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SYSTEMS APPROACH TO TERRORISM: COUNTERING
THE TERRORIST TRAINING SUBSYSTEM
by
Erdogan Celebi
December 2006
Thesis Advisor:
Nancy Roberts
Second Reader:
Michael Freeman
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