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No one is immune, whether you're riding a subway in Tokyo or a bus in Tel Aviv, whether you're window shopping in London or walking the streets in Moscow, whether you're doing your duty in Saudi Arabia or going to work in Oklahoma City.Terrorism has become an equal opportunity destroyer, with no respect for borders.
Our personal, community, and national security depend upon our
policies on terrorism at home and abroad.We cannot advance the common good at home without also
advancing the common good around the world. We cannot reduce
the threats to our people without reducing threats to the world beyond our borders.
President Bill Clinton
August 5, 1996
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Terrorism Remains a Global Issue
COMMENTARY
Postmodern Terrorism
America: Not Immune
REPORTS AND DOCUMENTS
New Counterterrorism Law
U.S. Rewards Program Saves
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Popular U.S. Program Helps Governments
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State-sponsored Terrorism
Some of the Most Notorious
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Major Multilateral Terrorism
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The State Department coordinator for counterterrorism writes that
terrorism
remains a high priority for U.S. foreign
policy.
By Ambassador Philip Wilcox, Jr.
The terrorist of the future will be less ideological, more likely
to harbor ethnic grievances,
and harder to distinguish from
others outside the law.
By Walter Laqueur
A Congressional Research Service report notes that domestic acts
of terrorism
and political violence have occurred throughout
U.S. history.
A detailed analysis of the bill's provisions by the State
Department's office of counterterrorism.
Offering reward money can prevent terrorism and bring culprits to
justice.
By Edmund F. Scherr
Assistance is provided to friendly governments that face a
significant threat from terrorism.
By Jim Fuller
Excerpts from a U.S. State Department report.
The U.S. State Department outlines activities of 13 major
terrorist groups.
There are nine major conventions on the responsibility of states
to combat terrorism.
Books, documents, and articles on terrorism
Abstracts of recent articles on terrorism
A list of Internet sites for information on U.S. government
and international efforts to combat terrorism.
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