"This reference profiles twenty terrorist organizations operating in the Middle East and the regional groups that are affiliated with them, from Al-Qaeda, Abu Nidal, Hamas, and Hizbullah to the Kurdistan Workers' Party, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and the Palestine Liberation Organization, along with more than a dozen affiliated organizations." "Each profile includes detailed descriptions of the group's ideology and objectives, historical background, leadership, organization, external relations and financial support, areas of operations, targets and tactics, chronology of major events and attacks, and additional resources and references. Serving both the novice and the expert, Profiles in Terror is both clear and easy to understand, yet detailed and informative."--BOOK JACKET