Analyzing the USS Cole Bombing
December 27, 2007 by Akiva
Filed under Maritime Security Research Papers, Maritime Terrorism Tactics, Maritime Terrorism: Al Qaeda
By Akiva J. Lorenz | Maritime Terrorism
On October 12, 2000, the USS Cole, an Arleigh Burke class destroyer, was attacked by a small craft loaded with 270 kg of C-4 explosives while making a routine refill stop in the port of Aden, Yemen. Steered by two Saudi suicide terrorists, Hassan al Khamri and Ibrahim [...]
The Threat of Maritime Terrorism to Israel
September 19, 2007 by Akiva
Filed under Maritime Security Research Papers, Maritime Terrorism Tactics, Maritime Terrorism: Al Qaeda, Maritime Terrorism: Palestinian Groups
By Akiva J. Lorenz | Maritime Terrorism
The purpose of this essay is to define maritime terrorism and analyze Palestinian and Al Qaeda’s maritime capabilities, focusing on the 1970s and from 2000 to 2006.
Maritime Terrorism has become a buzzword among security experts over the past seven years. Incidents such as the attacks on USS Cole (October [...]
Al Qaeda's Maritime Threat
April 15, 2007 by Akiva
Filed under Maritime Security Research Papers, Maritime Terrorism Tactics, Maritime Terrorism: Al Qaeda, Maritime Terrorism: European Groups
By Akiva J. Lorenz | Maritime Terrorism
Terrorism is a phenomenon which citizens of most countries have been tragically familiar with long before the infamous 9/11 attacks in the United States. Despite the long history of a successful fight against the plague of traditional forms of political terrorism, security services have underestimated the threat which militant [...]