Central Afghanistan city, headquarters of Taliban and former headquarters of bin Laden's operations in Afghanistan.

Former collective name for the five Soviet republics of Central Asia: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.

Bin Laden's father was from Yemen. His organization attacked the USS Cole in Yemen. One of 60 nations believed to have al Qaeda cells active.

Terms discussed here include people, places, agencies, technology, jargon and clichés used in the aftermath of the attack on the United States. The glossary is organized by topics: terrorism, war, geopolitics, religion, homeland security, disaster recovery and miscellaneous. In some cases, the glossary notes alternative spellings of Arabic and othe [..]

War Geopolitical Religious (primarily Islamic) Homeland Security Disaster Recovery Miscellaneous Sources

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z   A Back to Index Bar Back to Top agro-terrorism. Terrorism by contaminating crops or livestock with a deadly contagious disease. American Airlines Flight 11. Crashed Sept. 11 into north tower of World Trade Center. Hijacked en route from Boston to Los Angeles. Suspected hijackers were Wail M. Als [..]

Crashed Sept. 11 into the Pentagon. Hijacked en route from Washington-Dulles International Airport to Los Angeles. Suspected hijackers were Khalid al-Midhar, Majed Moqed, Nawaq Alhazmi, Salem Alhazmi and Hani Hanjour.

Deadly bacterium used in apparent bioterrorist attacks since Sept. 11. Anthrax can infect by inhalation or skin contact (cutaneous infection). It is treatable with antibiotics, primarily doxycycline and Cipro. If diagnosed early, the patient has a strong probability of full recovery.

Anti-terrorism efforts are preventive measures, such as judicial, legislative, security or military measures taken to reduce vulnerability to a terrorist attack, as contrasted with counter-terrorism measures, which are military, police and intelligence measures used to fight terrorism through pre-emptive or retaliatory measures.

Terrorist groups may engage in assassination, but assassination is not terrorism. Assassination has a specific target, though other people may be killed or injured. Terrorists target a group of people, but generally choose specific victims randomly. If the Sept. 11 attack had succeeded in killing President Bush, it would have involved assassination [..]