Rwanda Try to imagine a place where tribal warfare is o common that 1,000,000 of a total population of 8,000,000 die in 100 days. Picture people having to carry around ethnic idenification cards that decide whether you live or die. Visualize those 1,000,000 people dying, not from gunshots, but rather from machete slashes. Think of a country that is so poor that no other nation wants to help them.

The Middle East and Hezbollah         The Hezbollah or Party of God is Lebanon's biggest and most popular political party. Hezbollah is a home-grown organization made up of patriots seeking self determination and political equality. It is committed to liberating Lebanon from Israeli occupation. The Hezbollah platform is based on the fact that no peace can be achieved while Israel continues to occupy Southern Lebanon and does not adhere to international laws.

Northern Ireland and the IRA The IRA is committed unequivocally to the search for freedom, justice, and peace in Ireland. Their objective is to end British rule in Northern Ireland and seek unity throughout all of Ireland. The IRA's vision is for the redistribution of wealth, the well being of age, advancement of youth, liberation of women, and the protection of children. Although historically violent in their realization of these goals, their ultimate vision is one of peace.

Terrorism in the United States         Contemporary rural radicalism has received abundant attention in periodicals and newspapers since the late 1980's and particularly since the Ruby Rige incident in 1992, the deaths of the Branch Davidians in Waco, Texas, and the April 19, 1995, bombing of the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma. Rural Radicals traces the history of the extremist involvement in the United States including anti-federalism, white supremacy, populism, and vigilantism and reveals how these themes have been dealt with in view of private and public interests.

United Nations & World Terrorism Throughout each of the four books that this class has discussed, there have been deep connections to The United Nations. What they do and how they go about it have often come into question. Here you will find information on the UN. You can read an essay discussing how the UN functions, and how it deals with world terrorism. [ The United Nations ]

General Terrorism Information         The Terrorism Research Center One World News- Search for current and archived news on any country in the world. State Department - The Governmental Home Page Counterterrorism - The State Departments site on counterterrorism. Information on Terrorist Groups - Background information giving a description and discussing size, region, objectives and other vital statistics. Patterns of Global Terrorism 1998 Terrorist groups - Descriptions by Department of State Chronology of Signifigant Terrorist Incidents Essays - Read papers from members of BIST, on Rwanda, Ireland, and the Middle East. These papers cover a veriety of topics within each territory. KCronin@stpauls.pvt.k12.md.us - If you have any informtion pertaining to Terrorism around the world, or if you have any suggestions for this page in general, please feel free to contact us via Kevin Cronin at his email. All original information presented herein is the property of The Brooklandville Institute for the Study of Terrorism. Copyright, 2000 Book Cover courtesy Amazon.Com Maps courtesy Encarta Encyclopedia, Rand McNally Encyclopedia Some Information courtesy Grolier Encyclopedia