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Chicago Homeland Security Examiner: Maryland Terrorist Threats from Incendiary Devices

START Background Report on Incendiary Devices Featured

START's Background Report on Incendiary Devices was used in the Chicago Homeland Security Examiner Article, Maryland Terrorist Threats from Incendiary Devices. The background report was released following the ignition of two incendiary devices in packages at the Maryland Department of Transportation in Hanover, Maryland, and the Jeffrey Building in Annapolis, Maryland, and included information from the Global Terrorism Database (GTD) on:

  • TERRORISTS' USE OF INCENDIARY DEVICES
  • TERRORISTS' USE OF LETTER/PACKAGE DEVICES IN THE UNITED STATES
  • ATTACKS AGAINST GOVERNMENT TARGETS IN THE UNITED STATES
  • TERRORIST ACTIVITY IN MARYLAND