Islamic terrorism in the UK since 9/11: reassessing the 'soft' response / James Edwards; Benoît Gomis. London : The Royal Inst. of Internat. Affairs [u.a.], 2011
Content
- SUMMARY
- 1. CONTEST AND THE ‘PREVENT’ STRAND
- 2. THE PLOTS: PATTERNS AND MYTHS
- Case 1: The shoe bomb plot
- Case 2: The Wood Green ricin plot
- Case 3: The fertilizer bomb plot
- Case 4: 7/7 London bombings
- Case 5: 21/7 London bombings
- Case 6: The transatlantic airline bomb plot
- Case 7: Plan to kidnap and murder a Muslim soldier in the British Army
- Case 8: London and Glasgow car bombings
- Case 9: Exeter suicide bomber
- Case 10: Attack on publisher’s house
- Case 11: Bristol suicide bomber
- Case 12: Attempted murder of a British politician
- Patterns and myths
- 3. ‘PREVENT’ IN ACTION – FAILURES AND SUCCESSES
- Failures
- Objective 1: Challenging the violent extremist ideology and supporting mainstream voices
- Objective 2: Disrupting those who promote violent extremism and supporting the institutions where they may be active
- Objective 3: Supporting vulnerable individuals
- Successes
- Recommendations
- APPENDIX: TERRORISM ACT
- ABOUT THE AUTHORS