Contents

Introduction

Terror Q&A:

TERROR DEFINED
Question 1: What is Terror?
Question 2: Are there different types of terror?
Question 3: What does a terrorist look like?
Question 4: How and why do terrorists select targets?
Question 5: Are there different definitions as to what constitutes an act of terror?
Question 6: Because of the different definitions of terror are there different styles of fighting terrorism in the field?
Question 7: Can there be good terror and bad terror?
Question 8: Is it terror when terrorists attack soldiers?
Question 9: Why do people disagree as to whether terror occurred?
Question 10: Isn't terror a legitimate political response? Terrorists often claim they are fighting injustice in the only way they can. How else are people supposed to get their point across?
Question 11: Why is it important to fight terror?
Question 12: How long will the fight against terror take?
Conclusions

RESPONSES TO TERROR
Question 13: What is the best response to terror?
Question 14: Must the response to terror be military? Isn't there an alternative way to fight terror?
Question 15: Which is more dangerous, weapons of mass destruction or terrorism?
Question 16: Are western governments powerless against the threat of terror?
Question 17: Should torture be used to interrogate terrorists?
Question 18: What is targeting? Isn't that just another name for assassination?
Question 19: If we are willing to search out and target ter-rorists, what makes us different from the terrorist? Isn't killing, killing?
Question 20: How do you convince a pacifist to fight terror with force?
Conclusions

ISLAMIC TERROR
Question 21: Are all terrorists Muslims?
Question 22: What is the traditional attitude of Islam to-wards the West?
Question 23: Is there something in Islam that turns people into terrorists?
Question 24: What is the traditional attitude of Islam to-wards war?
Question 25: What is jihad?
Question 26: Who becomes a terrorist? Why?
Question 27: What are homicide or suicide bombers?
Question 28: How can parents of suicide bombers take so much pride in the death of their child after he/she has murdered so many innocent people?
Question 29: What is a shaheed?
Question 30: What does Islam say about suicide?
Question 31: Who are the Fedayeen?
Conclusions

SPONSORS OF TERROR
Question 32: What is the link between despots and terrorism?
Question 33: What was Saddam Hussein's role in terror?
Question 34: How is Iran connected to terror?
Question 35: Who sponsors terror?
Question 36: Why would a country sponsor terror?
Question 37: How can you blame an entire country for the acts of only a few of its citizens?
Question 38: How can you convince millions of people not to support terrorists?
Conclusions

THE TERROR STRUCTURE
Question 39: Does the terrorist act alone?
Question 40: Is there a difference if a person acts alone or as a group member?
Question 41: Do terrorists have an ethical code?
Question 42: What do we know about terrorist organizations?
Question 43: Is there a relationship between drug trafficking and terrorism?
Conclusions

TOOLS OF TERROR
Question 44: How much does it cost to perpetrate a terror attack?
Question 45: What is a suitcase bomb?
Question 46: What is a dirty bomb?
Question 47: Are new weapons being developed that might fall into terrorist hands?
Conclusions

TERRORISM AND AMERICA
Question 48: Why do Muslim terrorists hate the U.S. and other Western countries?
Question 49: Do terrorists hate the United States because the United States is a friend of Israel?
Question 50: Why do terrorists feel threatened by American values?
Question 51: What is the U.S. attitude toward Islam?
Question 52: The 1970's were rife with terror. How is today's terror different?
Question 53: Why did the U.S. not anticipate 9/11?
Question 54: Why couldn't the U.S. prevent 9/11?
Question 55: What are other possible attack sites?
Question 56: How do we better secure our borders?
Question 57: How can we improve visa policies to make certain that no terrorists enter legally?
Question 58: Is airport security effective?
Question 59: Profiling sounds so discriminatory. Is it really one of the ways to stop terrorists?
Question 60: What are the most vulnerable points and the weakest links in the fight against terror?
Question 61: How can the terrorists use the sea to attack?
Question 62: How great are the dangers of a terrorist gas attack?
Question 63: Is a National ID a good idea?
Question 64: Is it safe for Americans abroad?
Question 65: What has been the role of the U.S. and the CIA in Terrorism?
Question 66: Why don't intelligence agencies cooperate and share intelligence and information nationally and internationally?
Question 67: In the war against terror, how do you know who your friends are?
Conclusions

LIVING WITH THE THREAT OF TERROR
Question 68: How do you live with the threat of terror?
Question 69: What do I do to prepare in case of a terror attack?
Question 70: Should I prepare a sealed room and buy duct tape, bottled water and canned goods and prepare for the worst-case scenario?
Question 71: Why call a high level terror alert?
Question 72: What do the different colors mean in a terror alert?
Question 73: If an attack is happening what should I do?
Question 74: What do I do if a family member is missing?
Question 75: What should we tell our children?
Conclusions

Major Terrorist Organizations

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