Suicide bombings by Islamist terrorist organizations

Terrorist bombings in Madrid

The report by Peral Guiterrez de Ceballos and colleagues [1] is a timely, well written, and informative contribution to our growing body of knowledge of disaster medicine, as well as an appalling confirmation of the horrors of the senseless and vicious scourge of terrorism that now afflicts the world. Their comprehensive analysis of the results of medical management of 312 survivors triaged to ...

Eye Injuries Associated with Terrorist Bombings

422 Ophthalmic Care of the Combat Casualty

Medical Response Planning and Triage for Mass Casualty Terrorist Bombings

The medical response to mass casualty terrorist bombings (MCTB) has received extensive treatment in the trauma and emergency medicine literature over the past 25 years. An effective medical response must consider four fundamental aspects: (1) the objective of the response, (2) the typical injury pattern, (3) triage, and (4) the delivery of care. This report discusses the key components of each ...

Mapping Terrorist Organizations

Tactical Prevention of Suicide Bombings in Israel

Suicide bombings are the leading cause of death from terrorism in Israel. Counterterror tactics, such as the targeted killings or preemptive arrests of terror leaders or suspects, are meant to prevent such attacks. To investigate whether these tactics are successful, we estimated via maximum likelihood a family of shot-noise models from monthly data covering 2001 through 2003 to see whether we ...