Countering Al-Qaeda in London - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Countering Al-Qaeda in London write by Robert Lambert. This book was released on 2013. Countering Al-Qaeda in London available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Robert Lambert recounts the remarkable story of two peaceful, pioneering projects to reduce Al Qaeda-inspired terrorism in a major Western city. By partnering Muslim community groups with police forces in London, one project empowered Muslims to exile the Egyptian Sunni activist Abu Hamza and his violent hard-core supporters from Finsbury Park Mosque in North London. The other bolstered long-standing efforts by Brixton's Muslim community to challenge and diminish the influence of the violent extremists among them, notably the radical clerics Abu Qatada and Abdullah el Faisal. These antiextremist projects set important paradigms for future community-based counterterrorism efforts, proving the involvement of centralized government is often less effective than direct, localized action, especially during times of war. Lambert explains how channeling genuine and reasonable Muslim grievance about Western foreign policy -- in ways that are familiar and acceptable to western audiences and anathema to Al-Qaeda -- can create unparalleled outcomes throughout the world.
Homeland Security in the UK
Homeland Security in the UK - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Homeland Security in the UK write by Paul Wilkinson. This book was released on 2007-06-18. Homeland Security in the UK available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book is a detailed examination of whether domestic security measures are striking an appropriate balance between homeland security and civil liberties in the post-9/11 era. Professor Paul Wilkinson and the other contributors assess the nature of UK responses to terrorism by key public and private-sector bodies, highlighting how these organizations can prevent, pre-empt, counter and manage terrorist attacks by using a matrix of factors such as types of terrorist networks, tactics and targets. The volume also compares and contrasts the UK's response with cognate states elsewhere in the EU and with the USA. While improved intelligence has helped prevent a major Al Qaeda attack, the authors conclude that there is still a ‘major question mark’ over whether the country is adequately resourced to deal with an emergency situation, particularly in major cities other than London. The book also confirms that while the UK faces a ‘real and serious’ threat of terrorist attack by Al Qaeda, it is better prepared for an attack than other EU member states. Homeland Security in the UK will be essential reading for all students of terrorism studies, security studies and politics, as well as by professional practitioners and well-informed general readers.
Handbook of Terrorism and Counter Terrorism Post 9/11
Handbook of Terrorism and Counter Terrorism Post 9/11 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Handbook of Terrorism and Counter Terrorism Post 9/11 write by David Martin Jones. This book was released on 2019-12-27. Handbook of Terrorism and Counter Terrorism Post 9/11 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Almost two decades after the events of 9/11, this Handbook offers a comprehensive insight into the evolution and development of terrorism and insurgency since then. Gathering contributions from a broad range of perspectives, it both identifies new technological developments in terrorism and insurgency, and addresses the distinct state responses to the threat of political, or religiously motivated violence; not only in the Middle East and Europe, but also in Africa, South and Southeast Asia, and North and South America.
Critical Perspectives on Counter-terrorism
Critical Perspectives on Counter-terrorism - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Critical Perspectives on Counter-terrorism write by Lee Jarvis. This book was released on 2014-12-17. Critical Perspectives on Counter-terrorism available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This volume examines the rationale, effectiveness and consequences of counter terrorism practices from a range of perspectives and cases. The book critically interrogates contemporary counter-terrorism powers from military campaigns and repression through to the prosecution of terrorist suspects, counter-terrorism policing, counter-radicalisation programmes, and the proscription of terrorist organisations. Drawing on a range of timely and important case studies from around the world including the UK, Sri Lanka, Spain, Canada, Australia and the USA, its chapters explore the impacts of counter-terrorism on individuals, communities, and political processes. The book focuses on three questions of vital importance to any assessment of counter-terrorism. First, what do counter-terrorism strategies seek to achieve? Second, what are the consequences of different counter-terrorism campaigns, and how are these measured? And, third, how and why do changes to counter-terrorism occur? This volume will be of much interest to students of counter-terrorism, critical terrorism studies, criminology, security studies and IR in general.
Understanding Terrorism Innovation and Learning
Understanding Terrorism Innovation and Learning - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Understanding Terrorism Innovation and Learning write by Magnus Ranstorp. This book was released on 2015-04-24. Understanding Terrorism Innovation and Learning available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book examines the role of terrorist innovation and learning in theory and practice, and in the context of three specific EU case-studies. It is often said that terrorist groups are relatively conservative in character operating in a technological vacuum – relying almost exclusively on bombs and bullets. This observation masks increasing complexity and creativity and innovation within terrorist groups and one of the most distinguishing features of al-Qaeda’s terrorist operations is its propensity for remarkable innovation. This book examines how and why terrorist groups innovate more generally and al-Qaeda-related terrorist plots in Europe more specifically. The starting point for this book was twofold. Firstly to examine the issue of innovation and learning more generically both in theory, within specific themes and within the context of al-Qaeda’s influence on this process. Secondly, this book examines the evolution of specific al-Qaeda-related plots in three specific northern EU states – the United Kingdom, Denmark and Germany - where there has been a significant volume of planned, failed and executed terrorist plots. In particular, these case studies explore signs of innovation and learning. This book will be of much interest to students of terrorism and counter-terrorism, political violence, security studies and IR in general.
