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Jihadist cells and "IED" capabilities in Europe : assessing the present and future threat to the West /

The first of two interrelated security threats is multifaceted inasmuch as it stems from a complex combination of religious, political, historical, cultural, social, and economic motivational factors caused by the growing predilection for carrying out mass casualty terrorist attacks inside the terri...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bale, Jeffrey M.
Corporate Author: Army War College (U.S.). Strategic Studies Institute
Format: Government Document eBook
Language:English
Published: Carlisle, PA : Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, 2012.
Series:SSI monograph.
Subjects:
Improvised explosive devices > Europe.
Terrorists > Europe.
Jihad.
Security, International > Europe.
Security, International > Western countries.
Online Access:https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo33790
Table of Contents:
  • Background
  • Introduction. Definition and conceptual problems with the term "improvised explosive device"
  • Under what circumstances do nonstate groups employ IEDs?
  • Preliminary thoughts on IED diffusion : how are IED know-how and technology spread?
  • Individual and organizational learning about IEDs
  • Jihadist cells in Europe and IED expertise. Preliminary matters
  • The 3/11 Madrid train bombings
  • The July 2006 German train bombings
  • Conclusion.