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TERRORISM

President Bush Visits National Defense University's Distinguished Lecture Program, Discusses Global War on Terror,
National Defense University, Washington, D.C., September 9, 2008

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LATEST NEWS

(From: America.gov)

United States Pledges Continued Cooperation with Pakistan

Rice says U.S. grateful for outgoing president’s cooperation against terror
By Stephen Kaufman, Staff Writer
18 August 2008

Washington -- The Bush administration expressed strong support for Pakistan’s democratically elected government and pledged its continued partnership with the country in the aftermath of President Pervez Musharraf’s resignation. Complete text

Terrorism Cannot Destroy Strong U.S.-Africa Ties

Tenth anniversary of U.S. Embassy bombings commemorated
By Charles W. Corey, Staff Writer
7 August 2008

Washington -- The “unspeakable” bombing by al-Qaida of the U.S. embassies in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 10 years ago strengthened the long-standing ties that bind the American, Kenyan and Tanzanian people, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said August 7. Complete text

Colombia's FARC Terrorist Group Faces Devastating Reversals

Freed hostages, leadership deaths, membership defections weaken terrorists
By Merle D. Kellerhals Jr., Staff Writer
23 July 2008

Washington -- The Colombian terrorist group known as the FARC is suffering mounting losses at the hands of aggressive Colombian military and law enforcement authorities while simultaneously watching its influence and relevance weaken. Complete text

SPEECHES and STATEMENTS

President Bush Visits National Defense University's Distinguished Lecture Program, Discusses Global War on Terror, Eisenhower Hall, Fort Lesley J. McNair - National Defense University, Washington, D.C., September 9, 2008
Statement by the President, The White House, August 7, 2008
Remarks at the Tenth Anniversary Commemoration of the Bombings of U.S. Embassies in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam, Secretary Condoleezza Rice, Dean Acheson Auditorium, Washington, D.C., August 7, 2008
G8 Leaders Statement on Counter-Terrorism, The White House, July 8, 2008
U.S. Condemns Bomb Attack Against Danish Embassy in Islamabad, Press Statement, U.S. Department of State, June 2, 2008
Joint Statement by the United States and Libya, Media Note, U.S. Department of State, May 30, 2008
Member of Afghan Taliban Convicted in U.S. Court on Narco-terrorism and Drug Charges, Press Release, U.S. Department of Justice, May 15, 2008
Terrorist Attacks in Jaipur, India, Press Statement, U.S. Department of State, May 13, 2008
Release of the Country Reports on Terrorism 2007, Dell L. Dailey, Coordinator of the Office for Counterterrorism; Russ Travers, Deputy Director of the National Counterterrorism Center; and Gonzo Gallegos, Director, Office of Press Relations, Washington, D.C., April 30, 2008
Transnational Crime and Unity of Effort to Combat Gangs, Criminals and Terrorists, Remarks by David T. Johnson, Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, before the Ministers of Justice or Attorney Generals of the Americas (REMJA), Washington, D.C., April 29, 2008
Commemorative Ceremony on the 25th Anniversary of the Bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, Secretary Condoleezza Rice, Ben Franklin Room, Washington, D.C., April 18, 2008
Statement by the President on 25th Anniversary of Beirut Embassy Bombing, The White House, April 17, 2008
President Bush Visits Dayton, Ohio, Discusses Global War on Terror, National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio, March 27, 2008
President Bush Discusses Global War on Terror, The Pentagon, March 19, 2008
President Bush Condemns Terrorist Attack in Israel, The White House, March 6, 2008
Condolences on Attack against Rabbinical Students, Secretary Condoleezza Rice, Washington, D.C., March 6, 2008
Remarks by Treasury Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing Patrick M. O’Brien, Washington Institute for Near East Policy, Washington, D.C., February 27, 2008
President Bush Discusses Global War on Terror in Las Vegas, Nevada, Emerald at Queensridge, Las Vegas, Nevada, January 31, 2008
President Extends Condolences and Condemns Terrorist Attack in Afghanistan, The White House, November 6, 2007
Suicide Blast in Baghlan Province, Afghanistan, Press statement, U.S. Department of State, November 6, 2007
President Bush Discusses Global War on Terror, The Heritage Foundation, Washington, D.C., November 1, 2007
President Bush Visits National Defense University, Discusses Global War on Terror, Washington, D.C., October 23, 2007
PKK Attack Against Turkey, Press Statement, U.S. Department of State, October 21, 2007
President Bush Addresses the 89th Annual National Convention of the American Legion, Reno-Sparks Convention Center, Reno, Nevada, August 28, 2007
President Bush Attends Veterans of Foreign Wars National Convention, Discusses War on Terror, Kansas City Convention and Entertainment Center, Kansas City, Missouri, August 22, 2007

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FACT SHEETS

Foreign Terrorist Organizations, Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism/U.S. Department of State, April 8, 2008
2008 State of the Union Policy Initiative: Keeping America Safe By Fostering the Freedom Agenda, The White House, January 28, 2008
Defending America and Its Allies Against Ballistic Missile Attack, The White House, October 23, 2007
National Strategy for Homeland Security, The White House, October 9, 2007
The Sixth Anniversary of 9/11: Remembering Lives Lost and Heroic Sacrifices Made, The White House, September 11, 2007
Making America Safer by Defeating Extremists in the Middle East, The White House, August 28, 2007
Combating Terrorism Worldwide, The White House, August 6, 2007
Al Qaeda in Iraq, The White House, July 24, 2007
The Terrorist Threat to the U.S. Homeland, The White House, July 17, 2007
Keeping America Safe From Attack - President Bush Discusses Intelligence Showing The Importance Of Defeating Al Qaeda In Iraq, The White House, May 23, 2007
Afghanistan and Pakistan: Strong Allies in the War on Terror, The White House, September 29, 2006
Progress Report: Fixing the Problems Exposed by the 9/11 Attacks, The White House, September 7, 2006
Progress In The War On Terror, Office of the Spokesman/U.S. Department of State, September 7, 2006
The Administration's Legislation to Create Military Commissions, The White House, September 6, 2006
Bringing Terrorists to Justice, The White House, September 6, 2006
Myth/Fact: The Administration's Legislation to Create Military Commissions, The White House, September 6, 2006
The President's National Strategy for Combating Terrorism, The White House, September 5, 2006

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REPORTS and DOCUMENTS

Designation of the Rajah Solaiman Movement (RSM) and Ahmad (Ahmed) Santos, Media Note, U.S. Department of State, June 16, 2008
Country Reports on Terrorism 2007 (formerly known as Patterns of Global Terrorism), Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism/U.S. Department of State, April 30, 2008
Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism Launches Exercise Planning Efforts, Media Note, U.S. Department of State, April 15, 2008
Designation of Al-Shabaab, Media Note, U.S. Department of State, March 18, 2008
National Strategy for Homeland Security, Homeland Security Council, The White House, October 2007
National Intelligence Estimate: The Terrorist Threat to the US Homeland (pdf), National Intelligence Council, July 2007
Executive Order: Interpretation of the Geneva Conventions Common Article 3 as Applied to a Program of Detention and Interrogation Operated by the Central Intelligence Agency, The White House, July 20, 2007
National Strategy for Combating Terrorism, The White House, September 2006
9/11 - Five Years Later: Successes and Challenges, The White House, September 2006
The National Security Strategy of the United States of America, The White House, March 2006 (pdf)

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CRS REPORTS

(published by the Congressional Research Service/Library of Congress)

The Cost of Iraq, Afghanistan, and Other Global War on Terror Operations Since 9/11 (pdf), updated June 23, 2008
Navy Role in Global War on Terrorism (GWOT) - Background and Issues for Congress (pdf), updated March 3, 2008
Latin America: Terrorism Issues (pdf), updated January 9, 2008
National Strategy for Combating Terrorism: Background and Issues for Congress (pdf), November 1, 2007
Operation Iraqi Freedom and the Global War on Terror: Selected Legislation from the 110th Congress (pdf), September 17, 2007
Al Qaeda: Statements and Evolving Ideology (pdf), updated July 9, 2007
Combating Terrorism: The Challenge of Measuring Effectiveness (pdf), updated March 12, 2007
Trends in Terrorism: 2006 (pdf), updated March 12, 2007
International Terrorism: Threat, Policy, and Response (pdf), updated January 3, 2007
European Approaches to Homeland Security and Counterterrorism (pdf), July 24, 2006
Treasury's Terrorist Finance Program's Access to Information Held by the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) (pdf), updated July 7, 2006
Project BioShield (pdf), updated June 5, 2006
Terrorism and National Security: Issues and Trends (pdf), updated April 21, 2006
Material Support of Terrorists and Foreign Terrorist Organizations: Sunset Amendments in Brief (pdf), updated March 17, 2006
U.S.-EU Cooperation Against Terrorism (pdf), updated January 24, 2006
Islamist Extremism in Europe (pdf), updated January 6, 2006

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PUBLICATIONS and ELECTRONIC JOURNALS

(published by the Bureau of International Information Programs/U.S. Department of State)

Countering the Terrorist Mentality, Electronic Journal, May 2007
The Global War on Terrorist Finance, Electronic Journal, September 2004
U.S. National Security Strategy: A New Era, Electronic Journal, December 2002
Six Months Later - President Bush Calls for Unity (pdf format)
Terrorism: Threat Assessment, Countermeasures and Policy), Electronic Journal, November 2001

RELATED SUBJECTS

(web pages compiled by the Bureau of International Information Programs/U.S. Department of State)

U.S. GOVERNMENT

U.S. Department of State

U.S. Department of Defense
U.S. Department of Justice
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
America Responds - USA.gov, The U.S. Government's Official Web Portal
National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States
Legislation Related to the Attack of September 11, 2001, Thomas - Legislative Information on the Internet/Library of Congress
Selected Internet Resources: Terrorism - Library of Congress
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) - U.S. Department of Homeland Security
U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
Attack on America: Taking Care of Our Own - American Forces Information Service/U.S. Department of Defense

SELECTED ORGANIZATIONS

Resources on Terrorism - The American Society of International Law
UN Action Against Terrorism - United Nations
United Nations Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention (ODCCP)

Terrorism - Cato Institute
Terrorism - Center for Defense Information
Terrorism: Questions & Answers - Council on Foreign Relations
Research: National Security - The Heritage Foundation
The September 11th Sourcebooks - The National Security Archive

FURTHER INFORMATION

Portraits of Grief - Glimpses of some of the victims of the September 11 attacks, The New York Times

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