Mid-term Paper Ryan M. Faught Arkansas Tech University Terrorism has been a major topic of research for many years. We’ve learned a lot about terrorism and terrorist groups‚ but there are still major questions to be answered. What exactly is a terrorist? What causes ordinary people to become terrorists? What attracts people to terrorism? How do terrorist groups in the Middle East recruit and radicalize people from all over the world? In this paper I will discuss these questions and more according
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Origin of term "Terrorism" comes from the French word terrorism‚ and originally referred specifically to state terrorism as practiced by the French government during the Reign of terror. The French word terrorism in turn derives from the Latin verb terreō meaning “I frighten”. The terror cimbricus was a panic and state of emergency in Rome in response to the approach of warriors of the Cimbri tribe in 105 BC. The Jacobin cited this precedent when imposing a Reign of Terror during the French Revolution
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Terrorism Terrorism has been said to be difficult to define‚ however‚ according to James and Brenda Lutz‚ it consist of six parts: (1) terrorism has a political objective‚ (2) it relies on violence or the threat of it‚ (3) it has a target audience beyond the immediate victims‚ (4) it involves an organization and is not the actions of isolated individuals‚ (5) it involves a non-state actor as the perpetrator or the target or both‚ (6) and it is a weapon of weakness of the weak designed to change
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In the past years‚ terrorism has increased quite gradually‚ in both attacks and fatalities. Source 2 shows a graph comparing the number of Jihadist attacks Pre British and American invasion to post invasion stats. The pre invasion statistics shows that there were just 25 worldwide whereas post invasion there was a drastic increase in attacks to 200 per year. Source 20 shows the number of terrorist attack incidents and fatalities from the 1st of October 1998 through to the 8th of November 2006. From
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Terrorism Imagine a world without terrorism... Imagine how much happier the world would be if it had no terrorism. Just take a moment to think about all of the people that would still be alive‚ all of the buildings that would still be intact‚ and all the mental trauma that could have been avoided. It sounds nice doesn’t it? I don’t know if this might have actually happened to you‚ but for those of you that it hasn’t‚ imagine if you’re father or mother would have died because of a suicide bombing
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The word terrorism seems as though it would be easy to define. It is a word nearly everyone is familiar with‚ and yet it is difficult to grasp a clear definition of what the term entails. Terrorism‚ as used in today’s media covers a wide range of violent acts. It can be synonymous with violence‚ radicalism and extremism‚ but this was not always true. The meaning of the term has changed multiple times throughout history. This is one of the reasons it is difficult to have a firm definition of ‘terrorism’
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11/1/2012 | | MADUBUIKE EZINNE ANNIE A00014188 TOPIC: TERRORISM: IS TERRORRISM THE BEST APPROACH TO SOLVING PROBLEMS; A CASE STUDY OF NIGERIA. Terrorism is perhaps one of the most exigent problems that Nigeria is facing today. Judging from killings here and there‚ bombings all over the place‚ it is becoming progressively more difficult to differentiate between tribal‚ political and religious altercations. Unfortunately terrorism has gone global and everyone is equally affected either as
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excuse”; in this case that fault is terrorism. Terrorism is the use of any violence‚ or intimidation that targets‚ or endangers‚ another individual’s civil liberties‚ politics‚ or government. Terrorism takes violence to an extreme level with no logical reason‚ or methodology. Terrorism is an excuse for the weak minded‚ who would rather assert their “authority” or “position” through violence‚ rather than finding innovative ways of dealing with their problems. Is terrorism ever justifiable? I would have
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“Terrorism is the weapon of the oppressed” “Everyone’s worried about stopping terrorism. Well‚ there’s really an easy way: Stop participating in it.” ― Noam Chomsky In any set up there are legitimate‚ legal and peaceful means of expressing displeasure and disapproval of certain policies in a country. Peaceful demonstrations were successfully employed
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Representation Terrorism Index 1. Introduction 2 2. Defining ‘Terrorism’ 3 3. Understanding ‘Terrorists’ 6 Gerrits‟ Seven „Terrorists‟‟ Tactics of Publicity 8 The Role of the Media in the „Terrorist Crusade‟ 8 Violence as a Central Feature of „Terrorism‟ 9 4. The Construction of the „Terrorist Threat‟ – ‘Counterterrorism’ vs. ‘Terrorism’ / ’Terrorism’ vs. ‘Counterterrorism 10 5. Conclusion 12 6. Bibliography 14 Student – João Cotrim 1 * 2. Politics of Representation Terrorism 1. Introduction
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