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                                Chapter 19

                   Terrorist Tactics & Counter Tactics,
             and Bombs, Ambushes and Other Terrorists' Weapons

TERRORISM, Its Goals, Its Targets, Its Methods, by Michael Connor.
What makes a terrorist behave as he does? Why does he pick the targets he
does? Where does he get financial and technological assistance to carry out
his mission?

Anti-terrorist consultant Michael Connor provides the answers to these
questions and others, and gives you insight into the ideologies of dozens
of terrorist groups around the world.

Personal protection measures you can take to minimize your risk of becoming
a target are also detailed in this book. Should all else fail and you are
at a terrorist's mercy, Connor tells you what to do if you're on a hijacked
aircraft or receive a mail bomb, as well as actions you SHOULD and should
NOT take in a hostage situation.
5.5 X 8.5, hardcover, appendices, index, 272 pp, $20 (TER)(617)


YOU'RE THE TARGET, Coping with Terror and Crime, by Theodore G. Shackles,
Robert L. Oatman, and Richard A. Finney.
Here's what the experts on terrorism and crime are saying about this book:
"... its is, flat out, the best and most concise discussion of terrorism,
crime and the specifics of personal and corporate security I've ever run
across. The lessons outlined in this book are as applicable to the urban
crime problem as they are to terrorism. It should be part of every law
enforcement library."   5.5 X 8.5, softcover, 172 pp, $10 (TARGET)(2012)


LIVING IN TROUBLED LANDS, Beating the Terrorist Threat Overseas, by Patrick
Collins.
Americans living and travelling overseas have once again become prime
targets of random violence. This guide to staying out of danger and
reducing your vulnerability was written by a former CIA officer who planned
and implemented security programs for Americans stationed abroad. The
tactics he presents have been tested and proven effective in some of the
most dangerous areas in the world. Find out how to create a very simple,
but practical and straightforward personal security program that is easy to
implement and does not entail huge investments.
5.5 X 8.5, softcover, 192 pp, $15 (LIVING)(953)


GETAWAY, Driving Techniques for Escape and Evasion, by Ronald G. Eriksen.
The majority of terrorist attacks, other than bombing and hijacking
aircraft, are often in the form of vehicle ambushes in lonely places -
especially if they want to take prisoners. In such an unpleasant situation,
you need to know what to do and how to do it very fast and efficiently.
This book, written by a veteran high-performance driver, teaches everything
you need to know about escape and evasion techniques with vehicles. This
book covers cornering, right-angle turns, S-turns, the "bootlegger's" turn,
the "moonshiner's" turn and others. Ramming procedures and tactics for
dealing with double-vehicle blockades are illustrated. Chapters include how
to detect surveillance and how to elude a tail. If you live or travel in
muslim territory, especially in or around the far-East trouble spots, this
information may be more important than your passport! (It may come in handy
at other times too, depending on what you do for a living.)
5.5 X 8.5, softcover, illus, 44 pp, $7 (GETAWAY)(2013)


SPECIAL REACTION TEAMS, Selecting, Training, and Equipping Elite Counter-
terrorist Units.
Special Reaction Teams are the U.S. Army's front-line strike force against
terrorism, sniper incidents, hostage situations and other special threats.
Little information has been made public on this military unit until now.
Learn what they are required to do, and how they do it. This book has the
complete details of their dangerous job, including the difference between
deliberate and dynamic building-clearing operations, the overriding concern
during a situation involving a nuclear weapon, how to move through urban
terrain as a team, and a lot more.
8.5 X 11, softcover, 74 pp, $12 (REACT)(878)


THE RESCUERS, The World's Top Anti-Terrorist Units, by Leroy Thompson.
Back by popular demand, THE RESCUERS is an inside look at the training,
operations, weapons and equipment of the units of more than 50 countries.
The author covers such crack units as West Germany's GSG-9, Britain's SAS,
France's GIGN and the U.S. Delta Force, as well as the lesser-known units
of other nations. Five classic examples of actual rescues bring to life a
unit's anti-terrorist tactics and planning. Also included is an unbiased
rating of the world's top ten Hostage Rescue Units. This volume is a
comprehensive analysis of all HRU's worldwide. If you plan on joining or
forming such a unit, this is an excellent reference manual.
5.5 X 8.5, softcover, photos, glossary, index, 254 pp, $20 (RESC)(1026)


BY WAY OF DECEPTION, by Victor Ostrovsky & Clair Hoy
This book describes the shocking scope and depth of the Mossad's influence,
disclosing how Jewish communities in the U.S., Europe, and South America
are armed and trained by the organizations in secret "self defense" units,
and how Mossad agents facilitate the drug trade in order to pay the
enormous costs of its far-flung, clandestine operation. And it portrays a
network that has grown dangerously out of control, as internal squabbles
have led to the escape of terrorists and the pursuit of "policies"
completely at odds with the interests of the State of Israel.

In chilling detail, Ostrovsky asserts that the Mossad refused to share
critical knowledge of a planned suicide mission in Beirut, leading to the
death of hundreds of U.S. Marines and French troops. He tells how they
tracked Yasser Arafat by recruiting his driver and bodyguard; how they
withheld information on the whereabouts of American hostages, paving the
way for the Iran-Contra scandal; and how their intervention into secret
U.N. negotiations led to the sudden resignation of Ambassador Andrew Young
and the downfall of his career.

This book is the explosive chronicle of the author's experiences in the
Mossad, and of two decades of their frightening and often ruthless covert
activities around the world. Penetrating far deeper than "Every Spy a
Prince" it is an insider's account of Mossad tactics and exploits.

Victor Ostrovsky became disenchanted with the Mossad and resigned. This
book tells you why; about the Mossad's greed for power, lust, and total
lack of respect for human life. It also tells about the Mossad's
assassination teams, how they operate, the weapons and tactics they use. If
you wanted the real facts and details of the Mossad, this book tells all.
Softcover, about 350 pages, $6 (MOSSAD)(4999)


                   TERRORISTS' AMMUNITION - BOOBY TRAPS!

Law enforcement personnel should learn all of the nasty tricks of the
terrorists's trade for their own safety, as well as to become more
knowledgeable on these topics: Knowing how to make explosive devices can
also provide the knowledge to recognize, handle, safely defuse or detonate
them. That's why I decided to include ALL of the controversial books and
videos in this catalog. Here's your chance to learn what chemicals and
devices to look for (and what to look out for) when you're making an
investigation or a bust of a known or suspected terrorist.

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MARIJUANA FIELD BOOBY TRAPS, The Police Guide to Lethal Explosive Devices.
Drug dealers are notorious for their ruthlessness and greed, and this
manual forcefully demonstrates the deadly length they will go to protect
their illegal drug labs and marijuana fields. Scores of clear illustrations
depict lethal improvised explosive booby traps discovered by law
enforcement officers during raids and busts. See how military-style firing
devices, anti-personnel mines, grenades, fire bombs, rockets and other
booby traps have been rigged along trails and behind doors to harm unwanted
intruders. 8.5 X 11, illust., 48 pp, $10. (MARI)(1036)


BOMB SQUAD - Defining and Defusing Terrorists Explosives.
This book teaches you how terrorists assassinate by explosives. The author
has more than 15 year's experience with U.S. government agencies, as well
as hands-on experience in Lebanon, Israel and Turkey and with INTERPOL.
Learn how to spot disguised flashlights, books, posters, cassette players
and even cigarettes that are rigged to blow up on command. Find out how to
identify the 35 most common explosives in the Middle East, including the
latest car and mailbox bombs, improvised mortars and more.
5.5 X 8.5, illust, 48 pp, $8 (SQUAD)(876)


ROBOT WARRIORS, The Mechanics of Boobytrapping, by Lyle Whitney.
This book will teach you how the pros construct, install, use and DETECT
all types of booby traps, from sophisticated models to easily constructed
devices made from everyday household items. Covers hitting a target,
payloads, rigging, concealment, triggering, construction techniques and
safety measures to be taken.
5.5 X 8.5, softcover, photos, illus, 208 pp, $17 (ROBOT)(3021)


INCENDIARIES - Advanced Improvised Explosives, by Seymour Lecker
Fire has a long history of use by terrorists and saboteurs. Here, Seymour
Lecker details the employment of widely used, relatively inexpensive
industrial chemicals that burn with intense heat.
5.5 X 8.5, illust., 64 pp, $10 (INCEN)(756)


IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVES - How to Make Your Own. By Seymour Lecker.
From a former top explosives expert with the Israel Army, an all-new
contribution to the literature - a how-to manual that goes right to the
point. Ten simple but powerful formulas for explosives and incendiaries
give you the necessary information to construct actual bombs, booby traps
and mines. Learn how to obtain or make all the necessary chemicals or
acceptable substitutes.


Various fuses, detonators and chemical and electrical timers are covered,
as are pipe bombs, plastic bottle bombs, jerry can bombs and tamper-proof
bombs. With ease, you can construct such devices as a package bomb, booby-
trapped door, auto trap, sound-detonated bomb or pressure mine, to name
just a few. 5.5 X 8.5, softcover, illus. 80 pp  $10  (IMP)(484)


DEATHTRAP! Improvised Booby-Trap Devices. By Jo Jo Gonzales.
Creating effective booby traps is part art, part science, requiring a
devious imagination, a delicate touch and a solid knowledge of explosive
devices. In this complete guide to the tricks of the booby-trapper's trade,
Jo Jo Gonzales  presents an arsenal of devices that can be created from
commonly available materials, each modified to contain a nasty surprise.

Learn how to rig a booby-trapped alarm clock, flashlight, door latch, sink,
telephone, tape deck and more. A concise treatment of principles and
applications, clear descriptions or more than sixty devices, and detailed
illustrations and schematic diagrams make this an invaluable collection for
Special Forces personnel, security professionals, and CrimeFighters.
5.5 X 8.5, softcover, illus, 176 pp, $15 (DT)(824)


DEATH BY DECEPTION, Advanced Improvised Booby Traps, by Jo Jo Gonzales.
In this sequel to his popular book DEATHTRAP!, the author further reveals a
frightening new array of improvised booby-trap designs. Detailed
instructions and schematic diagrams show how these death-dealing devices
can be constructed from such outwardly innocent objects as computer modems,
hand-held radios, toilet-paper dispensers, shower heads, talking teddy
bears and traffic cones, and how they typically deployed.

Contract military personnel and Special Forces team members will find this
to be a invaluable resource. And so will the potential civilian target who
recognizes that a familiarity with the guises under which terrorist
improvised explosive devices may be found might, someday, save his life.
5.5 X 8.5, softcover, illus, 120 pp, $14 (DD)(1010)


THE ANARCHIST COOKBOOK, by William Powell
This book is a shocking, provocative how-to book written in an era when
"turn on, burn down, blow up" were revolutionary slogans of the day. The
author considers this a SURVIVAL guide and gives detailed advice concerning
electronics, sabotage and surveillance, with data on everything from bugs
to scramblers. He also provides explicit information on the uses and
effects of drugs, ranging from pot to heroin!

One comprehensive chapter covers natural, non-lethal and lethal weapons,
from cattle prods to submachine guns. The section on explosives and booby
traps gives complete information on everything from TNT to whistle traps.
More than one hundred drawings supplement the recipes in THE ANARCHIST
HANDBOOK. 8.5 X 11", illus, 160 pp  $22 (A.CB)(3022)


THE ANARCHIST ARSENAL - Improvised Incendiary and Explosive Techniques
By David Harber.
This book offers a fresh approach to explosives books, taking up where most
manuals leave off. The author, a former military explosives specialist, has
read all the others; he wrote this book to fill in the gaps.

Many of the innovative devices and techniques in this book have never been
seen in print. You'll find detailed instruction, diagrams and formulas on
construction and installation of advanced and improvised explosives,
including Semtex, C-4, land mines, FAES, syringe fuses, car bombs, contact
explosives and many more. And you'll get an inside look  at the deadly
world of terrorism and COUNTERTERRORISM, including actual glimpses of the
IRA, PLO, SAS, Mossad and ETA in action. 5.5 X 8.5, illust., 112 pp, $12.
(ARSEN)(917)


THE ADVANCED ANARCHIST ARSENAL - Recipes for Improvised Incendiaries and
Explosives. By David Harber.
Military explosives expert David Harber takes up where he left off with THE
ANARCHIST ARSENAL with a bumper crop of on new and unusual improvised
incendiaries and explosives. Here are diagrams and recipes for high
explosives such as gelled nitromethane, ANFO+, nipolit and one so new it
has no name when the book went to press.

You'll get the goods on exotic weapons such as the baby-bottle bomb, the
Rhodesian knock-knock, the IRA truck mortar used in the 1991 assassination
attempt on the British PM and one of the most advanced forms of fuel-air
explosives, the mothball bomb. Plus you'll get in-depth in-depth
information on military mining, structural demolitions and in-the-field
explosives recycling. 5.5 X 8.5, illustr. 96 pp, $15 (AAA)(974)


IMPROVISED LAND MINES - Their Employment and Destructive Capabilities,
by David Harber
From the best-selling author of the ANARCHIST ARSENAL series comes this
comprehensive study of land mines. It includes instructions and
illustrations for dozens of antitank and antipersonnel mines, from the tiny
DH-3 used by the Vietcong to the massive Soviet MON-22. Find out how to
make and deploy claymores, fragmentation mines, flying mines, horizontal
and vertical-penetration mines, artillery-shell mines, shaped charges and
more. Harber's easy-to-follow directions take you through fuzing systems,
igniters, explosive fillers and mine-laying techniques, as well as how to
select the right mine for the job.
5.5 X 8.5, illust., 88 pp, $12  (MINES)(1005)


COUNTERBOMB - Protecting Yourself against Car, Mail, and Area-emplaced
Bombs, by Lawrence W. Myers.
Here is a highly effective approach to addressing the three most common
methods of assassination. Drawing on his experience as a counterterrorism
specialist and the case files of the FBI Bomb Data Center, U.S. Secret
Service and U.S Defense Department, Myers  proposes a merciless,
controversial tactic: the use of specially rigged security devices that
detonate the bomb in the hands of the bomber, killing HIM.

Myers stresses other deterrents that, while not as extreme, are also highly
effective. He reveals canny countersurveillance techniques that will plant
a seed of doubt in the minds of terrorists and criminals as to whether THEY
have become the targets in this deadly dance. Psychological profiles of
criminal bombers provide a complete picture of this lethal threat.
5.5 X 8.5, illust., 96 pp, $14. (CB)(944)


SMART BOMBS - Improvised Sensory Detonation Techniques and Advanced Weapons
Systems, by Lawrence W. Myers.
SMART BOMBS describes in detail the techniques of some of the most
notorious and sophisticated explosives experts in the terrorist world.
Written in nontechnical, easy-to-understand terms, this practical field
guide not only provides the covert operator with several creative methods
for building powerful and effective explosive devices, it also presents
advanced design criteria that will significantly reduce the chances of
detection and capture.

SMART BOMBS will equip intelligence and security professionals and Special
Forces personnel to deal with the unpredictable scenario of the 1990's and
the elusive enemy to be faced in the next century.
5.5 X 8.5, illust., 112 pp, $12 (SMART)(849)


IMPROVISED RADIO DETONATION TECHNIQUES, by Lawrence W. Myers.
Radio-controlled detonation of strategically placed explosives is a great
way to strike anonymously in an unconventional warfare situation. But UCW
operatives often only have the most common items to work with in their area
of operations. How to still be devastatingly effective with the simplest of
tools? This manual outlines how the following common consumer electronic
devices can be modified to work as radio-controlled detonation devices:

* cordless electronic Touch Tone phones
* citizens band radio transceivers
* children's toy walkie-talkies
* radio paging systems
* cellular mobile telephones

Construction and deployment of radio-controlled detonation equipment
without the use of special tools or sophisticated electronic skills is
possible. Here's how it's done.
5.5 X 8.5, illust., 80 pp, $10 (RADIO)(735)


FEDERAL BOMB INTELLIGENCE - U.S. Government Guide to Terrorist Explosives.
This book reveals 35 of the most notorious explosive devices that have
actually been built and/or used by international terrorists. These
bulletins have been circulated to EOD specialists tasked with preventing
the use of bombs against the U.S. government and its citizens and property.

Detailed, nontechnical information and schematics show package bombs
received by U.S. embassies; the latest car bombs used in Canada, Puerto
Rico and elsewhere; the super sophisticated Lake Tahoe bomb (with its 34
switches and leveling bubbles for stability); and much more. Much of this
information has never been seen outside of restricted circles!
8.5 X 11, softcover, photos, illust, 168 pp, $20 (FED)(978)


THE POOR MAN'S JAMES BOND, by Kurt Saxon
This is Kurt Saxon's classic and notorious work on improvised mayhem! Get
your hands on practical paramilitary information as developed and used by
various dissident and radical groups. Homemade poisons, explosives and
improvised firearms are covered.

Also included are reprints of the following books: Arson by Electronics;
Fireworks and Explosives Like Granddad Used to Make; Pyrotechny; and
Explosives, Matches and Fireworks. A truly informative book by one of
America's most infamous authors. (Banned in Canada!)
8.5 X 11", illust., 477 pp, $22 (PMJB)(144)


EOD IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVES MANUAL
This authoritative insider's manual is used by a federal law-enforcement
agency to train its agents in the recognition, composition and handling of
improvised explosive devices and the various fuzes used to set them off.
Learn how criminals and terrorists set up ingenious devices from such
common materials as clothespins, hacksaw blades and ice cubes, mousetraps
and surgical tubing. Get the details on light-sensitive devices, radio-
controlled explosives, timers, "poor man's C-4," improvised incendiary
mixtures and more.

This manual also provides examples of actual explosive devices that have
been discovered and disarmed by EOD personnel, schematic drawings and class
notes from a student who took the course.
8.5 X 11, softcover, illustr. 88 pp, $14 (EOD)(890)


EXPEDIENT HAND GRENADES, by G. Dmitrieff
Almost anyone can no master the art of constructing an effective hand
grenade. One of America's leading ordnance designers makes it simple with
easily understood instructions that describe the equipment and methods
needed to make two optimum models: the fragmentation and incendiary
grenades.

Make grenades as safe and effective as those now used by military forces
around the world. Types of delays, explosive charges, detonators and more
are detailed.  8.5 X 11, illust., appendices, 72 pp, $12 (GREN)(470)


BOOBY TRAPS
A treasure trove of info for the professional soldier or police demolition
specialist, FM 5-31 covers U.S., Japanese, German, British, Soviet, Chinese
and Korean booby-trap methods, materials, devices and ammunition items. The
finest non-classified handbook in print on this subject.
5.5 X 8.5, index, 132 pp, $8 (BOOBY)(29)


                      VIDEOS (VHS U.S. format only.)

THE TACTICAL USE OF EXPLOSIVES: SPLLAT Munitions.
Demonstrations of the latest cutting-edge weapons employed in hot terrorist
situations highlight this course in the use of SPLLAT (Special Purpose Low-
Lethality Anti-Terrorist) munitions. This video details tactical
preparation, assault planning and technical instruction in the safe,
effective use of these devices. Dramatic filming of on-site, real-time
situations allows you to be there as officers storm a simulated hostage
situation, guns drawn, behind a sequence of disorienting explosions. From
doors blasted from their hinges with ceramic slugs to dazzling bursts of
Starflash rounds, you'll experience it all!
Color, approx 60 min. $59.95 (SPLLAT)(816)


DEATHTRAP! The Video.
There is no better (and safer) way to learn about improvised explosive
booby traps used by international terrorists than to watch live, on-camera
demonstrations of their construction, deployment and detonation. This rare
video is a chilling seminar is just that - how terrorists modify innocent
everyday items to conceal insidious explosive booby traps designed for
maximum shock and lethality.

This tape shows ingeniously disguised devices made out of books, music
cassettes, mugs, portable tape players, foot powder cans, alarm clocks,
videocassettes, mousetraps and more, all triggered by simple electrical,
chemical or mechanical means.

If you are a government employee living in a troubled land, a soldier
entering a recently liberated contested area or a security specialist who
wants to stay on top of his field, this frightening but enlightening video
may save your life!  Color, approx. 35 minutes, $30 (DTV)(1021)


TERRORIST WEAPONS AND EXPLOSIVES.
A fascinating glimpse into the gruesome world of international terrorism,
this is the ACTUAL tape used by a federal agency to train its agents on
automatic weapons and explosives favored by terrorists worldwide. The first
half of the video presents hands-on instruction in the use of U.S., Soviet
and Third World automatic rifles and machine pistols, featuring side-by-
side comparisons of exotic terrorist firearms. The second part covers the
construction and detonation of high-explosive devices used by terrorists,
including Molotov cocktails, homemade Claymore mines, pipe bombs and letter
bombs. Nonstop action from start to finish. Color, 45 minutes, $30
(TWE)(884)


ARRIVE ALIVE, Tony Scotti's Complete Counterambush-Antiterrorism Driving
Course.
This action-packed video is a crash course (no pun intended) in recognizing
and escaping ambushes, assassination attempts and other problem situations
on the road before they become deadly emergencies. The instruction is the
best: with clients in 23 countries on five continents, Tony Scotti's School
of Defensive Driving is recognized as the world's top high-speed evasive
driving school.

Dramatic footage shot from perspectives outside and within the vehicle
clearly demonstrates how to perform the J-turn, the bootlegger's turn, hard
braking, and single- and multiple-car ramming. Actual assassinations of the
past are analyzed for what the victims did wrong and how the killers
exploited weaknesses in security. Learn from their mistakes. A valuable
training tool for police, bodyguards, chauffeurs or anyone who wants to
have an edge in a crisis situation.  Color, 58 minutes, $60 (ARRIVE)(965)

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