TY - JOUR
T1 - Organizational Versus Individual Attribution
T2 - A Case Study of Jemaah Islamiyah and the Anthrax Plot
AU - Joosse, Alexandra Pocek
AU - Milward, H. Brinton
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by a basic research grant from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (HDTRA1-10-1-0017).
PY - 2014/3
Y1 - 2014/3
N2 - Recent studies have taken an important first step in examining which terrorist groups, based on their organizational characteristics and the characteristics of the environment in which they operate, are more likely to pursue chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) weapons. This approach, however, assumes that individuals who perpetrate events act on behalf of the organization to which they primarily belong. Using the case of Jemaah Islamiyah's alleged attempt to develop the pathogenic bacterium Bacillus anthracis, or anthrax, the authors demonstrate the importance of including individual-level variables to the analysis. In particular, the attendance by several key Jemaah Islamiyah members at an Al Qaeda-affiliated training camp is argued to set a chain of events into motion that ended in their involvement in the anthrax cultivation program. © 2014
AB - Recent studies have taken an important first step in examining which terrorist groups, based on their organizational characteristics and the characteristics of the environment in which they operate, are more likely to pursue chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) weapons. This approach, however, assumes that individuals who perpetrate events act on behalf of the organization to which they primarily belong. Using the case of Jemaah Islamiyah's alleged attempt to develop the pathogenic bacterium Bacillus anthracis, or anthrax, the authors demonstrate the importance of including individual-level variables to the analysis. In particular, the attendance by several key Jemaah Islamiyah members at an Al Qaeda-affiliated training camp is argued to set a chain of events into motion that ended in their involvement in the anthrax cultivation program. © 2014
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U2 - 10.1080/1057610X.2014.872022
DO - 10.1080/1057610X.2014.872022
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84893926429
SN - 1057-610X
VL - 37
SP - 237
EP - 257
JO - Studies in Conflict and Terrorism
JF - Studies in Conflict and Terrorism
IS - 3
ER -