| ID | 122127 |
| Title Proper | Terror data |
| Other Title Information | US vs. UK |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Simcox, Robin ; Dyer, Emily |
| Publication | 2013. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | In April 2013, three people died and more than two hundred and sixty were injured in the Boston Marathon terror attack. At the same time in the UK, eleven men were sentenced for their roles in a large al-Qaeda-approved suicide plot in Birmingham to explode eight bombs concealed in backpacks, while members of another terror group were sentenced for a series of terrorism offenses, including potential attacks against British troops. A month later, a British soldier was indeed murdered on the streets of London by two radicalized men yelling, "Allahu akbar." These events are only the latest that show the US and the UK face very similar ideological challenges from terrorism. Yet the backgrounds of the individuals posing this challenge differ greatly, as two recent studies we have conducted show. One study, published earlier this year, covered all those convicted of al-Qaeda and al-Qaeda-inspired terrorism in US civilian and military courts and those who committed suicide attacks on US soil over a fifteen-year period. A similar study we published in 2011 covered Islamism-related offenses in the UK between 1998 and 2010. |
| `In' analytical Note | World Affairs US Vol. 176, No.2; Jul-Aug 2013: p.45-54 |
| Journal Source | World Affairs US Vol. 176, No.2; Jul-Aug 2013: p.45-54 |
| Key Words | United Kingdom ; Al Qaeda ; Birmingham ; Boston Marathon Terror Attack ; Terrorism |