Official Reports and Sources on International Terrorism
Dokumente zum internationalen Terrorismus

Core Documents on the War against Terrorism /
Dokumente zum Krieg der USA gegen den internationalen Terrorismus

• Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Commonwealth Affairs: Response to the Sixth Report of the Foreign Committee Session 2004-05 Foreign Policy Aspects of the War against Terrorism, London, June 2005 (pdf)
• National Counterterrorism Center: A Chronology of Significant International Terrorism for 2004, Washington DC, 27 April 2005 (pdf)
• Department of State: Country Reports on Terrorism 2004, Washington DC, April 2005 (pdf)
• Foreign Affairs Committee, House of Commons: Foreign Policy Aspects of the War against Terrorism, Sixth Report of Session 2004-05, London, 22 March 2005, Volume 1 (pdf) and Volume 2 (pdf)
• Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Commonwealth Affairs: Response to the Seventh Report of the Foreign Committee Session 2003-04 Foreign Policy Aspects of the War against Terrorism, London, September 2004 (pdf)
• National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States: The 9/11 Commission Report, Washington DC, 22 July 2004 (pdf)
• National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States: Monograph on Financing Terrorism – Staff Report to the Commission, Washington DC, 2004 (pdf)
• National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States: 9/11 and Terrorist Travel – Staff Report to the Commission, Washington DC, 2004 (pdf)
• Foreign Affairs Committee, House of Commons: Foreign Policy Aspects of the War against Terrorism, Seventh Report of Session 2003-04, London, 15 July 2004, Volume 1 (pdf) and Volume 2 (pdf)
• Department of State: Patterns of Global Terrorism 2003, Washington DC, April 2004 (pdf) with corrections of Appendix a (pdf) and Appendix G (pdf) as of 22 April 2004
• Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Commonwealth Affairs: Response to the Second Report of the Foreign Committee Session 2002-03 Foreign Policy Aspects of the War against Terrorism, London, March 2004 (pdf)
• Foreign Affairs Committee, House of Commons: Foreign Policy Aspects of the War against Terrorism, Second Report of Session 2003-04, London, 15 January 2004 (pdf)
• Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Commonwealth Affairs: Response to the Tenth Report of the Foreign Committee Session 2002-03 Foreign Policy Aspects of the War against Terrorism, London, September 2003 (pdf)
• Foreign Affairs Committee, House of Commons: Foreign Policy Aspects of the War against Terrorism, Tenth Report of Session 2002-03, London, 15 July 2003 (pdf)
• Department of State: Patterns of Global Terrorism 2002, Washington DC, May 2003 (big pdf file!)
• General Accounting Office: Information Technologie: Terror Watch Lists Should be Consolidated to Promote better Integration and Sharing, GAO-03-322, Washington DC, April 2003 (pdf)
• Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Commonwealth Affairs: Response to the Second Report of the Foreign Committee Session 2002-03 Foreign Policy Aspects of the War against Terrorism, London, February 2003 (pdf)
• The Prime Minister: Government Response to the Intelligence and Security Committee Inquiry into Intelligence, Assessments and Advice prior to the Terrorist Bombings on Bali 12 October 2002, London, February 2003 (pdf)
• Jack Straw welcomes Declaration on good Neighbourly Relations for Afghanistan, 22. December 2002
• Antrag der Bundesregierung an den Deutschen Bundestag auf der Grundlage des Kabinettsbeschlusses, vom 21. Dezember 2002
• Foreign Affairs Committee, House of Commons: Foreign Policy Aspects of the War against Terrorism, Second Report of Session 2002-03, London, 17 December 2002 (pdf)
• Intelligence and Security Committee, House of Commons: Inquiry into Intelligence, Assessments and Advice prior to the Terrorist Bombings on Bali 12 October 2002, London, December 2002 (pdf)
• U.S. Congress: Joint Inquiry into the Intelligence Community’s Activities before and after the Terrorist Attacks on September 11, 2001, Report of the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and the U.S. House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Washington DC, December 2002 (pdf)
• Ansprache von Bundeskanzler Schröder auf der Konferenz "Afghanistan im Wiederaufbau", 2. Dezember 2002 in Bonn (Petersberg)
• NATO to support ISAF 3, 27. November 2002
• Bundeswehr-Kontingent innerhalb der ISAF soll vergrößert werden, 27. November 2002
• Fact Sheet: News About the War Against Terror; White House, 16. November 2002
• Prime Minister Tony Blair's statement on Afghanistan, 13. November 2002
• General Accounting Office: Combatting Terrorism: Department of State Programs to Combat Terrorism Abroad, GAO-02-1021, Washington DC, September 2002 (pdf)
• Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Commonwealth Affairs: Response to the Seventh Report of the Foreign Committee Session 2001-02, Foreign Policy Aspects of the War against Terrorism, London, August 2002 (pdf)
• Foreign Affairs Committee, House of Commons: Foreign Policy Aspects of the War against Terrorism, Seventh Report of Session 2001-02, London, 20 June 2002 (big pdf-file!)
• Einsatz der Bundeswehr innerhalb der UN-Friedensmission ISAF, 20. Juni 2002
• Remarks by the President to a special session of the German Bundestag, May 23, 2002 
• Department of State: Patterns of Global Terrorism 2001, Washington DC, May 2002 (big pdf file!)
• Powell Rejects Charges of U.S. Unilateralism, Interview with CNN in Tokyo, February 17, 2002 (pdf) 
• Countering International Terrorism by Military Force, Speech by the Russian Defense Minister, Sergei Ivanov, Munich Conference on Security Policy, February 3, 2002 (pdf) 
• Winning the Wider War Against Terrorism, U.S. Senator Joseph Lieberman, Munich Conference on Security Policy, February 3, 2002 (pdf) 
• Speech by NATO Secretary General Lord George Robertson, Munich Conference on Security Policy, February 3, 2002 (pdf) 
• Rede von Bundesverteidigungsminister Rudolf Scharping auf der Münchner Konferenz für Sicherheitspolitik, 3. Februar 2002 (pdf) 
• From Crisis to Opportunity: American Internationalism and the New Atlantic Order, U.S. Senator John McCain, Munich Conference on Security Policy, February 2, 2002 (pdf) 
• Remarks of U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz, Munich Conference on Security Policy, February 2, 2002 (pdf) 
• Rede von Bundeskanzler Gerhard Schröder beim Weltwirtschaftsforum 2002 in New York, 2. Februar 2002 (pdf)  
• The President's State of the Union Address, The United States Capitol, Washington, D.C., January 29, 2002 (pdf) 
• Joint Statement by President George W. Bush and Chairman Hamid Karzai on a New Partnership Between the United States and Afghanistan, January 28, 2002 (pdf) 
• Co-Chairs' Summary of Conclusions, The International Conference on Reconstruction Assistance to Afghanistan, Tokyo, January 21-22, 2002 (pdf) 
• Der Beitrag Deutschlands zum Wiederaufbau und Entwicklung von Afghanistan, Internationale Geberkonferenz für den Wiederaufbau Afghanistans, Tokio 20. - 22. Januar 2002 (pdf)  
• Afghanistan Preliminary Needs - Assessment for Recovery and Reconstruction, Asian Development Bank, UNDP and World Bank, January 2002 (pdf) 
• A Vision for Afghanistan, Statement of the Chairman of the Interim Administration of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, at the International Conference on Reconstruction Assistance to Afghanistan, Tokyo, January 21-22, 2002 (pdf) 
• NATO'S Role in the War on Terrorism, Speech by Richard Lugar, senior member on the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations and Intelligence Committees, January 18, 2002 (pdf) 
• See also: The Lugar Doctrine, Richard Lugar, December 6, 2001 (pdf) 
• The Global War on Terrorism: The First 100 Days, The Coalition Information Centers, December 2001 (pdf) 
• BITS - Stichwort: Der Spürpanzer Fuchs, January 15, 2002  
• BITS - Stichwort: Kommando Spezialkräfte, January 15, 2002  
• First Meeting on the Afghan Reconstruction Steering Group, January 7, 2002 (pdf) 
• Military Technical Agreement Between the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and the Interim Administration of Afghanistan (‘Interim Administration’), January 4, 2002 (pdf) 
• Antrag der Bundesregierung an den Deutschen Bundestag auf Einsatz der Bundeswehr in Afghanistan, 21. Dezember 2001 (pdf)  
• Security Council Resolution 1386, December 20, 2001 (pdf) 
• Presidency Conclusions, European Council Meeting in Laeken, December 14 and 15, 2001 (pdf) 
• Transcript of Osama Bin Laden Video Tape, December 13, 2001 (pdf) 
• NATO's Response to Terrorism, Statement issued at the Ministerial Meeting of the North Atlantic Council held at NATO Headquarters, Brussels, December 6, 2001 
• UN Security Council Resolution 1383 (2001) on the situation in Afghanistan, 6 December 2001 (pdf) 
• Agreement on Provisional Arrangements in Afghanistan Pending the Re-establishment of Permanent Government Institutions, December 5, 2001 
• Press Briefing by Ahmad Fawzi, Spokesman for the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan, Königswinter, December 2, 2001 (pdf) 
• Speech by Joschka Fischer, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Germany, at the Opening of the UN-Talks on Afghanistan at Bonn (Petersberg) 27 November 2001 (pdf) 
• Agenda for United Nations talks on Afghanistan, 27 November 2001 (pdf) 
• Afghanistan World Bank Approach Paper, Executive Summary, November 2001 (pdf) 
• Internationalen Terrorismus bekämpfen, in kritischer Solidarität handeln, die rot-grüne Koalition fortsetzen, Beschluss der Bundesdelegiertenkonferenz von Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, 24./25. November 2001, Rostock (pdf) 
• Internationale Kooperation und Verantwortung, Leitlinien zur Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik, Initiativantrag des SPD-Parteivorstands, 18. November 2001 (pdf)  
• Krieg in Afghanistan, Auf der Suche nach dem Ziel, Otfried Nassauer, Der Tagesspiegel, 18. November 2001  
• Rede des Bundeskanzlers vor dem Bundestag anlässlich der Abstimmung über den Einsatz bewaffneter deutscher Streitkräfte im Kampf gegen den Terrorismus, 16. November 2001  
• Bundestagsdebatte zur Abstimmung über den Einsatz bewaffneter deutscher Streitkräfte im Kampf gegen den Terrorismus, 16. November 2001 (pdf)  
• Protokollerklärung zum Antrag der Bundesregierung auf Einsatz bewaffneter deutscher Streitkräfte vom 7. November 2001, 15. November 2001  
• Beschlußempfehlung und Bericht des Auswärtigen Ausschusses zum Antrag der Bundesregierung über den Einsatz bewaffneter deutscher Streitkräfte im Kampf gegen den Terrorismus, 14. November 2001 (Bundestagsdrucksache 14/7447, pdf)  
• UN Security Council Resolution 1378 (2001) on the situation in Afghanistan, 14 November 2001 (also in pdf) 
• Eine höchst delikate Angelegenheit. Kurzanalyse zum "Antrag der Bundesregierung auf Einsatz bewaffneter deutscher Streitkräfte vom 7. November 2001", Otfried Nassauer, 9. November 2001  
• Regierungserklärung von Bundeskanzler Gerhard Schröder vor dem Deutschen Bundestag zur Beteiligung bewaffneter deutscher Streitkräfte an der Bekämpfung des internationalen Terrorismus, 8. November 2001 (also in pdf)  
• Antrag der Bundesregierung auf Einsatz bewaffneter deutscher Streitkräfte vom 7. November 2001, 08. November 2001  
• Statement of U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld on the U.S. request for German military forces, 7 November 2001 
• Statement of Chancellor Gerhard Schröder on the provision of military forces for the fight against international terrorism, 6 November 2001  
• German government provides military forces requested by the U.S., Press Release, 6 November 2001  
• Bin Laden broadcast on al-Jazeera TV, 3 November 2001 
• Statement by Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, spokesman of al-Qaeda, on retaliation against the US and UK for the air strikes on Afghanistan, 14 October 2001 
• Mit B-52 auf Verbrecherjagd? Streitgespräch zwischen Otfried Nassauer und Paul Breuer, taz, 13. Oktober 2001  
• Kann der Terror unsere Gesellschaft verändern? Interview mit Otfried Nassauer, Neue Uni-Zeitung, Oktober 2001  
• Policy Statement of Chancellor Schröder after the beginning of the military campaign against international terrorism in Afghanistan, 11 Oktober 2001  
• Call by Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, spokesman of al-Qaeda, on Muslims to join in a holy war against the United States, 10 October, 2001 
• Militär contra Terror, Otfried Nassauer, Tagesspiegel, 9 Oktober 2001  
• Letter of US Ambassador John Negroponte to UN Security Council President, 7 Oktober 2001 
• Bin Laden statement broadcast on al-Jazeera TV, 7 Oktober 2001 
• Presidential Address to the Nation, 07 October 2001 
• Statement by NATO Secretary General, Lord Robertson, 2 October 2001 
• Speech by Gerhard Schröder, German Chancellor, Labour Party conference, Brighton, 1 Oktober 2001 
• Security Council Resolution 1373 (2001), 28 September 2001 
• Nur das Recht des Stärkeren? Interview mit Otfried Nassauer, Publik-Forum, 28. September 2001  
• Remarks by the Russian President Vladimir Putin in the German Bundestag, 25 September 2001 
• Joint US-EU Ministerial Statement on Combating Terrorism, 20 September 2001 
• "Freedom at War with Fear", Declaration of President Bush to the Congress and the American People, 20 September 2001 
• Scheinangriff, Artikel von Otfried Nassauer, Tagesspiegel, 20. September 2001  
• NATO Secretary-General and Chancellor reaffirm solidarity with the United States , 20 September 2001 
• Schröder and Blair proclaim determination to combat international terrorism, 19 September 2001 
• Statement of Chancellor Schröder to the German Bundestag, 19 September 2001  
• Resolution of the German Bundestag, 19 September 2001  
• Die Spur von Osama bin Laden,  Artikel von Gerhard Piper, Neues Deutschland, 15. September 2001 
• Ein Präzendenzfall mit völlig unklaren Grenzen  Interview mit Otfried Nassauer über die Konsequenzen aus den Terroranschlägen in den USA, Junge Welt, 15. September 2001  
• Joint Resolution of the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives Authorizing the Use of Force Against Terrorists, 14 September 2001 
• Joint Declaration by the European Union, 14 September 2001 
• Meeting of the NATO-Russia Permanent Joint Council, 13 September 2000 
• Human Rights Watch Response to Attacks on the U.S., 12 September 2001 
• UN Security Council Condemns Terrorist Attacks, 12 September 2001 
• Opening of 56th Session of the UN General Assembly, 12 September 2000 
• Condemnation of Terrorist Attacks by the UN General Assembly, 12 September 2001 
• Statement by Chancellor Schröder to the German Bundestag, 12 September 2001 
• Statement by the North Atlantic Council, 12 September 2001 
• Letter of Condolence from Chancellor Schröder to President Bush, 11 September 2001
• General Accounting Office: Conbatting Terrorism: Selected Challenges and Related Recommendations, GAO-01-822, Washington DC, September 2001 (pdf)
• U.S. Congress, House Armed Services Committee Staff: The Investigation in the Attack on the U.S.S. Cole, Report, Washington DC, May 2001 (big pdf file!)
• Department of State: Patterns of Global Terrorism 2000, Washington DC, April 2001 (pdf)
• Department of Defense: Cole Commission Report (Gehman, Crouch Report), Unclassified Version, Washington DC, 9 January 2001 (pdf)
• General Accounting Office: Combatting Terrorism: Action Taken but Considerable Risks Remain for Forces Overseas, GAO-00-181, Washington DC, July 2000 (pdf)
• National Commission on Terrorism: The Changing Threat of International Terrorism, Washington DC, May 2000 (pdf)
• Department of State: Patterns of Global Terrorism 1999, Washington DC, April 2000 (pdf)
• General Accounting Office: Combatting Terrorism: Efforts to Protect U.S. Forces in Turkey and the Middle East, Statement of Mark E. Gebicke before the Sub-Committee on National Security, 28 October 1997, Washington DC (pdf)
• General Accounting Office: Combatting Terrorism: Status of DoD Efforts to Protect its Forces Overseas, GAO-NSIAD-97-207, Washington DC, July 1997 (pdf)