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Author: Yousafzai, Sami, Moreau, Ron, Hirsh, Michael, Bartholet, Jeffrey, Hosenball, Mark, and Hussain, Zahid
Subjects: *TERRORISTS -- Psychology, *PARAMILITARY forces
Abstract: The article focuses on the terrorist organization Al Qaeda. Particular attention is given to the violent acts of the group during the summer of 2007 in both Afghanistan and Pakistan. Article topics include the leadership of Al Qaeda's Ayman Al-Zawahiri and Osama bin Laden, as well as the affect Zawahiri is having on the organization's identity. The author reports that Zawahiri has provoked a potentially serious ideological split within the group over whether he is growing too powerful.
Published: 2007

Author: Nizami, Asad Tamizuddin, Rana, Mowadat Hussain, Hassan, Tariq Mahmood, and Minhas, Fareed Aslam
Subjects: *TERRORISM, *TERRORISTS -- Psychology, *HUMAN rights, *WAR on Terrorism, 2001-2009, *TWENTY-first century, *SOCIAL history
Abstract: This article reviews the behavioral science perspectives of terrorism in Pakistan. It can be argued that Pakistan has gained worldwide attention for 'terrorism' and its role in the 'war against terrorism'. The region is well placed geopolitically for economic successes but has been plagued by terrorism in various shapes and forms. A behavioral sciences perspective of terrorism is an attempt to explain it in this part of the world as a complex interplay of historical, geopolitical, anthropological and psychosocial factors and forces. Drawing from theories by Western scholars to explain the behavioral and cognitive underpinnings of a terrorist mind, the authors highlight the peculiarities of similar operatives at individual and group levels. Thorny issues related to the ethical and human right dimensions of the topic are visited from the unique perspective of a society challenged by schisms and divergence of opinions at individual, family, and community levels. The authors have attempted to minimize the political descriptions, although this cannot be avoided entirely, because of the nature of terrorism. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Published: 2014
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Author: NIZAMI, A. T., RANA, M. H., HASSAN, T. M., and MINHAS, F. A.
Subjects: *TERRORISM, *SOCIOBIOLOGY, *TERRORISTS -- Psychology, *HUMAN rights, *ETHICS, *SCHISM, *FAMILIES
Abstract: This article reviews the behavioral science perspectives of terrorism in Pakistan. It can be argued that Pakistan has gained worldwide attention for "terrorism" and its role in the "war against terrorism". The region is well placed geopolitically for economic successes but has been plagued by terrorism in various shapes and forms. A behavioral sciences perspective of terrorism is an attempt to explain it in this part of the world as a complex interplay of historical, geopolitical, anthropological and psychosocial factors and forces. Drawing from theories by Western scholars to explain the behavioral and cognitive underpinnings of a terrorist mind, the authors highlight the peculiarities of similar operatives at individual and group levels. Thorny issues related to the ethical and human right dimensions of the topic are visited from the unique perspective of a society challenged by schisms and divergence of opinions at individual, family, and community levels. The authors have attempted to minimize the political descriptions, although this cannot be avoided entirely, because of the nature of terrorism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Published: 2015

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