Info on horrors related to terrorism now in handy calendar form
by January 16, 2009 11:14 am 64 views
The National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) has release of its 2009 counterterrorism calendar.
The calendar, according to NCTC, is “popular with a broad spectrum of federal, state, and local first responders; homeland security professionals; policy makers; and counterterrorism experts.”
NCTC has published a “daily planner” print version of its counterterrorism calendar since 2005. This year’s print calendar contains 160 pages of information on known terrorist groups, individual terrorists, and technical information on topics such as biological and chemical threats and explosives.
The 2009 edition contains more counterterrorism information than any previous edition, as well as the most comprehensive index to date, making it easier for law enforcement and first responders to find the information they need about everything from Anthrax to VBEIDs (Vehicle-Borne Improvised Explosive Devices).
The online version of the calendar includes an interactive counterterrorism timeline which allows users to explore key dates, including the anniversaries of terrorism-related incidents dating as far back as 1950.
For example, scroll over the Jan. 20 date, and the viewer is reminded that on Jan. 20, 1981, the 52 U.S. Embassy hostages in Tehran, Iran, were released. And tomorrow (Jan. 17), according to the NCTC calendar, marks the 18th anniversary of the beginning of the air war in Operation Desert Storm. The calendar also reminds that Feb. 26 will mark the 16th anniversary of the first World Trade Center bombing in which six people were killed and more than 1,000 injured.