Click on the following links. Please note these will open in a new window.

The following websites provide links to discussions and data about terrorist objectives, methods, and targets:

• Al-Qa’ida “Training Manual”
• The Anarchist’s Cookbook: Search engine, enter: Anarchist’s Cookbook Center for Defense Information
• Institute for National Security Studies (Tel Aviv)
• Jihadology
• Patterns of Global Terrorism (State Department):
• The Terrorist’s Handbook: Search engine, enter: Terrorist’s Handbook

Using this chapter’s recommended websites, conduct an online investigation of terrorist objectives, methods, and targets.

1.  What common patterns of behavior and methods can you identify across regions and movements?
2.  Conduct a search for other websites that offer advice for organizing terrorist cells and carrying out terrorist attacks. Do you think that the online terrorist manuals and weapons advice are a danger to global society?
3.  Compare the websites for the monitoring organizations. How would you describe the quality of their information? Are they providing a useful service?

For an online search of terrorist tactics and targets, readers should enter the following keywords in the search engine on their Web browser:

• “Terrorist Manuals”
• “Terrorist Weapons”