...Decision Directive SWAT Special Weapons and Tactics USAID US Agency for International Development WMD Weapons of Mass Destruction Chapter 1 Introduction...incidents has fallen from a peak of 665 in 1987 to 296 in 1996, a 25-year low.2 Of the 296 international incidents during 1996, 73 were against US persons and...

...interagency coordination among US military, regulatory, law enforcement, and intelligence agencies. While the number of terrorist incidents both worldwide...incidents has fallen from a peak of 665 in 1987 to 296 in 1996, a 25-year low. 2 Of the 296 international incidents during 1996, 73 were against US persons and...

...and 1996, about one-fourth of all international terrorist acts were against US targets and although the number of terrorist incidents both worldwide and...violence and lethality of attacks has in-creased. Violent efforts in the past may encourage further attempts to strike American places such as our own...

...and 1996, about one-fourth of all international terrorist acts were against US targets and although the number of terrorist incidents both worldwide and...of violence and lethality of attacks has increased. Violent efforts in the past may encourage further attempts to strike American places such as our own...

...the threat and also be able to respond to a terrorist event. While the number of terrorist incidents has declined in recent years, the level of violence and lethality of attacks has increased. There is a continuing trend toward more ruthless attacks on civilian targets. Also, the capability...

...interagency coordination among US military, regulatory, law enforcement, and intelligence agencies. While the number of terrorist incidents both worldwide...incidents has fallen from a peak of 665 in 1987 to 296 in 1996, a 25-year low. 2 Of the 296 international incidents during 1996, 73 were against US persons and...