Book Description

IntelCenter's Terrorism Incident Reference (TIR) series of books is designed to provide a professional-level reference resource to intelligence analysts, operators, security professionals, researchers and others working in the counterterrorism field. It provides a chronological breakout of all terrorist and rebel type activity between 2000-2007. The material for the series is drawn from IntelCenter's weekly World s Terrorist Groups - Intel Update (WTG-IU) reports. Reporting is heavily focused on incident type activity, such as bombings, shootings, kidnappings, etc., with some coverage of arrests, threats and other developments. The data contained in each item represents an analyst s best assessment of the most accurate information based upon available source reporting at that point in time and their knowledge of the area and groups involved. These items are not simply abstracts. All source information for each item is listed below in brackets. It is important to understand that the TIR series is only a starting point. While every attempt is made to be as comprehensive as possible, variations in source coverage, source availability, volume of activity and resource levels all impact the depth of coverage over time. Consequently, while it may appear that attacks have increased during one period this may simply be the result of additional press reporting. Likewise, an apparent decrease in attacks may be the result of a drop-off in coverage or temporary loss of access to a source. When researching patterns of activity or any type of quantitative or frequency type analysis, the TIR is an excellent starting point but needs to be augmented with additional resources.