Terrorism involves activities such as assassinations‚ bombings‚ random killings‚ hijackings‚ and skyjackings. It is used for political‚ not military‚ purposes‚ and by groups too weak to mount open assaults. Terrorism reaches back to ancient Greece and has occurred throughout history. In the 20th cent. acts of terrorism have been associated with the Italian Red Brigades‚ the Irish Republican Army‚ the Palestine Liberation Organization‚ Peru ’s Shining Path‚ and the Weathermen among many groups. It
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According to me‚ Terrorism is nothing but creating fear in the hearts of the people by one or the other means. This has become the problem for not only India but for many countries all around the world. We cannot blame the government for everything‚ because this cannot be happen without the internal support. Another important aspect is the lack of technology that we have. America being the strongest military force in the world is also struggling to get rid of these things. The terrorist targeting
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THE SOCIOLOGY AND PSYCHOLOGY OF TERRORISM: WHO BECOMES A TERRORIST AND WHY? A Report Prepared under an Interagency Agreement by the Federal Research Division‚ Library of Congress September 1999 Author: Rex A. Hudson Editor: Marilyn Majeska Project Managers: Andrea M. Savada Helen C. Metz Federal Research Division Library of Congress Washington‚ D.C. 20540–4840 Tel: 202–707–3900 Fax: 202–707–3920 E-Mail: frds@loc.gov Homepage: http://www.loc.gov/rr/frd/ Dear Reader: This product was prepared
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Terrorism Involving Transportation Systems Alec Proctor Instructor: Johnny Gandy School: Tidewater Community College Abstract Around the world there are over 50‚000 flights per day by plane‚ and over 78‚000 passengers on trains in the U.S. Trains stations‚ Airports‚ and Bus stations are the most vulnerable‚ and also a magnet for terrorist attacks because of low budget for security and public awareness. Around the world‚ there have been terrorist attacks that have made the world
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Defination of Terrorism. ter·ror·ism [ter-uh-riz-uhm] Show IPA –noun 1. the use of violence and threats to intimidate or coerce‚especially for political purposes. 2. the state of fear and submission produced by terrorism or terrorization. 3. a terroristic method of governing or of resisting a government. 4. | systematic use of violence and intimidation to achieve some goal | Root causes of terrorism One debate that seems to occupy the center stage in the discourse on terrorism is the
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Relate International Terrorism with Ethno-National Identity Problem What is the root cause of terrorism? What drives a terrorist group to commit acts of violence? Is it the environment they are born in to or is it a trait that is developed over time as a result of their upbringing? The term ethno-nationalism can be defined as “the combination of both ethnic and national identities in some way for a political purpose‚ usually to infer superiority over some other group or groups”. This identity is
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R IS M Various acts of terrorism have been carried out in different parts of the world by different groups for a variety of purposes. The nature of terrorism changes with changing world conditions and increases its impact and power with the new means made possible by developing technology But Fact Remains That TERRORISM IS THE CRUELEST OF CRIMES. R etrospective V iew The growing of “non-state” terror is an old phenomenon lately discovered. International terrorism became a prominent tool
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Since the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11‚ 2001‚ “terrorism” has been a word that every American has used daily. It has been eleven years since these attacks‚ and our country is still at war‚ and we use terms like “acts of terror” to justify our invasion of their civilian space. Personally‚ I do not care much for conspiracy theories‚ but I was interested to know a little bit more about the Islamic culture that these “terrorists” stem from. While the majority of
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There are many different definitions of domestic terrorism. However‚ I define domestic terrorism as physical violence‚ actual or threatened‚ against an organization to create fear in order to effect some kind of political and or social change within the United States. Unlike international terrorism‚ domestic terrorism is usually carried out by local citizens who have become offended or feel threaten or believe they have or will be mistreated by organizations within their own society (government and
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TERRORISM AND HOMELAND SECURITY Religious Terrorism 4/7/2013 Georgina Fulcher Module 2 – Religious Terrorism 2 Religious Terrorism Introduction The Director of the Center for Security Studies at Georgetown University believes that: 1) perpetrators of terroristic acts must have a clerical figure involved in a leadership role; 2) the cleric must use some sort of religious scripture to justify their violence‚ in order to gain recruits; and 3) use an end-of-the-world theory
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