The World's Most Threatening Terrorist Networks and Criminal Gangs

PART I: BROADER NON-STATE ACTOR ISSUES Suicide Terrorism: Are There Important Counterterrorist Lessons to be Learned?; J.E.Winkates Al Qaeda's Modus Operandi: Anticipating Their Target Selection; B.R.Schneider Political Islam and Radical Islam: The Cases of Pakistan and Bangladesh; S.F.Burgess 'Like Glitter of the Sun': Iran and Terrorism; G.F.Giles Terrorist use of WMD; J.J.F.Forest PART II: SPECIFIC NON-STATE ACTOR GROUPS Hezbollah: A State Within a State; M.T.Kindt Hamas: The Islamic Resistance Movement; J.M.Post Al Qaeda 2.0 and the Global Salafi Jihad; J.M.Post Jemaah Islamiyah Remains Active and Deadly; J.C.Whitmire The Mexican Drug Cartels: At War for Control of the U.S.-Mexico Border; D.E.Teicher Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC); J.M.Post Mara Salvatrucha: A Threat to U.S. and Central American Security; T.S.Strickland