Who is Osama Bin Laden? (from PBS Frontline)

1998 U.S. Accusations against Bin Laden's international network, "Al Qaeda" (Arabic for "the base")

How the CIA's covert actions in Afghanistan helped create militant Islamic terrorist cells (from the Atlantic)

National Commission on Terrorism: Countering the Changing Threat of International Terrorism (PDF)

Bioterrorism (from the Washington Post)

Searchable Map of Terrorist Attacks and Organizations (from the Washington Post)

Background on Bin Laden and Islamic Terror Network (from the Washington Post)

Defense Commission Warned Bush About Threat of Domestic Terror (from Salon.com)

U.S. Department of State

Overview of State-Sponsored Terrorism

Chronology of Significant Terrorist Incidents (2000)

Patterns of Global Terrorism 2000

Background Information on Terrorist Groups

Country Reports from the CIA
World Factbook 2000

Afghanistan

Iran

Iraq

Saudi Arabia

Syria