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- ↑ Securing global transportation networks: a total security management approach; By Luke Ritter, J. Michael Barrett, Rosalyn A. Wilson; page 255
- ↑ Citizens Terrorism Awareness and Survival Manual: Protecting America with; By Michael J. Licata; page 20
- ↑ Understanding, assessing, and responding to terrorism: protecting critical; By Brian T. Bennett; pages 209-10
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- ↑ Understanding, assessing, and responding to terrorism: protecting critical; By Brian T. Bennett; page 210
- ↑ Counter-Terrorism Handbook: How to Protect Yourself at Home and Abroad; By Phil Little, Albert Perrotta; page 32
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