NCJ Number
191047
Date Published
2000
Length
23 pages
Annotation
This chapter examined domestic and foreign-sponsored terrorism in the United States and discussed major problems with terrorism in North America and the Caribbean.
Abstract
In the past, the idea of a major terrorist attack in the United States or Canada was inconceivable. However, the last decade of the 20th century brought international horrors of terrorist bombs home to Americans. This chapter introduces the growing cancer of domestic and foreign sponsored terrorism in the United States and terrorism in the rest of North America and the Caribbean. Close examination is given to the relative openness of societies in this region and the ease with which terrorist acts can be organized and executed by both domestic terror groups and those sponsored from abroad. From an international viewpoint, the United States sees itself as being vulnerable to attack, particularly from Islamic fundamentalists. This chapter begins with the United States, viewed as the most powerful country in the world making it a prime target for hate and anger, followed by Canada, Puerto Rico, Cuba, and the Dominican Republic and Haiti. 9 endnotes