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Index
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Preface
Executive Summary: Mindsets of Mass Destruction
New Types of Post-Cold War Terrorists
New Forms of Terrorist-Threat Scenarios
Introduction
Terms of Analysis
Defining Terrorism and Terrorists
Terrorist Group Typologies
Approaches to Terrorism Analysis
The Multicausal Approach
The Political Approach
The Organizational Approach
The Physiological Approach
The Psychological Approach
General Hypotheses of Terrorism
Frustration-Aggression Hypothesis
Negative Identity Hypothesis
Narcissistic Rage Hypothesis
The Psychology of the Terrorist
Terrorist Motivation
The Process of Joining a Terrorist Group
The Terrorist as Mentally Ill
The Terrorist as Suicidal Fanatic
Fanatics
Suicide Terrorists
Terrorist Group Dynamics
Pressures to Conform
Pressures to Commit Acts of Violence
Terrorist Rationalization of Violence
The Terrorist’s Ideological or Religious Perception
Terrorist Profiling
Hazards of Terrorist Profiling
Sociological Characteristics of Terrorists in the Cold War Period
A Basic Profile
Age
Educational, Occupational, and Socioeconomic Background
General Traits
Marital Status
Physical Appearance
Origin: Rural or Urban
Gender
Males
Females
Characteristics of Female Terrorists
Practicality, Coolness
Dedication, Inner Strength, Ruthlessness
Single-Mindedness
Female Motivation for Terrorism
Conclusion
Terrorist Profiling
Terrorist Group Mindset Profiling
Promoting Terrorist Group Schisms
How Guerrilla and Terrorist Groups End
Appendix-Sociopsychological Profiles: Case Studies
Exemplars of International Terrorism in the Early 1970s
Renato Curcio
Leila Khaled
Kozo Okamoto
Exemplars of International Terrorism in the Early 1990s
Mahmud Abouhalima
Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman
Mohammed A. Salameh
Ahmed Ramzi Yousef
Ethnic Separatist Groups
Irish Terrorists
Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and Abdullah Ocalan
Group/Leader Profile
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)
Group Profile
Background
Membership Profile
LTTE Suicide Commandos
Leader Profile
Velupillai Prabhakaran
Social Revolutionary Groups
Abu Nidal Organization (ANO)
Group Profile
Leader Profile
Abu Nidal
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command (PFLP-GC)
Group Profile
Leader Profile
Ahmad Jibril
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)
Group Profile
Leader Profiles
Pedro Antonio Marín/Manuel Marulanda Vélez
Jorge Briceño Suárez (“Mono Jojoy”)
Germán Briceño Suárez (“Grannobles”)
“Eliécer”
Revolutionary Organization 17 November (17N)
Group Profile
Religious Fundamentalist Groups
Al-Qaida
Group Profile
Leader Profiles
Osama bin Laden
Ayman al-Zawahiri
Subhi Muhammad Abu-Sunnah (“Abu-Hafs al-Masri”)
Hizballah (Party of God)
Group Profile
Leader Profile
Imad Fa’iz Mughniyah
Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)
Group Profile
The Suicide Bombing Strategy
Selection of Suicide Bombers
Leader Profiles
Sheikh Ahmed Yassin
Mohammed Mousa (“Abu Marzook”)
Emad al-Alami
Mohammed Dief
Al-Jihad Group
Group Profile
New Religious Groups
Aum Shinrikyo
Group/Leader Profile
Key Leader Profiles
Yoshinobu Aoyama
Seiichi Endo
Kiyohide Hayakawa
Dr. Ikuo Hayashi
Yoshihiro Inoue
Hisako Ishii
Fumihiro Joyu
Takeshi Matsumoto
Hideo Murai
Kiyohide Nakada
Tomomasa Nakagawa
Tomomitsu Niimi
Toshihiro Ouchi
Masami Tsuchiya
Tables
Table 1. Educational Level and Occupational Background of Right-Wing Terrorists in West Germany, 1980
Table 2. Ideological Profile of Italian Female Terrorists, January 1970-June 1984
Table 3. Prior Occupational Profile of Italian Female Terrorists, January 1970-June 1984
Table 4. Geographical Profile of Italian Female Terrorists, January 1970- June 1984
Table 5. Age and Relationships Profile of Italian Female Terrorists, January 1970-June 1984
Table 6. Patterns of Weapons Use by the Revolutionary Organization 17 November, 1975-97
Glossary
Bibliography
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