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 ; Halle (Saale) : Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt, 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
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