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Posted: June 18, 2004
The Four Faces of Nuclear Terrorism
Warns that substandard security at nuclear facilities in Europe,
Central Asia, Russia, and Pakistan increases the risk of terrorists seizing
highly enriched uranium to make crude, but devastating, nuclear explosives.
By Charles D. Ferguson, William C. Potter, Amy Sands, Leonard S. Spector, and Fred L. Wehling.
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WMD Terrorism
Updated: September 20, 2011
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Two treaties. One Congress. No time to wait.- Congress has a chance to take real steps to reduce the risks of nuclear terrorism -- if only they would act.
Posted: December 15, 2010
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Understanding the Rationality of Terrorist Violence
- Dr. Michael Freeman, Assistant Professor, Defense Analysis Department, Naval Postgraduate School.
Posted: February 4, 2009
Nuclear Terrorism Threats and Responses- A paper by Cristina Hansell is part of a forthcoming publication entitled Future of the Nuclear Security Environment in 2015: Proceedings.
Posted: October 23, 2008
Beyond UNSCR 1540: the Forging of a WMD Terrorism Treaty- A number of factors, including US presidential elections, may open opportunities to negotiate a treaty combating WMD terrorism and initiate steps toward nuclear weapons disarmament.
A CNS Feature Story by Johan Bergenäs.
Posted: October 5, 2007
CNS Researcher Speaks on Nuclear Terrorism at Russian Duma- On September 27, an international seminar on Countering Nuclear and Radiological Terrorism was held at the Russian State Duma. CNS researcher Cristina Chuen provides an overview of the presentations and recommendations made at the event.
A CNS Feature Story by Cristina Chuen.
Posted: April 17, 2007
From the Horse's Mouth: Unraveling Al-Qa`ida's Target Selection Calculus- Al-Qa`idas primarily selects economic targets to derail the American economy, to sever American and Muslim alliances, and to remove all Western influence from the Middle East.
A CNS Feature Story by Sammy Salama and David Wheeler
Posted: January 26, 2007
Recent Weapons Grade Uranium Smuggling Case: Nuclear Materials are Still on the Loose- Recent reports of the seizure of weapons-grade uranium from traffickers in Georgia raise concerns about poor cooperation against nuclear terrorism.
A CNS Feature Story
Posted: July 21, 2006
Special Report: Manual for Producing Chemical Weapon to Be Used in New York Subway Plot Available on Al-Qaeda Websites Since Late 2005- an article by Sammy Salama for WMD Insights.
Posted: June 23, 2006
WMD Commission Report- The WMD Commission Chairman Hans Blix recently presented the Commission's report to United Nations
Secretary-General Kofi Annan. The full report
is available on the WMDC
website. CNS researchers contributed numerous papers and studies to the proceedings of the Commission.
Posted: April 7, 2006
The real chemical threat- An op-ed by Paul F. Walker and Jonathan B. Tucker for the Los Angeles Times.
Posted: February 10, 2006
Does Intent Equal Capability? Al-Qaeda and Weapons of Mass Destruction [PDF format]- A report by Sammy Salama and Lydia Hansell for the Fall-Winter 2005 issue of The Nonproliferation Review.
Updated: April 22, 2005
Chart: Al-Qa`ida's WMD Activities- The following table provides a comprehensive listing of reports concerning al-Qa`ida's involvement with chemical, biological,
radiological and nuclear weapons in the period between 1997 and 2005.
Posted: April 13, 2004
Osmium Tetroxide - a New Chemical Terrorism Weapon?- Serving legitimate functions
in biological research and in specialized chemical industry, osmium
tetroxide's suitability as a terrorist agent - a dual use compound
- is limited, despite the characterizations of it generating "chemical fallout."
CNS Feature Story by Michelle Baker and Dr. Margaret E. Kosal.
Posted: February 3, 2004
Chronology of Incidents Involving Ricin- The use of ricin, a deadly toxin derived from the castor bean, marks the second case in three years where someone has sent mail containing a toxic substance to the offices of the country's most senior lawmakers.
Posted: November 21, 2003
The Historical Roots of Current Terrorist Tactics and Methods- To best understand these tactics, one needs to return to the
roots of the Shi'i-Sunni conflict and explore how early Islamic
history continues to impact the attitudes and religious interpretations of
militant extremist Islamist groups.
Feature Story by Sammy Salama and Kathleen Thompson.
Posted: September 15, 2003
2002 Conventional Terrorism Chronology: Incidents Involving Sub-National Actors Resulting in Death or Injury [PDF]- By Wayne Turnbull
Posted: August 15, 2003
2002 WMD Terrorism Chronology: Incidents Involving Sub-National Actors and Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Materials [PDF]- By Wayne Turnbull and Praveen Abhayaratne.
This chronology covers incidents worldwide involving criminal or ideological motivations, including hoaxes and pranks.
Posted: January 23, 2002
Ricin Found in London: An al-Qa`ida Connection?- In January, British authorities arrested seven men suspected of producing ricin in their north London apartment.
At least one had attended an al-Qa`ida training camp in Afghanistan.
Posted: October 9, 2002
Islamist Terrorist Threat in the Tri-Border Region- The tri-border region of South America received little attention as a locus of terrorist activity
despite a recent history of Islamist terrorist activity. But this region, which already has a history
of mass casualty Islamic terrorism, is also an area of concern.
An issue brief by Jeffrey Fields for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI).
Posted: September 23, 2002
"Suitcase Nukes": A Reassessment- Attention to portable nuclear devices ("suitcase nukes") peaked in 1997-early 1998 following well-publicized allegations that an unknown number of these
weapons could not be accounted for. This paper assesses the threat that a number of them could
have fallen into the hands of terrorists or states that support them.
Feature Story.
Posted: September 18, 2002
2001 WMD Terrorism Chronology- By Adam Dolnik and Jason Pate.
This chronology covers incidents worldwide involving criminal or ideological motivations, including hoaxes and pranks.
Posted: August 28, 2002
"Dirty Bomb" Threat Awakens Dormant Disarmament Conference- "If an international institution's efficiency is
partly determined by its ability to respond to external shocks and
crises, the Jose Padilla controversy may help
revive the Geneva-based Conference on Disarmament (CD)."
Feature Story by Daniil Kobyakov and Nicolas Florquin.
Posted: June 11, 2002
The Real Sum of All Fears- An op-ed for the Los Angeles Times by William Potter and Leonard Spector.
Posted: June 6, 2002
Occasional Paper #8: After 9/11: Preventing Mass-Destruction Terrorism and Weapons Proliferation- The papers in this collection examine the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in the United States, and analyze U.S. and international responses to 9/11. They also propose measures to avert terrorism and to reduce mass-destruction threats to U.S. and international security.
Michael Barletta, ed.
Posted: June 5, 2002
Keeping Track of Anthrax: The Case for a Biosecurity Convention- An article by Michael Barletta, Amy Sands, and Jonathan B. Tucker, for the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists.
Updated: May 29, 2002
Major Conventional Terrorist Incidents 1980s to 2000Posted: May 1, 2002
Would They If They Could?
- An article on WMD terrorism by Gary Ackerman and Laura Snyder for the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists.
Posted: April 1, 2002
Deconstructing the Chem-Bio Threat- Testimony by Amy Sands for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
Posted: 13 December 2001
Chemical and Biological Warfare: A Comprehensive Survey for the Concerned Citizen- A book by Eric Croddy.
Posted: November 14, 2001
Testimony of Leonard S. Spector- The November 14, 2001 testimony of Leonard S. Spector before the Subcommittee on
International Security, Nonproliferation, and Federal Services,
on improving the effectiveness of U.S. nonproliferation programs in the successor states of the former Soviet Union.
Posted: November, 2001
Future Security Threats & Capabilities- Listen to a Commonwealth Club talk with Jason Pate (Scroll down to recent forums).
Posted: 22 October 2001
CBW Terrorism Additional ResourcesPosted: 10 October 2001
Anthrax: Background ReportPosted: Fall-Winter 2001
Roundtable on the Implications of the September 11, 2001, Terrorist Attacks for Nonproliferation and Arms Control- A special report for the Nonproliferation Review, CNS, Vol. 8.3.
Posted: Fall-Winter 2001
Strengthening Nuclear Security Against Terrorists and Thieves Through Better Training [PDF format]- A report for the Nonproliferation Review, CNS, Vol. 8.3.
by George Bunn, Fritz Steinhausler, and Lyudmila Zaitseva
Posted: Created 14 September 2001
Overview of Weapons of Mass Destruction Capabilities in the Middle East and South Asia- If the United States starts military actions against either Afghanistan or Iraq,
its forces will be operating in a region of the world where many countries have
weapons of mass destruction (WMD), or are seeking to develop them.
Posted: Created 14 September 2001
United States Seeks Pakistan's Assistance- Attention is turning to the role Pakistan can play in assisting a U.S. military strike on Afghanistan and in capturing alleged terrorist leader Usama Bin Laden.
Posted: Created 12 September 2001
February 1993 Bombing of the World Trade Center in New York City- "The February 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center in New York City marked the beginning of an ugly new phase of terrorism involving the indiscriminate killing of civilians."
Posted: Created 11 September 2001
Issues and Analysis: Assessing the Threat of WMD Terrorism- Jason Pate and Gary Ackerman
Posted: Created 30 April 2000
2000 WMD Terrorism Chronology: Incidents Involving Sub-National Actors and Chemical, Biological, Radiological, or Nuclear Materials- Jason Pate, Gary Ackerman, and Kimberly McCloud
This chronology covers incidents worldwide involving criminal or ideological motivations, including hoaxes and pranks.
Posted: 2001
Bioterrorism: Legal Initiatives for Prevention/Deterrence- Washington D.C. Office 2001 Briefing Series, April 17, 2001.
Posted: 16 March 2001
Will We Be Ready?- "Whether it's a bioterrorist hoax or the real thing, Canada is
unprepared." An op-ed by Gary Ackerman and Jeffrey Allan for The
Globe and Mail.
Updated: 15 March 2001
Chronology of Aum Shinrikyo's CBW Activities- "Six years ago, on March 20, 1995, five members of the Japanese
cult Aum Shinrikyo (Supreme Truth) boarded subway trains in Tokyo,
Japan, and released the deadly chemical nerve agent sarin." A
report by Tim Ballard, Jason Pate, Gary Ackerman, and Sean Lawson.
Posted: 2001
Allegations of WMD Terrorism- Washington D.C. Office 2001 Briefing Series, March 13, 2001.
Updated: 14 March 2001
WMD Terrorism and Usama Bin Laden- "The current trial of Usama Bin Laden and others for the August
7, 1998 bombings of the U.S. embassies in Nairobi, Kenya and Dar
al-Salaam, Tanzania, has shed new light on the efforts of Bin Laden
and his terrorist organization, Al-Qa'ida ("The Base"), to
acquire weapons of mass destruction."
Posted: Summer 2000
1999 WMD Terrorism Chronology: Incidents Involving Sub-National Actors and Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Materials- by Gavin Cameron, Jason Pate, Diana McCauley, & Lindsay DeFazio, Nonproliferation Review, Vol. 7, No. 2, Summer 2000
Posted: 2000
Mass Casualty Terrorism: Myths & Realities- Washington D.C. Office 2000 Briefing Series, April 14, 2000.
Posted: April 2000
Toxic Terror: Assessing Terrorist Use of Chemical and Biological WeaponsPosted: Fall 1999
Assessing the Risk of Chemical and Biological Weapons Proliferation to Terrorists- Jean Pascal Zanders, Nonproliferation Review, Vol. 6, No. 4, Fall 1999
Posted: July/August 1999
Historical Trends Related to Bioterrorism: An Empirical Analysis- Emerging Infectious Diseases, July/August 1999
by Jonathan B. Tucker
Posted: July 1998
Are Suitcase Nukes on the Loose?- A paper analyzing Alexander Lebed's claim that 100 suitcase-sized atomic
weapons were unaccounted for in the Russian nuclear arsenal.
Posted: Spring-Summer 1999
Information Warfare: Hype or Reality? [PDF format]- A viewpoint for the Nonproliferation Review, CNS, Vol. 6.3.
by E. Anders Eriksson.
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U.S. Domestic Preparedness and Response to Terrorism
Posted: February 21, 2006
Literature Review of Existing Terrorist Behavior Modeling (PDF format, 1.7 MB)Posted: July 27
Art or Bioterrorism? The Implications of the Kurtz Case- In the war against terrorism, neither art, science, nor democracy should be an
unintended casualty.
CNS Feature Story by Margaret E. Kosal.
Posted: August 15, 2003
Bioterrorism Threat Assessment and Risk Management Workshop [PDF]- Final Report and Commentary presented to the U.S. Department of Energy on June 24, 2003 by Raymond A. Zilinskas (Rapporteur).
Posted: November 25, 2002
Biosecurity Measures for Preventing Bioterrorism- This essay and the companion research collection provide an introduction to biosecurity measures, a key element among policy efforts to address the threat of bioterrorism.
Feature Story by Michael Barletta.
Posted: July 12, 2002
Legislative Response to Potential Bioterrorist Threat- On June 12, 2002, President George W. Bush
signed into law the "Public Health Security and
Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002." The new law seeks to significantly increase America's
ability to prepare for, prevent, detect and respond to bioterrorism in an
efficient and coordinated manner.
Feature Story by Kristin Thompson.
Posted: June 10, 2002
Vaccinate Saddam Against Invasion?- An Op-Ed for the International Herald Tribune by Leonard S. Spector.
Posted: November 29, 2001
Anthrax And Mass-Casualty Terrorism: What is the Bioterrorist Threat After September 11?- An article by Jason Pate for the U.S. Foreign Policy Agenda, Vol. 6, No. 3, November 2001.
Posted: November, 2001
Future Security Threats & Capabilities- Listen to a Commonwealth Club talk with Jason Pate (Scroll down to recent forums).
Posted: 8 October 2001
Improving Infectious Disease Surveillance to Combat Bioterrorism and Natural Emerging Infections- Testimony by Jonathan B. Tucker, Ph.D, before the Senate Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies.
Updated: October 2001
Assessing the Threat of Mass-Casualty Bioterrorism- The September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks have shown that the threat of mass-casualty terrorism has reached the United States.
The subsequent series of anthrax letters has demonstrated that biological terrorism is a reality. These two developmentsmass-casualty
attacks and the use of biological agentshave signaled a new era in terrorism in the United States.
An issue brief by Jason Pate and Gary Ackerman for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI).
Posted: Fall-Winter 2001
Special Section on the September 11, 2001, Attacks: Interview with Ambassador Robert G. Joseph- An interview for the Nonproliferation Review, CNS, Vol. 8.3.
by Leonard S. Spector
Posted: 2001
U.S. Federal Funding to Combat Terrorism- Lists funding to various federal agencies in order to combat terrorism, including defense against weapons of mass destruction.
Posted: 7 December 2000
Better Plan Needed for Curbing Epidemics- "Even though the United States has the most extensive disease
surveillance and response system in the world, there are gaps in its
ability to detect outbreaks early, as the 1999 West Nile virus
outbreak illustrated." An Op-Ed for Newsday by Jason
Pate.
Posted: August 9, 2000
America and the "New Terrorism": Reassessing the Threat- Washington D.C. Office 2000 Briefing Series, August 9, 2000.
Updated: 2 August 2000
Combating Terrorism: Assessing Threats, Risk Management, and Establishing Priorities- Testimony by John Parachini before the House Subcommittee on National Security, Veterans Affairs, and International Relations.
Posted: 25 October 1999
Combating Terrorism: Assessing the Threat- Congressional Testimony by John V. Parachini
Posted: 24 October 1999
Assessing the Threat of Bioterrorism- Congressional Testimony by Raymond Zilinskas
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Terrorist Group Profiles
In light of the U.S. focus on Afghanistan and the Taliban in connection with the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, CNS has developed profiles of selected terrorist organizations operating in Afghanistan.
Updated: April 22, 2005
Chart: Al-Qa`ida's WMD Activities- The following table provides a comprehensive listing of reports concerning al-Qa`ida's involvement with chemical, biological,
radiological and nuclear weapons in the period between 1997 and 2005.
Posted: December 31, 2002
Al-Qa`ida and Weapons of Mass Destruction- The world's media have reported no less than 56 separate incidents involving al-Qa`ida and WMD, 36 of which have come to light since September 2001.
Posted: 2002
Debunk the myth of Al QaedaPosted: 20 November 2001
WMD Terrorism and Usama Bin LadenPosted: September 2001
Al-Qaida-
Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU)
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Al-Jihad al-Islami
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Al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya
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Terrorism Chronologies
Posted: 2003
2002 Conventional Terrorism ChronologyPosted: (Varies)
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Agroterrorism
Updated: February 2008
Agroterrorism Resource Page- Resources on Agroterrorism, including state-programs and chronology of incidents involving agroterrorism since 1915.
Posted: Fall-Winter 2000
Biological Terrorism Targeted at Agriculture: The Threat to US National Security [PDF format]- A viewpoint for the Nonproliferation Review, CNS, Vol. 7.3.
by Rocco Casagrande
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Terrorism Database
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WMD Terrorism Database Access Page
- Systematically monitors incidents around the world involving the
acquisition and/or use by sub-state actors of weapons of mass
destruction (WMD), defined as chemical, biological, or nuclear
materials.
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