Under Osama bin Laden’s leadership, al Qa’ida has been one of the most lethal terrorist organization in the world, responsible for more than 10,000 deaths and injuries in a dozen years — finds a new analysis by the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism at the University of Maryland (START).
“Al-Qa’ida, the terrorist organization Osama bin Laden founded, was responsible for fomenting more mass casualty attacks than any other group in recent history,” says START Director Gary LaFree, a University of Maryland professor responsible for assembling the world’s most comprehensive unclassified terrorism database.
Key Findings From START Research
Al-Qa’ida was responsible for, or suspected to be responsible for, 84 terrorist attacks around the world since 1998, resulting in the deaths of at least 4,299 individuals.
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Parents who serve in the military face many barriers to establishing and maintaining close relationships with their children. With the passage of SB 1283, the Arizona legislature sought to protect the parental rights of deployed service members.
SB 1283 defines how Arizona family courts should handle changes to child custody and visitation orders when a parent is called to serve.
•· It will prohibit the court from considering the parent’s absence for military service as the sole factor in support of a change of custody or visitation.
•· It will require the court to temporarily modify parental rights and responsibilities after a parent has received notice of deployment, or mobilization in the near future, if that deployment would have a significant impact on parent-child contact, custody or visitation. The co
Despite the fact that nearly one-third of American households have a firearm, studies show that having a gun in the home poses a household a greater health risk than a potential benefit. A new study released in the American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine examined scientific research on both sides of the debate to put hard numbers to this on-going discussion.
Author David Hemenway studied the various risks of having a gun in the home, including accidents, suicide, homicide, and intimidation. Additionally, the benefits of having a firearm in a household were also examined and those benefits included deterrence, and thwarting crimes (self-defense). From this in-depth look, it was concluded that homes with guns were not safer or deter more crime than those that do not.
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