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    There are four major terrorist groups active in the Philippines today: The Moro National Liberation Front‚ the Moro Islamic Liberation Front‚ Abu Sayyaf and the New People’s Army. The first three are Islamic groups that operate primarily in the south of the nation‚ where most of the country’s Muslim minority live. The Communist New People’s Army operates in the northern Philippines. Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) Emerging in the early 1970s‚ the MNLF sought an independent Islamic nation

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    incidents. Many issues of the modern world need edits to the laws and creation of new laws. These include law changes in; counter-terrorism‚ surrogacy‚ medical cannabis‚ euthanasia and same-sex marriage. The Counter-terrorism laws in Australia is the example of law changes to occur in the near future that this report will explore. The law changes to counter-terrorism would occur due to the changes of the political agendas of government parties‚ pressure groups and the general public‚ and the significant

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    9/11 was a defining moment for terrorism in the 20th century. As a result‚ it seems that many of our government’s decisions regarding security are driven out of fear‚ which is exactly what terrorists want. Look at the evidence: airport security has intensified‚ deportations increased and governments are spying on their citizens. Other actions taken by western nations follow the Bush Doctrine of taking the fight to them and risk antagonizing themselves in the perspectives of these terrorist organizations

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    acts are publicized and interpreted. But that also means there are ways to defend yourself and your loved ones by putting these fears into perspective and protecting your children from horrific images. What Is Psychological Terror? "The use of terrorism as a tactic is predicated upon inducing a climate of fear that is incommensurate with the actual threat‚" says Middle Eastern historian Richard Bulliet of Columbia University. "Every time you have an act of violence‚ publicizing that violence becomes

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    Terrorism must be decontextualised” Richard Perle‚ former chairman of the Defense Policy Board I. INTRODUCTION One can say that two occurrences in contemporary history exposed to the bright light internal contradictions of American policy: the real terrorist threat launched for the wide audience on September‚ 11‚ and the biggest ever economical crisis of 2008 and – as analysts predict – of some years after. From these two turning points in Western world history the first one‚ ‘the 9/11‘‚ as

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    Erika Rothman Causes There are countless reasons for the Israeli- Palestinian conflict. It roots all the way back to the early 20th century and hasn’t had much success in being solved. The rise of Palestinian Arab nationalists led to a large cause of the fighting between Arabs and Israelis which is; the desire for Palestinians to have their own land. This became a very big issue after the Arab-Israeli war of 1948‚ which marked the end of British mandate and the birth of Israel‚ but Between 600‚000

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    Religious Leader and Terrorism The Sociopathic Religious Leader and Terrorism Naturally‚ when one is given the task to explore terrorism‚ the first thing one would think to do is look up the definition to establish a deeper understanding. Merriam-Webster defines terrorism as: “the use of violent acts to frighten the people in an area as a way of trying to achieve a political goal”. This definition can lead one to believe that the word terrorism is nothing more than a

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    Prior to the September 9/11 attacks the social phenomenon of terrorism was a subject sociologists did not seem to delve into (Turk‚ 2008). It wasn’t until the events of 9/11 did the world see a sudden There is a lot of difficulty in finding a definition of Terrorism that is universally accepted (Mitchell‚ 2012)‚ as definitions of terrorism vary from country to country (Cinoglu & Ozeren‚ n.d). However according to Mitchell (2012) political goals‚ violence‚ unlawfulness‚ and a “psychological impact

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    Acts of terrorism have a variety of common criteria and methods to achieve such criteria. First‚ let’s examine what common criteria acts of terrorism have. Terrorism can have a variety of definitions‚ however‚ they all surround the same idea. According to Islam and Ryan (2016)‚ acts of terrorism seek to destabilize social order‚ create a dispute‚ and undermine societal cohesion to bring political or social change (p. 181). In addition‚ terrorism can occur internationally (country to country) or domestically

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