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Jihadists May Attack European Football Championships, Swiss Police Report

- Police cite online jihadist chatter as reason for their fear.

Terrorism Fatalities Up in 2007

- In its annual terrorism report, the State Department cites a sustained threat from al Qaeda, and offers to remove North Korea removal from its list of state terrorism sponsors if it de-nuclearizes.

Report: U.S. Cigarette Smuggling Still Funds Terrorism

- A new Congressional report charges that cigarette smuggling in the U.S., especially in New York State, funds terrorist organizations abroad to the detriment of national security.

Worldwide Terrorism by Tactic

- Quarterly tactic data on terrorist incidents from the MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base.

Conventional Weapons, Unconventional Threat

- The RAND Corp. analyzes what would happen if terrorists got their hands on hi-tech weaponry.

Police Analysis and Planning for Homicide Bombings, 2nd Edition

- Using the more accurate concept, homicide bombing, this work is a superior foundation for security professionals who seek to prevent, or prepare to respond to, terrorist bombings.

Breaching the Fortress Wall: Understanding Terrorist Efforts to Overcome Defensive Technologies

- The United States and other nations continually deploy new tactics and techniques to combat terrorists and disrupt their operations. The enemy, however, has responded to counterterrorism efforts with their own countermeasures and counter- countermeasures.

Incident Report Revision Helps LAPD Gather Terrorism Intelligence

- A simple addition to police officer's report forms has turned LAPD officers into better counterterrorism intelligence gatherers, and federal officials have taken note.

Al Qaeda Attacks Western Worker Complex in Yemen

- Al Qaeda-linked terrorists claim responsibility for firing three rockets at a villa where Western oil workers live in the city of Sanaa.

Treasury Evolves to Fight Terrorist Financing

- A top Treasury official told Congress today that the department's role in countering terrorist financing has made it an important part of the country's national security architecture.

U.S. Federal Legislation: Terrorism Insurance

- A bill (H.R. 2761) that would reauthorize the government-based terrorism insurance program for seven more years has been signed into law (P.L. 110-160). Under the law, the terrorism insurance program, which was slated to expire at the end of 2008, will be extended until the end of 2015.

Suicide Bombings

- Find out how a knowledge of crowd movements may help reduce casualties from a suicide bomb attack. For an earlier 2005 study on the same phenomenon, click here. 

In Germany, Worries Over Extremists

- Germany's top spy tells Der Spiegel that 700 Muslim extremists are under surveillance and that North Africa is a hotbed of jihadism.