Posted: December 5th, 2016

Why has al Qaida not crossed the threshold for using WMD in terrorist attacks, as in the case of Aum Shinri Kyo?

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Why has al Qaida not crossed the threshold for using WMD in terrorist attacks, as in the case of Aum Shinri Kyo? What do the readings describe as the most common group motivation for using WMD? Does that seem to apply to al Qaida?

readings:

Harvard Study on Organizational Factors and the Pursuit of WMD http://www.hks.harvard.edu/netgov/files/NIPS/Rethemeyer_ConnectionCanBeToxic_IDs.pdf

edu/files/aq-religious-justification.pdf” rel=”nofollow”>Harvard Belfer Center Assessment of Al Qaida’s Religious Justification for WMD http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/files/aq-religious-justification.pdf

RAND Study: Breaching the Fortress Wall , read only the Introduction (pp. 1-8) and Conclusion (115-134)