Terror Attacks

by Vivian Head and Anne Williams

Terror attacks as we know them came into prominence in the 1960s with the activities of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) & the Irish Republican Army (IRA). These groups, like many others,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0708807917
• ISBN13: 9780708807910
• Release Date: May 2000
• Publisher: Booksales
• Length: 576 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.0" x 5.5" x 8.6"

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Terror Attacks have been on the rise long before September 11, 2001. This book has an introduction and explain the origins of terrorism. It is divided into five parts. Part One: Early Terrorism Jing Ke, Pompey and Julius Caesar's assassinations, the Zealots, Ali Ibn Abi Talib and the Assassins movement. Part Two: 1600-1899 The Gunpowder Plot, the Boston Tea Party, John Brown's fight against Slavery, Pogroms in Odessa, Assassination of Tsar Alexander II, and the Haymarket Square Riot. Part Three: 1900-1969 The 16th Street Baptist Church, The Los Angeles Times, King David Hotel in Israel, and Wall Street bombings; assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, The Hebron and Qibya Massacres, the Black Panthers, and El Salvador Death Squads. Part Four: 1970-1989 Massacres at the following locations: Avivim School Bus, Lod Airport, Munich, Germany; Bologna, Italy; Sabra & Shatlia, and Enniskillen. Assassinations at the Diplomatic in Khartoum and Aldo Moro. Bombings at the following locations: Dublin-Monaghan in Ireland, Guilford & Woolwich Pubs in London, IRA Coach, Airey Neave, Hyde Park and Regent's Parks in London, England; Rangoon, Harrods department store in London, England, Brighton, England; Flight terrorism on Gulf Air Flight 771, TWA Flight 847, Air India Flight 182, Egypt Air 648, and Pan Am 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. They also discuss the following crimes: Black September Bloody Friday The Laju Incident, Cambodia Genocide The OPEC Hostages Iranian Embassy Siege and attack on the Royal Marine School of Music. Part Five: 1990-2006 Bombings of World Trade Center in 1993 and 2001, Warrington Bomb Attacks, Bali, Madrid, Spain; Egypt, London, England; Mumbai, India; The following are also written about in detail The Murder of Ian Gow Alas Chiricanas Genocide in Rwanda Kizlyar Hospital Siege Docklands devastation Acteal Massacre Moscow Theater Hostage Crisis Gulf War III Chechnya Black Widows Beslan School Hostage Crisis Mumbai Massacre Israel-Lebanon Terror Britain on Red Alert and Rebel attacks on Turkey. The book also has a A-Z list of terror groups.