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Terrorism and the Olympics By-the-Numbers: Analysis from UMD-based START

By Guest PostJuly 27, 2012Politicsatlanta, Beijing, erin miller, Europe, global terrorism database, gtd, munich, olympic games, olympics, potential threat, public transportation, qaida, secret organization, start, suicide bombings, terrorism, umd, university of maryland

COLLEGE PARK, Md. – History offers a warning, but no clear pattern on the true risk of terrorism at the Olympic Games, concludes a new report by the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) based at the University of Maryland.

The Olympic Games have been terror targets on three separate occasions since 1970, claiming 22 lives and wounding more than 100, the report says. It compiles and analyzes data from START’s comprehensive Global Terrorism Database (GTD).

“The heightened profile of these events might increase the likelihood of a terrorist attack while the heightened security and surveillance might decrease the likelihood of an attack,” explains START researchers and report co-author Erin Miller. (more…)

Report: Discovery Networks Hostage-Taking a Rare Terror Event

By Guest PostSeptember 3, 20101 commentMedia, Politicsd c, discovery building, discovery communications, gary lafree, global terrorism database, hostage-taking, radical environmentalists, start center, terrorism, terrorist act, university of maryland, Washington

*U.S. Violent Terror Rarely Against Media, Capital; Rare for Environmentalists*

COLLEGE PARK, Md. – A new report by terrorism researchers at the University of Maryland concludes that the deadly hostage-taking incident at the Discovery Communications headquarters in suburban Washington, D.C. meets the criteria of a terrorist act – a rare one for media organizations and the nation’s capital region. Hostage-taking, though, is a familiar pattern in capital-region terror, the researchers add.

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‘Rise in New Terror Groups Globally, Fewer Coordinated Attacks’

By Guest PostJuly 9, 2010General, Politicsbali nightclub bombings, global terrorism database, gtd, ideological variation, london, madrid, metro stations, mumbai, national consortium, responses to terrorism, start, study of terrorism, university of maryland

COLLEGE PARK, Md. – The deadly, coordinated terror strikes in London five years ago – the 7/7 transit attacks – reflect emerging global trends, reports the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START), based at the University of Maryland.

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Terrorism and the Olympics By-the-Numbers: Analysis from UMD-based START

Report: Discovery Networks Hostage-Taking a Rare Terror Event

‘Rise in New Terror Groups Globally, Fewer Coordinated Attacks’