Terrorism Paper

This social and political issue has plagued mankind for centuries, but has only recently come into the eyes of current world leaders. The events of September 11, 2001 brought this issue into the spotlight (What Is Terrorism? Pg. 1). Ladies and gentlemen, I am of course talking about the agonizing issue of terrorism. Although this issue has existed for centuries, the word "terrorism" has only begun being used in the second part of the 19th century (What Is Terrorism? Pg. 1). The earliest account of a terrorist act in the second part of the 19th century was in 1968 when a Palestinian terrorist hijacked an Israeli airliner (What Is Terrorism? Pg. 4). There are two other factors which aid terrorism: one being the media which informs the world of the attacks which strike fear into the hearts and minds of average civilians; and the other being the calculated attacks which produce the highest numbers of deaths and or injuries within the target area (What Is Terrorism? Pg. 4). Although terrorist attacks are common through out the world, they can be geographically mapped to a certain part or region of the world. The reason being for this is that there are some countries or states within the world that harbor terrorists and support them either financially or militarily (What Is Terrorism? Pg. 1). One other aspect to consider is the type of threat posed by a terrorist group; for example a terrorist group may pose nuclear, biological, and or chemical threats which may be tracked to a certain countries or states within the world the poses these types of weapons (What Is Terrorism? Pg. 1). The causes of terrorist attacks may also be tracked; globalization, religion, geopolitics, and economic disparity must be considered within the study of terrorism to properly and adequately map out where possible terrorist suspects may be hiding out (What Is Terrorism? Pg. 1). The objective(s) of a terrorist attack can be broken down into three main goals: 1) Terrorist groups or