Democracy and Technology. CDT's Counter-Terrorism Issues Page.

The CDT advocates protecting civil liberties from counter-terrorism policies. This site documents the CDT's case.

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Annual Report on FY 1997 Intelligence Community Activities.

This report identifies areas where intelligence is required to meet the national security interests of the United States.  Use the Keyword Search - https://www.cia.gov/search - to find more full-text speeches and reports, or check here for the latest CIA reports.

CIAO (Columbia International Affairs Online) - Use search box, enter "terrorism"

Full text documents provide background information on the study of terrorism as well as up-to-date commentary from Robert Keohane, Stephen Walt, Steven Weber, and many others on recent events.

European Union. Bulletin EU 1/2-1997 on Terrorism.

This site also contains the Statement of EU/US Shared Objectives and Close Cooperation on Counter-Terrorism http://www.eurunion.org/partner/summit/summit9805/counter.htm. These are two short policy statements.

The International Policy Institute for Counter-Terrorism.

This site contains a database on terrorist organizations and attacks, current events, and articles about  the motivations and methods of international terrorism.

National Security Institute. Security Resource Net: Counter Terrorism.

Documents on this site include terrorism legislation and executive orders, facts, commentary, and precautions.

Terrorism Research Center .

This is a comprehensive site that contains essays, current events articles, documents, and profiles of counter and terrorist groups and organizations.

United States Institute for Peace.
U.S. State Department. Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism. [Now an archived site.]

This department has primary responsibility for developing, coordinating, and implementing American counterterrorism policy and improving counterterrorism cooperation with foreign governments.