The axis of evil : Iran, Hizballah, and Palestinian terror /: Iran, Hizballah, and Palestinian terror. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Uniform Title: Tsir ha-reshaʻ.
• Further Information: Note: Shaul Shay.
• Authors: Shay, Shaul
• Contents: The ideological and religious background and the organizational infrastructure of terror in Iran -- The ideological and religious background for the use of terror by Iran Shitte entities -- Basic principles of the Shia -- The main principles of Khomeinism -- Exporting the Iranian revolution -- Intelligence and terror functions in Iran -- Categories of Iranian state terror -- Iranian terror against foreign targets on Iranian soil -- Iranian terror worldwide -- The infrastructure of Shiite terror in Africa -- South America--Islamic terror activity at the tri-border area -- Iranian terror by proxy -- The Hizballah -- The popular front for the liberation of Palestine--the general command (PFLP-GC)(Jibril's front) -- The Palestinian Islamic Jihad (The Faith Shkaki faction) -- The modus operandi of Iranian/Shiite terror -- Characteristics of international terror activity perpetrated by Shiite terror organizations -- Suicide attacks -- Attacks against aviation -- Assassinations -- Explosive devices and car bombs -- Kidnapping hostages -- Targets of the Iranian/Shiite terror -- Israel -- Hizballah and Iran's policy following the IDF's withdrawal from Lebanon (May 2000) -- The Hizballah's strategic branch -- The Hizballah--espionage and attempts to perpetrate attacks inside Israel -- Iranian involvement in the Al Aksa intifada -- Iranian aid to the Palestinian authority -- Iranian air to the organization of Munir al Makdakh -- The Santorini episode -- The Karin A episode -- The Abu-Hassan episode -- Western targets -- Arab targets -- Iranian expatriates and opposition organizations -- Iran and terror--financing and policy -- Financing Shiite terror via criminal activity -- Iranian policy in the era of Khomeini's successors -- Iran, September 11 attacks, and the U.S. war against terror -- Iran and the war in Iraq (2003)(Iraqi freedom) -- The Shiites in Iraq in the aftermath of the war -- Syria and its involvement in terror in the aftermath of the war in Iraq.
• Publisher Details: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon New York, NY : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 327.1/17/0955; Terrorism -- Government policy -- Iran; State-sponsored terrorism -- Iran; Arab-Israeli conflict; Shiites -- Iran; Arab-Israeli conflict; Diplomatic relations; Shiites; State-sponsored terrorism; Terrorism -- Government policy; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / International; POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Terrorism; Middle East Studies; Iran -- Foreign relations; Iran; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781351322461; 9781351322485; 1351322486
• Related ISBNs: 135132246X; 9781138515451; 9780765802552
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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