Targeting terror : U.S. policy toward Middle Eastern state sponsors and terrorist organizations, post-September 11 / by Matthew Levitt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Levitt, Matthew, 1970-

Series:

Policy papers (Washington Institute for Near East Policy) ; no. 58.

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Language:

English

Subjects (All):

War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.

Terrorism--Government policy--United States.

Terrorism.

Terrorism--Government policy.

United States.

Terrorism--Middle East.

Middle East.

United States--Foreign relations--Middle East.

International relations.

Physical Description:

ix, 141 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : Washington Institute for Near East Policy, [2002]

Summary:

September 11 produced unprecedented political will in the United States to fight international terrorism with all of the energy and power at the collective disposal of America and its allies. That principle has already been applied to al-Qaeda and is now being applied to Saddam Husayn's Iraq. But what effect has the U.S.-led "war on terror" had on the leaders and state sponsors of other Middle Eastern terrorist organizations? in this sober, fact-filled assessment of U.S. counterterrorism policy, Matthew Levitt argues that without marshalling the resolve and resources to fight terror on all its fronts simultaneously, the West will not fully come to grips with the implications of September 11.

Contents:

Navigating the U.S. government's terrorism lists

Patterns of global terrorism 2001

PLOCCA 2002 : empty words

PLOCCA redux : the State Department's subtle swipe at demanding Palestinian compliance

Europe and Middle Eastern terrorism : the European Union's terrorism list

Syria and the war on terror

New arenas for Iranian-sponsored terror

Saudi Arabia and the financing of international terrorism

The Palestinian Authority : lost opportunities in the war on terror

Arming Yemen, carefully

Skipping Beirut (and Damascus)

Designating the al-Aqsa martyrs brigades

Hamas : toward a Lebanese-style war of attrition?

Palestinian Islamic Jihad : getting by with a little help from its friends

Secular resurrection : the return of Palestinian nationalist terrorism

Targeting U.S. interests?

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Online version: Levitt, Matthew, 1970- Targeting terror.

ISBN:

0944029817

9780944029817

OCLC:

50516448