Political Manipulation and Weapons of Mass Destruction

Ben Cole is Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Liverpool. He specialises in the process by which individuals become radicalised into violent extremism; terrorist decision making with regard to CBRN terrorism; and real-time monitoring and analysis of conflicts and terrorist movements using online media. He worked on the development of the PVE tool and guidance, and lectures regularly on CBRN terrorism. He is the author of The Changing Face of Terrorism (I.B.Tauris), co-author of Martyrdom: Radicalisation and Terrorist Violence Among British Muslims and editor of Conflict, Terrorism and the Media in Asia.

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Introduction
1 Opportunism, 1994–6
2 The US and the Politics of CBRN Terrorism, 1995–9
3 Antecedents: Afghanistan, 1996–8
4 Project al Zabadi and the Pursuit of Nuclear Weapons
5 Al Qaeda’s Strategy begins to Emerge, 1998–2001
6 Opting for Deterrence 1998–2001
7 The End of Project al Zabadi
8 Re-establishing a CBRN Weapon Capability, 2002–3
9 Al Qaeda Announces its Strategy 2002–3
10 Constraining the Threat, 2002–3
11 The Politics of CBRN Terrorism and the Invasion of Iraq
12 Western Uncertainty about the Threat, 2004–7
13 Losing Control of the Threat, 2004–7
14 Breakdown in Control, 2007–9
15 Influencing the New President, 2009–10
16 A New Threat Emerges, 2010–15
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index