Overview

This book discusses the danger of nuclear and biological terrorism and the strategies of Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia based extremists and jihadist groups to purchase fissile material in the black market or steal it from a military or civilian facility and then use that material to construct an improvised nuclear device.

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Author:   Musa Khan Jalalzai
Publisher:   VIJ Books (India) Pty Ltd
Imprint:   VIJ Books (India) Pty Ltd
ISBN:  

9789389620658

ISBN 10:   9389620651
Pages:   342
Publication Date:   01 August 2020
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Summary Introduction Chapter 1 The Threat of Nuclear Jihad in Central Asia and Russia Chapter 2 The Prospect of Bioterrorism: The Threat of Pathogen, Biting Insects and Dirty Bomb Chapter 3 Nuclear Jihad in Central Asia and Russia: Foreign Fighters, the ISIS, Chechens Extremists, Katibat-i-Imam Bukhari Group, Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan and the Al Nusra Front 75 Chapter 4 ISIS in Pakistan: A Critical Analysis of Factors and Implications of ISIS Recruitments and Concept of Jihad-Bil-Nikah Chapter 5 Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Terrorism in Central Asia and Russia: AlQaeda, the ISIS Affiliated Groups and Security of Sensitive Biological Weapons Facilities Chapter 6 The Current State of Bioterrorist Attack Surveillance and Preparedness in the US Chapter 7 Biothreats and Bacterial Warfare Agents Chapter 8 Bioterrorism: An Emerging Global Health Threat Chapter 9 Biologic, Chemical, and Radiation Terrorism Review Chapter 10 Assessing Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Threats to the Food Supply-Chain Chapter 11 Preventing Nuclear War: A Professional Responsibility for Physicians Postscript Notes to Chapters Bibliography Index

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Musa Khan Jalalzai is a journalist and research scholar. He has written extensively on Afghanistan, terrorism, nuclear and biological terrorism, human trafficking, drug trafficking, and intelligence research and analysis. He was an Executive Editor of the Daily Outlook Afghanistan from 2005-2011, and a permanent contributor in Pakistan's daily The Post, Daily Times, and The Nation, Weekly the Nation, (London). However, in 2004, US Library of Congress in its report for South Asia mentioned him as the biggest and prolific writer. He received Masters in English literature, Diploma in Geospatial Intelligence, University of Maryland, Washington DC, certificate in Surveillance Law from the University of Stanford, USA, and diploma in Counter terrorism from Pennsylvania State University, California, the United States.

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