The Fight Against Terrorism

The FDA and the fight against terrorism.

Minutes after two hijacked airliners crashed into the World Trade Center on the morning of Sept.11, 2001, the Federal Aviation Administration stopped all flights from U.S. airports. It marked the first time that air traffic came to a halt nationwide. Soon after, a third plane crashed into the Pentagon, and a fourth plane thought to be headed for another target in Washington, D.C., crashed into ...

The Jurisprudential Foundations of the Fight against Terrorism and Iran's Efforts in this Regard

Terrorism is an act whose nature and outcome is violence and fear. Regardless of the different forms of the realization of this act in the past, it has taken new forms in the contemporary era due to the advancement of sciences and technologies. To face this phenomenon, then, it is necessary to foresee and apply appropriate and favorable measures. As a victim of internal and external terrorism, ...

When Legal System Collide: The Judicial Review of Freezing Measures In The Fight Against International Terrorism

Some Questions About the Definition of Terrorism and the Fight Against Its Financing

When the subject of terrorism is discussed in the context of international law, the issue inevitably arises of how to define ‘terrorism’. A substantial number of international conventions have been agreed which deal with various aspects of terrorism, but in all these conventions terrorism is defined in a way that is specific to the subject-matter of the particular convention. No universal defin...

New Technology Gives Bomb Squads the Upper Hand in the Fight Against Radiological or Nuclear Terrorism

Experts in the US Department of Homeland Security have determined that a possible threat exists for the detonation of Radiological Dispersion Device (RDD) and/or an Improvised Nuclear Device (IND) on US soil. Various US government agencies are currently procuring radiation monitoring systems to attempt to guard our homeland at locations such as border crossings, seaports, airports and post offi...