Historical Dictionary of Terrorism Third Edition

TOKYO CONVENTION • 669without charges of suspects for 48 hours but in 2006 was amended toallow detention up to 28 days. Section 44 allows the home secretaryto allow warrantless searches of people or vehicles in designated areaswhile Section 58 makes the collection of information in order to facilitateor plan a terrorist attack an offense punishable by up to 10 years’imprisonment. As of 11 August 2006, some 1,047 people had beenarrested under the act; 158 of these were then prosecuted under the actwhile another 174 were prosecuted for nonterrorist offenses.TERRORIST’S HANDBOOK. Title of a 98-page manual, publishedby anonymous authors using the pen name Chaos Industries andGunzenbombz Pyro-Technologies and widely available on the Internet,that details construction of bombs, booby traps, biologicaland chemical weapons and poisons, and assassination techniques.The proliferation of such works as this, the Poisoner’s Handbook,and Silent Death, which detail how to prepare ricin and other lethal,natural poisons, and the older Anarchists’ Cookbook, as well as othermaterials available on the Internet, in books or compact-disc format,have made it possible for the “amateur” terrorist to become as skilledand lethal as his more “professional” counterpart.TERRORIST STATES. The U.S. government currently lists Cuba,Iran, Sudan, and Syria as state sponsors of terrorism, also called “terroriststates.” This list is maintained and updated pursuant to Section 6(j) of the Export Administration Act of 1979 according to factual findingscertified by the U.S. State of Department each year. Testimonyand evidence are reviewed to determine whether such governmentsare continuing to provide terrorists with safe haven, travel documents,arms, training, and technical expertise and also whether such governmentsthemselves directly engage in terrorism as a tool of domesticand foreign policy. A lower level of support consists not so much ofactive cooperation with terrorists but rather a passive tolerance by governmentsin which they choose to allow terrorists to reside in, travelthrough, or carry out logistical and recruitment efforts without officialhindrance within their sovereign jurisdictions.TOKYO CONVENTION. The Convention on Offenses and CertainOther Acts Committed On Board Aircraft, concluded on 14 September1963, pertains to acts that affect in-flight safety of civiliancarriers, and defines the rights and obligations of the signatory states