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| 100 | 1 | _aCORDESMAN Anthony H | |
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_aTransnational threats from the Middle East: _bcrying wolf or crying havoc? |
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_aCarlisle, Pa., USA: _bStrategic Studies Institute, US Army War College, _c1999 |
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| 520 | 3 | _aAnalyses the significant potential threats to the West posed by the Middle East. Problems examined include narcotics and organised crime; immigration; terrorism; and arms proliferation, particularly with reference to weapons of mass destruction. The author asserts that if the threats of Middle Eastern terrorism and proliferation were to be combined into super-terrorism, the result would create a new form of asymmetric warfare for which the West is ill-prepared. | |
| 650 | _aDRUG TRADE | ||
| 650 | _aINTERNATIONAL TERRORISM | ||
| 650 | _aMIDDLE EAST | ||
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_aMIDDLE EAST _xTERRORISM |
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| 650 | _aORGANISED CRIME | ||
| 650 | _aPROLIFERATION | ||
| 650 | _aTERRORISM | ||
| 650 | _aTERRORIST GROUPS | ||
| 650 | _aWEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION | ||
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