Combating Terrorism: Are There Lessons to Be Learned from Foreign Experiences? (Congressional Research Service)

Combating Terrorism: Are There Lessons to Be Learned from Foreign Experiences?

Congressional Research Service Report for Congress

...The September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States were extraordinary in terms of
the number of lives lost, the extent and cost of the destruction, the audacity of the
concept, and the dramatic symbolism of the targets. Obviously, they were not the first
incidents of international terrorism suffered in the United States in the post-Cold War
period. However, because of these attacks, the United States now fears that it will face
a prolonged period of repeated terrorist incidents – including, especially, attempts to
launch mass casualty attacks possibly even using weapons of mass destruction...

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