The Aum Shinrikyo Report: Assessment of a Terror CultMain MenuThe Aum Shinrikyo ReportTitle PageExecutive SummarySimulated AttackAum Ahinrikyo/AlephMajor Events in Aum's HistoryKey Events in the History of the CultStandard Tactics and Techniques of Aum ShinrikyoOrganization of Aum ShinrikyoProfile of Aum SupportersLong-term GoalsPolicy DecisionsPolicy options and policy recomendations reguarding Aum ShinrinkyoAum Shinrikyo Locations Outside of JapanCities where either Aum had influence or conducted business at the height of the group's existence in 1995.Ian Trevor Quinn Atkins7a31a0fab248b1e8c968e9101e45a2da6e2fe149Jamison Charles McKayb88ac3736780d96804fdd3297f5b94e8a0861cc8
Degree of State Santion / Support
12015-12-14T17:01:32-08:00Ian Trevor Quinn Atkins7a31a0fab248b1e8c968e9101e45a2da6e2fe14974392plain2015-12-14T17:16:05-08:00Ian Trevor Quinn Atkins7a31a0fab248b1e8c968e9101e45a2da6e2fe149Aum Shinrikyo’s activities were not sanctioned or supported by the Japanese government, nor the governmental bodies of any other nation. However, the Japanese government’s policies relating to churches and religious groups served to indirectly facilitate Aum’s original strength and growth. Protections provided by the government for organizations of a religious nature, and Aum’s “...veil of presumed innocence...” allowed their activities to escape scrutiny, and permitted them to function without state intervention.[1]
Brian Jackson, Aptitude for Destruction: Case Studies of Organizational Learning in Five Terrorist Groups. RAND Corporation, 2005
12015-12-14T14:37:28-08:00Picture of an Aum Chemical Production Plant2A chemical production facility created by Aum Shinrikyo ; seized by Japanese National Police after the March 20 sairn gas attack on Tokyo's subway.plain2015-12-14T17:18:31-08:00
