2010 NCTC Counterterrorism Calendar The NCTC Seal
Ansar al-Islam (AI) Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade (AAMB) Al-Qa'ida Al-Shabaab Al-Qa'ida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) Al-Qa'ida in Iraq (AQI) Al-Qa'ida in the Lands of the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) Ansar al-Sunna (AS) 'Asbat al-Ansar Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) Revolutionary People's Liberation Party/Front (DHKP/C) Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) HAMAS (Islamic Resistance Movement) Hizballah Islamic Jihad Union (IJU) Jaish-e-Mohammed (JEM) Jemaah Islamiya (JI) Kongra-Gel (KGK) Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LT or LeT) Palestine Islamic Jihad (PIJ) MORE
Profiles A-C Profiles D-L Profiles M-Z
Anthrax Biological Threats Bomb Threat Stand-off Distances Chemical Agents Chemical Incident (Indicators) Common Explosives Radicalization: Myth and Reality Radiological Incident (Indicators) Ricin Sarin Suspicious Financial Activity (Indicators) Suspicious Substance Terrorist Document Indicators TNT Equivalents Toxic Industrial Chemicals MORE
Battle of Badr/ Laylat al-Qadr (Night of Power) Bomb Threat Call Procedures Captured or Killed Designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations Have Suspicions? Ramadan State Sponsors of Terrorism Terrorism Definitions Worldwide Incidents Tracking System (WITS)
Weapons & Tactics

These pages provide information on how to deal with different types of terrorist attacks or activity. Click on the below links for advice on how to recognize attacks using chemical or biological weapons, what steps you should take to take to protect yourself in an imminent bomb or Improvised Explosive Device attack, and how you can recognize suspicious financial activity or fake travel documents.

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Weapons & Tactics Pages
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Anthrax

Symptoms and Treatment

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Bomb Threat Stand-off Distances

Evacuation distance for various threat types

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Chemical Incident (Indicators)

Signs of a chemical attack

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Radicalization

The myth and reality

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Ricin

Symptoms and treatment of this deadly poison.

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Sarin

Methods of exposure and symptoms

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Suspicious Substance?

What to do if you become aware of an unusual substance

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TNT Equivalents

Names of explosives and their related pressure and impulse equivalents

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Biological Threats

Clinical features, diagnosis, and medical management

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Chemical Agents

Descriptions of known chemical agents

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Common Explosives

Composition and Physical Properties

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Radiological Incident (Indicators)

Signs of a radiological attack

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Toxic Industrial Chemicals

Symptoms and treatment