2001‚ it was a day as Franklin Delano Roosevelt said about the attack on Pearl Harbor‚ “A Date that will live in infamy”‚ in that America had suffered the worst attack since Pearl Harbor. It was attacked by terrorists from al-Qaeda‚ which was planned by their leader‚ Osama Bin Laden. 19 terrorists hijacked 4 airplanes and crashed them into the World Trade Center in New York‚ the Pentagon in Washington D.C.‚ and in a farm in Pennsylvania. Close to 3‚000 innocent people lost their lives to these heinous
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examines the use of interactive online communication by terrorists and their supporter- from chatrooms to social media and online video communities. Chatrooms provide terrorists minimal risk of being identified or located by government agencies due to the free nature of joining these online rooms anonymously. With advancement in technology over the years‚ these virtual rooms are capable to have audio and video capabilities. This allows terrorists to optimize the success rate of aiding and recruiting
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done differently from a terrorist attack conducted by a terrorism organization. All terrorism organizations such as Al Qaeda or a certain individual plan their attacks differently‚ some use car bombings‚ suicide bombings or non- suicide bombings. At times the terrorist do not get to accomplish their goal and get nothing out of the attack committed. In general all terrorism organizations have different tactics to conduct the attacks they have planned. What strategies do terrorist use? The tactics an
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been done successfully in order to counter the cataclysmic activities of terrorism in the world. Rather the situation has taken a quantum leap for the worse. At present in many countries terrorists have created a state of uncertainty and terrible fallings in the minds of billions of people‚ especially with the terrorist attacks of September 11‚ 2001 on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon Building in the United States of America. The innocent people continue to suffer misery and repression due to
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detention camp in Cuba that holds back and interrogates people who are thought to be terrorists. History Before 2001‚ the Guantanamo Bay detention facility was used for housing refugees from Haiti and Cuba. This became and illegal act after 1993. Guantanamo Bay was reopened in 2002 as a result of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the US. On 11 September 2001 (9/11)‚ four planes were hijacked by 19 al-Qaeda terrorists. There were over 3000 deaths altogether and this deeply affected United States and
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Terrorism is the weapon of powerless Terrorism is a phenomenon very present in the entire world. Terrorists’ acts invade our consciousness through the media. Brian Jenkins (2006) noted that « Terrorism is theatre »‚ and terrorist attacks attract the attention of the media. Indeed‚ terrorists use the media as a strategy to have more impact on the individual. It underlines the link between terrorism and the media. It shows that terrorism can be a weapon of powerful. Nevertheless‚ terrorism can be
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Terrorists gets the attention of the media‚ whether it’s in a positive or negative manner. It doesn’t matter if it’s in the United States‚ the Middle East or Europe‚ terrorism continues to be a means of exploitation by the media. Although terrorist interests may lie primarily with the audience‚ the audience reactions and responses are just as important and significant as the act itself. I’m not saying the media is the reason that terrorists are able to get their information across the globe‚ however
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GUNFIGHT: Cop recounts the moment Sulu terrorists killed his colleagues in Kampung Simunul on March 2 AS the main assaulters in the police raiding team outside the terrorists hideout were hit by bullets‚ *Adam‚ *Amir and the other operatives behind them pulled back and dove for cover. The enemy had a clear field of fire and the police team was exposed. Just seconds after the terrorists opened fire‚ the area where the terrorists were located exploded in a volley of fresh fire as more enemy combatants
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Old and New terrorism the aims of terrorists activities terrorist groups are involved in the targets of terrorists examples Terrorism is not a new concept‚ and despite it was used very often over the past decade‚ it remains one of the most difficult issues to define. although the definitions of terrorism vary widely‚ the all come from a common point: terrorism is a tactic characterized basically by the use of violence and the spread of fear. However‚ over the last decades the term ’terrorism’ has
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the most rational way to fight the US and the western powers. Terrorist groups‚ such as Al-Qaeda‚ do not see diplomacy with the US as an option to voice their demands because they see the US as a superpower that is unwilling to listen to their demands and also because most of the Arab governments are friends with the US. Because diplomacy is not an available option and there is an inability to formally fight the west militarily‚ terrorists groups have chosen to use non-traditional tactics to fight the
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