Radicalization in the West
Subtitle: the homegrown threat
By: prepared by: Mitchell D. Silber and Arvin Bhatt
Contributors: Bhatt, Arvin; New York (N.Y.). Police Department
Publisher: Police Dept.
Published: 2007
Place of publication: [New York, N.Y.]
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 90
Subjects: Terrorism; Radicalism; Jihad; Prevention; War on Terrorism, 2001-2009
Notes: Title from title screen (last viewed on Aug. 16, 2007).

An analysis of the radicalization process by which "unremarkable" local residents/citizens plan and execute (not always successfully) terrorist attacks. Some cases included are: Madrid's March 2004 attack, Amsterdam's Hofstad Group, London's July 2005 attack, Australia's Operation Pendennis (which thwarted attack(s) in November 2006, the Toronto 18 case (which thwarted an attack in June 2006). Homegrown American terrorist cases included are: Lackawana, New York; Portland, Oregon; Northern Virginia; Herald Square Subway, NYC; and The Al Muhajiroun Two, NYC. -- Executive summary.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 87-90).

Available via the Internet. Address as of 08/16/2007:http://www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/pdf/dcpi/NYPD_Report-Radicalization_in_the_West.pdf
Table of contents: title: Executive summary; title: The threat; title: Radicalization : Western style; title: The radicalization process; title: Radicalization in the West : five foreign cases; title: Radicalization in the United States; title: The New York City experience; title: September 11 revisited; title: Findings and implications; title: Glossary of terms; title: Endnotes.