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Breaking taboos: why insurgents pursue and use CBRN weapons / Asal, Victor; Avdan, Nazli ; Ackerman, Gary   Journal Article
Ackerman, Gary Journal Article
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Summary/Abstract Much ado has been made about the specter of unconventional weapons in the hands of militant groups. Despite the alarmism of the policy community, the pursuit of chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear capabilities by non-state actors is rare. What explains why some violent non-state organizations pursue chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear weapons while most do not? Using new data on organizational behaviors and attributes from the Big Allied and Dangerous 2 Insurgency project, we analyze 140 insurgent actors, from 1998 to 2012. We expand previous work by Asal, Ackerman & Rethemeyer by studying the phenomenon longitudinally and attending to organizational behavior rather than only to structural and environmental factors. We find that organizations that attack cultural sites are more likely to pursue and use chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear weapons. We interpret the latter as a willingness to transgress upon accepted mores, for the sake of sensationalism and shock value, which coheres with a willingness to pursue unconventional weapons. Our results reflect that chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear pursuit and use is part of a larger strategy for some violent non-state organizations, one predicated on generating mass fear and exacting a psychological toll.
Key Words Terrorism  WMD  Insurgent Groups  CBRN Weapons  Non - State Groups 
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ID:   094585


Jihadists and weapons of mass destruction / Ackerman, Gary (ed.); Tamsett, Jeremy (ed.) 2009  Book
Ackerman, Gary Book
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Publication Boca Raton, CRC Press, 2009.
Description xxxiii, 489p.
Contents Includes bibliographical references and index.
Standard Number 9781420069648
Key Words Terrorism  Security  WMD  Jihad  International  Qaida 
Weapons of Mass Destruction 
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054834363.3253/ACK 054834MainOn ShelfGeneral 
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ID:   021481


World they if they could? / Ackerman, Gary May-June 2002  Article
Ackerman, Gary Article
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Publication May-June 2002.
Description 40-48
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