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The article discusses understanding the motive of bombers. Topics include the predominant motivation for high-profile bombings is power disparity, when the perpetrators feel sense of being under threat; the intent of bombers can also be personal grudges, evil intent described through malice; and individuals with mental illness can be a violent and unpredictable in nature, but is rarely the sole driving force for bombers. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article discusses the attempts by some of Pakistan's terrorist groups to engage in attacks against the U.S. The alleged terrorist responsible for the failed bombing attempt in Times Square in New York City, New York, Faisal Shahzad, was born in Pakistan and is believed to have ties to Pakistani extremist groups including Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). Other Pakistani Americans who are alleged to have colluded with Pakistani extremists include David Coleman Headley, who plotted an attack on a Danish newspaper, and Syed Haris Ahmed, who was charged with plotting terror attacks against the U.S. INSET: Pakistan's Deadliest Terror Groups.

The article discusses the attempted terror attack on Northwest Flight 253 on December 25, 2009, by Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab. The article discusses the security lapses which allowed Abdulmutallab to board the airplane carrying explosives and how those lapses reveal significant flaws in the global aviation-security network. The author concludes that U.S. methods of tracking potential terrorists are insufficient as are the airport screening techniques. INSET: Looking for Trouble.

This article presents a speech by Robert S. Mueller III, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, delivered to the FBI, at the City Club of Cleveland, Ohio, June 23, 2006. He discusses the emerging threat of homegrown terrorism and the radicalization process.He describes the alleged terrorist plot to blow up several buildings in Canada and to behead the Canadian Prime Minister. Also discussed is the alleged terrorist plot to attack the Sears Tower in Chicago, Illinois and other federal buildings.

Discusses the implications of the terrorist attacks in London, England, and in the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh. Intent of the terrorists to give the message that no one is safe; How both were coordinated, fairly sophisticated plots, succeeding in two of the most terror-vigilant nations in the world; Similarities of the two attacks; Question of why a second round of bombs in London failed to detonate; Signs of a broad-based resurgence of Qaeda-style terrorism; Views of investigators and analysts, who say it is difficult to create a profile of this latest generation of terrorists; International investigation; Outlook for preventing another generation of terrorists from being created.

Focuses on the investigation into the terrorist bombings in London. Reports on how advanced forensics and old-fashioned footwork traced the attacks to four suicide bombers from London with possible ties to al-Qaeda; Description of the four suspects believed to have carried out the bombing; Britons difficulty of accepting the idea that the suspects were Londoners; Discussion of how the biggest police investigation in British history has already unearthed a number of links between the bombers and al-Qaeda.

Reports on the massive worldwide hunt to catch the terrorists who set off four bombs in London, England. Details of how the bombers struck London's mass-transit system; Observation that the July 7 bombings were the bloodiest day in England since World War II; Comments of Sir Ian Blair, the London Metropolitan Police Commissioner, and Queen Elizabeth II; Reactions of Americans to the news; Significance of the roots and execution of the London plot; How the bombings mirrored the attacks in Madrid, Spain, 16 months ago; How the search for the bombers and their masterminds will involve the intelligence services and police forces of scores of countries; Examples of small acts of kindness and duty following the explosions; Apparent intent of the London bombings to undermine the G8 meeting in Scotland.

Reports on the London subway attacks. Worldwide reaction to the bombings; Damage to London's subway tunnels; Evidence being gathered by investigators, including hours of video footage from surveillance cameras; Comments from a U.S. senior intelligence official, suggesting the bombings fit the methodology used by al Qaeda; Discussion of London's large Muslim immigrant population; Similarities between the London attacks and those in Madrid in 2004; Organizational changes at al Qaeda; Speculation about more attacks forthcoming.

Focuses on Iraqi bombings and suicide attacks and their effect on the Iraqis and the public support for the war in the United States. Endless wave of car bombings, largely against civilian targets, which has left many Iraqis and Americans in despair; Assertion of U.S. politicians that progress is being made in Iraq; Belief of U.S. generals that the U.S. is fighting two wars in Iraq--one against former members of Saddam Hussein's regime the other against hard-line Islamic extremists; Difficulty in identifying who exactly is carrying out suicide attacks.

Focuses on Marwan Abu Ubeida, who has been training for months to carry out a suicide mission in Iraq. Views of Ubeida; How insurgents are increasingly using suicide bombers to carry out attacks, killing hundreds of Iraqis in the process; Background on Ubeida, a Sunni Muslim; Suggestion that the latest surge of suicide operations proves there is no scarcity of volunteers; Ubeida's motivations for becoming a suicide bomber; History of Ubeida's journey toward becoming a suicide murderer; How Ubeida severed connections with his family when he joined an extremist religious group; Difficult aspects of a jihadi's transformation into a suicide bomber; Sources of inspiration; Expectation that the suicide candidates will immerse themselves in spiritual contemplation and prayer; Why Ubeida embraces the terrorist label.

Discusses the role of insurgent Abu Mousab al-Zarqawi in organizing the rebel forces in Iraq to fight against U.S. troops and their Iraqi allies. How al-Zarqawi has successfully organized daily bombings, kidnappings, mass executions, and televised beheadings in Fallujah and other Iraqi cities; Consideration of how religious extremists and national resistance were two major factors in the growth of the insurgency in Iraq; Contempt expressed by al-Zarqawi for the Shi'ites and those who sympathize with the U.S. and the new Iraqi authorities; Assassination of Ayatullah Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim, a prominent Shi'ite leader, in an August 2003 bombing in Najaf; How al-Zarqawi has pledged his allegiance to terrorist Osama bin Ladin in various Web announcements.

The article considers factors that make a suicide bomber. While suicide terrorists invariably come from oppressed communities, recent research by psychologists, anthropologists and others suggests that they fit none of the other common profiles. They are no less rational or sane, no worse educated, no poorer and no more religious than anyone else. Killing yourself while killing your enemy is not a modern idea. The link with religion is more complicated since most Islamic terrorist groups use religious propaganda, largely the promise of paradise, to prepare recruits for suicide missions. Yet suicide terrorism is in no way exclusive either to religious groups or to Islamic culture.

Offers a look at the threat of terrorism in the world as of March 29, 2004. Search for al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden; Statement that the Madrid terrorist bombings and attacks on hotels in Iraq give evidence that the Islamist terrorist threat has survived a global war on terror; Belief of counterterrorism experts that the al-Qaeda organization is being replaced by a more elusive generation of extremists; Arrest of Jamal Zougam for the attacks in Madrid; Effect of the bombings in Madrid on the Spanish elections; Role of Abu Mousab al-Zarqawi in the violence in Baghdad, Iraq; Measures taken by the United States to prevent terrorism; Statement that the U.S. measures have not lessened the threat of Islamic terrorism.

The authors argue the Geneva Accord, which claims to be the comprehensive solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, fails to defend Israel's most basic interests. The Accord, a European-funded effort secretly negotiated by Palestinian officials and Israeli public figures for two years--and signed in a symbolic, lavish ceremony in Geneva this week--states that Israel will withdraw to the 1967 borders, a Palestinian state will emerge with its capital in Jerusalem, and the two peoples will recognize each other's right to statehood and resolve the refugee issue. Most Israelis are now ready to forfeit the results of the 1967 war--control over the West Bank, Gaza, and East Jerusalem--in return for Palestinian acceptance of the outcome of the 1948 war. Most Israelis also view the creation of a Palestinian state not as a mortal threat but as the only means of preserving Israel's Jewish and democratic identity. The centrist Israeli majority supports establishing a Palestinian state, but only after the Palestinians have ended terrorism, reformed their government, and renounced their insistence on returning Palestinian refugees to Israel. The Accord, though, ignores even those minimal expectations. Instead, it would grant the Palestinians a state while they wage a terrorist war, legitimize and even strengthen Yasir Arafat's rule, and force Israel to accept the principle of repatriating refugees. In addition, it undermines the global war on terrorism and would threaten any future compromise in the region.

The author reports on how U.S. troops are coping with the continuing violence in Iraq. President Bush says the media are overplaying the violence in Iraq. Yet the past two weeks' casualties would make anyone take notice. While American casualties fluctuate month to month, they're spiking again. Bush is right, of course, to say the killings aren't the only news from Iraq. The U.S. has been making headway in restoring the country to normality. The fact is, the realities coexist: this is a country working to move on amid a shooting war that will not end. Some days it feels as if Iraqis opposing the U.S. presence are throwing everything they can at the young soldiers and the locals helping them rebuild the country. Despite the best efforts of field commanders, the U.S.-led coalition is still struggling to contain the threat. And the latest spasm of attacks has only deepened unease that the chaos of the early postwar days may be evolving into a more deliberate resistance, as scattershot hostility hardens into something more organized and sophisticated. Some people contend that the 338 American soldiers who have died in Iraq since the war began amount to a hearteningly low toll out of the 130,000-strong U.S. force. But others, including many of the troops, are dismayed that 199 of those deaths have come since Bush's May 1 declaration that "major combat operations in Iraq have ended." U.S. officials in Iraq say their troops are coming under attack an average of 20 times a day. The danger zones are also expanding. Whatever their exact affiliation and degree of organization, all the militants are pursuing the same objective: to force the U.S. out of Iraq. An unscientific but arresting survey last week in Stars and Stripes, reported that half the troops serving in Iraq believe their unit's morale is low.

Presents observations about the relationship between U.S. President George W. Bush and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and their efforts to promote the peace process in the Middle East. Death of Israeli soldiers and civilians as a result of Palestinian suicide bombers; How Palestinians were killed by Israeli missile attacks intended to rid of leaders from the Hamas terrorist organization; Involvement of Sharon in the plot to kill Abdel Aziz Rantisi, a Hamas leader; Criticism from Bush regarding the terrorism inspired by Sharon.

Discusses the implications of the suicide terror attacks in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and Casablanca, Morocco. Fears of U.S. intelligence officials that terrorist network Al Qaeda is preparing to strike the U.S.; Reactions of Saudis, including Crown Prince Abdullah, to the attacks; Possibility that a Saudi government-backed Islamic charity funneled money to Al Qaeda; Efforts of intelligence officials to find out how Al Qaeda is changing the way it operates; Speculation on where Al Qaeda will strike next.

Examines U.S. military strategy in the 2003 Iraqi War. Background on Operation Iraqi Freedom; Worries over guerrilla fighters and their weapons; Speculation on an extended Middle East war; Suicide bomber attacks; Setbacks; The President George W. Bush administration's defense of military strategy; Risks of urban warfare in Baghdad: Role of Bush; Remarks by military commanders; Strategy of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein; Outlook for the war.

Discusses potential terrorist threats in the U.S. from the al-Qaeda network. Suicide bombings in Tunisia and Pakistan which have been linked to al-Qaeda; Suggestion that al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is in hiding and is still able to send messages to followers; Proposed reasons that there have not been more attacks, including the war in Afghanistan; Arrest of Abu Zubaydah who is suspected of being responsible for organizing attacks in Europe and North America.

Focuses on the conditions promoting suicide bombers. Behaviors of suicide bombers; Use of Mendelian patterns of inheritance and the rules of game theory to explain the behavior; Propensity of young men for risk.

Presents an article about the participation of Palestinian teenage women in the Palestinian intifada as suicide bombers. Motivations for joining the ranks of the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade; Reason for the appeal of martyrdom to Palestinian adolescents; Existence of a generational gap between Palestinian parents and their children.

Focuses on the use of suicide bombing among Palestinians. Perception that is has become normal and noble for men and women to die in pursuit of revenge; Impact of the breakdown of the peace process on the escalation of suicide bombing; Increase in the numbers of volunteers willing to act against Israel on behalf of the militant group Hamas; Contents and average cost of bombs.

Profiles Ted Kaczynski, otherwise known as the Unabomber. Life in prison; Details of a book that Kaczynski has written entitled `Truth Versus Lies'; His attack on his brother David for turning him in; Other prisoners at the prison, including Timothy McVeigh; Author's interview with Linda and David Kaczynski; How the Unabomber trial has affected their lives and marriage; Ted Kaczynski's thoughts on society and anarchy.

The article focuses on the assassination of Lord Louis Mountbatten of Great Britain which involves the Irish Republican Army (IRA). It states that the boat explosion that killed the patriarchal figure and the elder statesman of Great Britain's royal family was claimed by the IRA. It says that Mountbatten has been considered as an illogical target of the IRA Mullaghmore, who was fleeing across the border of Northern Ireland. It mentions that the bomb on Mountbatten's boat has been detonated by a timing device or by a remote control as speculated by the police. Meanwhile, a ceremonial funeral for Mountbatten, along with his grandson and Dowager Lady Brabourne was held at Westminster Abbey and the bodies were flown to Broadlands in England to lie in the white porticoed mansion of the state.

The article focuses on the investigation regarding the bombing at La Guardia Airport in New York, which killed 11 people including artist Enoch L. Stamey, Edythe Bull, and Edgar Cooper and injured 51 others. It states that there were speculations of involvement by some terrorist group such as the Palestine Liberation Organization, which denied the bombing, and the Puerto Rican Armed Forces of National Liberation (F.A.L.N.). However, the police assigned by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) spent a week on sifting the burned debris and established some solid clues, as well as identified the explosive used as a high-powered plastic substance. Furthermore, a man claiming as the head of the F.A.L.N. called the New York police and claims the responsibility for the crime.

Discusses the proposal of the U.S. Department of Defense to construct a bomber-defense system that would modernize the Aerospace Defense Command, a branch of the U.S. Air Force charged with defending the nation against aerial attack. Components of the system, including an early warning radar array; Overview of the bomber threat to the U.S.; List of countermeasures to protect interceptor airplanes.

Relates the author's personal experiences during the Spanish Civil War. News received that three fascist bombers had approached Valencia from the sea, but had been driven off by loyalist pursuit airplanes; Death of two people and a dozen injured when the bombers attacked; Problem of the country that has kept it in an enduring state of revolution and counter-revolution; Proposal of the fascists to solve the problem by closing the schools and killing off the surplus population; Involvement of the people of Madrid in the fight to keep the city.

Presents several letters documenting the case of convicted bomber and labor unionist Tom Mooney in the U.S. Letter to President Woodrow Wilson on the report of the case made by the special mediation commission appointed by the president; Response of Wilson to the letter to the then-Governor W. D. Stephens pleading for another trial for Mooney; Letter of Captain Duncan Matheson of the San Francisco Detective Bureau to Mooney expressing his view of the case; Letter of Judge Franklin A. Griffin, presiding judge of the Mooney trial, to Governor C. C. Young in his effort to obtain justice; Letter to Governor Young by Milton U'Ren, who acted for the District Attorney's office at the time of the petition for a new trial on Mooney.

The article reports on preparations in the U.S. to defend itself from enemy bombers in 1955. It discusses the progress of the U.S. air defense program under the Continental Air Defense Command led by General Benjamin W. Chidlaw, the Federal Civil Defense Administration for civil defense under Val Peterson and the Office of Defense Mobilization program to protect industries under Retired Lieutenant General Willard Paul. Photographs are also on how the enemy bomber will be met in the air.

The article focuses on the James Rifles is a catch-all name given to any bronze smoothbore that has been rifled. Topics include a Union battery of James Rifles was the first in action on Matthews Hill; and the James was used mostly in the Western Theater and played a prominent role at Vicksburg, Mississippi.

This article discusses Faisal Shahzad, the man who attempted to detonate a bomb in Times Square, New York City during the early part of May 2010, and the increase in terrorists who are Americans. The article notes that, although Shahzad is not your typical homegrown terrorist, the United States is seeing an increase in homegrown terrorism. The article suggests that the definition of who is a homegrown terrorist should be changed and that jihadism in the United States has become more complicated in the past 10 years.

The article discusses the U.S. war against terrorism. The author describes the attempted terrorist attack on Northwest Flight 253 by a Nigerian man believed to have connections to Al Qaeda, on December 25, 2009. The author argues that the increase in terrorist plots against the U.S. is evidence of America's success in fighting terrorism abroad.

The article focuses on the increasing number of Palestinian women who are choosing to become suicide bombers. The author expresses the concern that children of these women will follow in their mother's footsteps. Reportedly, these concerns are heightened by the April 25, 2007 announcement to abandon the cease fire truce with Israel by the militant wing of Hamas, the ruling Palestinian party.

Describes the four dead bombers involved in the July 7th London subway terrorist bombings. How the bombers were not connected to subsequently arrested alleged terrorists; Similarities between the deceased terrorists; Detailed description of one of the decedents, Mohammed Sidique Khan, and his conversion to a suicide bomber; Discussion about radical jihadist cleric Abu Hamza, his top lieutenant Haroon Rashid Aswat, and recruitment methods of Al Qaeda.

Presents letters to the editor in response to articles published in the July 4, 2005 edition of "Time." Responses to the article "The True Lincoln," on the life and career of Abraham Lincoln; Response to the article "Inside the Mind of an Iraqi suicide bomber."

Argues that defeating terror requires Muslim help. Why the London bombings failed; Intent of the London terrorists to disrupt economic activities at one of the world's financial centers; Issue of global resilience in the face of terrorism; Suggestion that economic activity is a measure of the psychological response to terrorism; Differences between the London bombings and September 11; Role of major Muslim groups in Britain denouncing the bombings; Realization by Arabs and Muslims that there is a dysfunction in the world of Islam; Ways that things are changing; Criticism by Muslim sheiks and imams of Al Qaeda's theological methods; Complexity of the struggle within Islam; Importance of preventing the worst kinds of attacks and responding well to others; Need for America to be prepared; Topic of victory.

Profiles terrorist Abu Mussab al-Zarqawi. Highlights from his life; Reference to his lack of education and his brutality; Description of Zarqawi as the most wanted man in Iraq; Connection with suicide bombers; Use of the rebellious city of Fallujah as a base; Tenuous connections to Osama bin Laden; Evidence of Zarqawi's desire for bin Laden's patronage; Possibility that Zarqawi's savagery is alienating insurgents.

This article discusses the current condition of the resort islands off the coast of Kenya, and the effects that terrorism has had on them in the recent years. According to Gerald, the men were providing backup for CIA operatives and American Special Forces troops who had recently snuck across the border into Somalia to kidnap a Yemeni, known as Sheik Jaylani, who is linked to the suicide boat-bomb attack against the USS Cole in Aden three years ago. The Thanksgiving Day 2002 suicide attack on the Paradise Hotel near Mombasa and the simultaneous attempted downing of an Israeli jetliner with shoulder-fired missiles have badly damaged Kenya's tourism industry: Though in 1996 Kenya attracted more than one million tourists, the Kenya Tourist Board says that it drew roughly 480,000 between January and November of 2003. On the seaside patio of the Peponi, a small, family-run hotel on Shela beach that's the social center of the island, there was the usual crowd of Europeans and the occasional American who gossiped over stiff drinks while Kenyan beach boys in Rastafarian hairdos proffered rides on old wooden sailing dhows, traditional ships that historically plied the coasts of Africa and Arabia. But, in the dank warrens of Lamu Town two miles down the beach, there are more serious problems. The residents of Lamu Town are primarily Muslim traders, fishermen, boat-builders, and coconut farmers. Most do not share in the island's tourist-generated wealth and have felt neglected for decades by the Christian-dominated Kenyan central government. And, though Lamu is hardly a hotbed of Islamic extremism, Moi's mistakes and the dichotomy between Western tourists and the Lamu Town poor have created a welcoming atmosphere for Muslim extremists' anti-Western message.

Presents numerous letters to the editor regarding articles previously published in 'Newsweek.' Way in which residents of New York City coped with the 2003 Blackout; Thoughts on older Jewish weddings; Efforts to understand the psychology of suicide bombers.

Discusses the efforts of Israeli and Palestinian doctors to heal patients from both cultures who are brought to the emergency room at Hadassah Hospital as a result of terrorist acts. Consideration of Ludmilla Lekior, a victim of the Hamas suicide bomber who killed 17 people in an attack in central Jerusalem; Possibility of Palestinian self-rule; How the hospital occasionally has to treat combatants.

The article discusses the police investigation for the serial bomber George Metesky, known as F.P. or the mad bomber, in New York City for his string of bombings of public locations from 1940-1956. It was the first time police use a psychiatrist to draw an emotional profile of a criminal, a practice later known as profiling. Psychiatrist James A. Brussel of the New York Department of Mental Hygiene was called on to look over evidence including notes written by the bomber to newspapers and develop a portrait of a man which included being a paranoid schizophrenic, well-groomed, a Slavic-born immigrant, and in his mid-40s.

The article discusses how a handful of incidents have indicated the insecure nature of the world and the reaction of the world has been to respond with an ideology of rushed nationalism. It refers to a suicide bomber, who created havoc in Pakistan when he detonated himself in an open space at a religious shrine in Sindh. It explains how the rushed nationalism has led to abrupt shift to the right within the political environment of a country and especially in response to terrorism activities.

The article presents news of interest to Catholics in the U.S. as of December 2016. Topics covered include Turing Pharmaceuticals founder Martin Shkreli's offering of the highest bidder on online auction site eBay the chance to punch him in the face, and the arrest of 64-year-old David Michael Ansberry who dressed as a dwarf for allegedly planting a bomb outside a police station in Nederland, Colorado.