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Authors: Jeffrey D. Simon
insanity.
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mental state of lone wolves
“insurgents,” definition of,
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Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System (IAFIS) of the FBI,
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Integrated Threat Assessment Centre (Canada),
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Internal Revenue Service (IRS), attack on Austin, TX, building,
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International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol),
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international terrorism,
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Soviet Union as main source of in the 1970s and 1980s,
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statistics on,
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waves of,
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Internet and terrorism,
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addictive nature of Internet,
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cyberterrorism,
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potential threats in future,
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government efforts to monitor,
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impact of acting recklessly on the Internet,
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and lone wolves,
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allowing to achieve “hero status,”
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encouraging women to be lone wolves,
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need for the Internet,
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as a tool to combat lone wolf terrorism,
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as a way to communicate,
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radicalization of individuals via Internet,
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and the Technological Wave of terrorism,
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use of by terrorists
to glamorize terrorist activities,
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to learn techniques,
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providing information on targets,
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Interpol.
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International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol)
intifada.
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Palestine
IRA.
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Irish Republican Army (IRA)
Iran
Iranian Revolution of 1979,
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and US hostage crisis in,
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attacks on US troops,
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end of US involvement in,
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female suicide terrorists in,
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insurgents use of IEDs and EFPs,
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Nidal Malik Hasan opposing,
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use of rape to coerce women into combat,
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use of technology to identify terrorists,
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Persian Gulf War (1990â1991),
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Irish Republican Army (IRA),
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iris recognition, use of for identification,
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ISIS.
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Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
Islamic extremism,
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assassination of Theo van Gogh,
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leaderless jihadist attacks,
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lessening of appeal of,
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and lone wolves,
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women participating in,
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Choudhry, Roshonara; LaRose, Colleen
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al Qaeda; anti-Islamic extremism; Hasan, Nidal Malik; Reilly, Nicky
Islamic Resistance Movement.
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Hamas
Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS),
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Ismailis (Shi'a Islamic sect),
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Israel,
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Israeli hostages at Munich Olympic games,
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Amir, Yigal; El Al airlines; Rabin, Yitzhak, assassination of
Italy
Galleanists (Italian anarchist group),
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Italian version of the Unabomber,
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Red Brigades of Italy,
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Ivins, Bruce,
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mental state of,
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anthrax, anthrax letters;
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Jaeger, Ingrid.
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Albrecht, Susan
Jamieson, Alison,
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Japan
Red Army of Japan,
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Tokyo subway system nerve gas attack in 1995,
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Jenkins, Brian Michael,
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Jewel, Richard,
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JFK
(film),
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“Jihad Jane.”
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LaRose, Colleen
Johnson, Sally,
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Joint Terrorism Task Force,
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Journal-American
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J. P. Morgan building, bombing of in 1920,
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Kaczynski, David,
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FBI questioning whether a terrorist,
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jealousy of attention paid to Timothy McVeigh,
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manifesto of,
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Kanzi, Amil,
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Kappa Kappa Gamma (KKG) sorority,
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Kennedy, Jackie,
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Kennedy, John F., assassination of,
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Kennedy, Robert, assassination of,
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Khabab, Abu,
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Khomeini, Ayatollah,
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kidnappings as a terrorist tactic,
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barricade-hostage incidents, hostage taking; hijackings
Kill the Best Gentiles!
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King, Daisie,
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King, Martin Luther, Jr., assassination of,
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King's College (London),
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Kiprianou, Spiros,
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KKG.
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Kappa Kappa Gamma (KKG) sorority
Kok, Wim,
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“Koranic World View as It Relates to Muslims in the U.S. Military, The” (Hasan),
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Kristianse, Janne,
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Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK),
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Lane, Mark,
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LaRose, Colleen,
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“leaderless resistance,”
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leaderless jihadist attacks,
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Leahy, Patrick,
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Lebanon
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return of hostages from,
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suicide attacks in,
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left-wing extremism,
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New Left Wave of terrorism begun in 1960s
Lembke, Michael.
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Lewis, Bernard,
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Lia, Brynjar,
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Liebermann, Joe,
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Lincoln, Abraham, assassination of,
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List Pim Fortuyn (LPF) (party in Netherlands),
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Little Rock, AR, terrorism in army recruiting office,
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Lockerbie, Scotland, bombing plane over,
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London, England,
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prevalence of security cameras in,
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riots in 2011,
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“London Nailbomber.”
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lone wolves
ability to kill strangers,
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as archetypal antihero,
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assassinations by,
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assassinations
behavior of,
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mental state of lone wolves; psychological profiles of lone wolf attackers
believing in a cause,
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categories of,
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criminal lone wolves; idiosyncratic lone wolves; religious lone wolves; secular lone wolves; single-issue lone wolves
characteristics of,
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creative and innovative nature of,
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