Genesis of Suicide terrorism Scott Atran To cite this version: Scott Atran. Genesis of Suicide terrorism. Science‚ American Association for the Advancement of Science‚ 2003‚ 299‚ pp.1534-1539. <ijn 00509568> HAL Id: ijn 00509568 http://jeannicod.ccsd.cnrs.fr/ijn 00509568 Submitted on 13 Aug 2010 HAL is a multi-disciplinary open access archive for the deposit and dissemination of scientific research documents‚ whether they are published or not. The documents may come from teaching and research
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macro picture. A sectoral analysis sheds more light on the possible damage to different industries. "Terrorism’s economic impact has normally been short lived‚" says a report titled‚ Economic Impact of Terrorism‚ by securities firm Anand Rathi Financial Services. "The immediate impact of terrorism is the loss of life‚ destruction of property and loss of man-days. Terrorist acts also cause uncertainty‚ which impacts economic activity. Tourism is one of the first areas to be hit‚ with hospitality and
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Dirty War Review 1. What is terrorism? A definition of “terrorism” refers to the use of force or violence against persons or property for the purpose of intimidation‚ coercion (U.S. Department of Health & Human Services‚ 2011); Terrorists often use violence and threats to create fear among the public. Terrorism is a criminal act such as airline hijackings‚ bomb scares‚ weapons of mass destruction that influences an audience beyond the immediate victim. The strategy of terrorists is to commit
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William Odom who served as the director of the National Security Agency under the Reagan administration said‚ “Because the United States itself has a long record of supporting terrorists and using terrorist tactics‚ the slogans of today’s war on terrorism merely makes the United States look hypocritical to the rest of the world.” The United State’s history
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organizations justify these acts of terror? These acts can be described as terrorist actions. Terrorism is a growing international problem. During the last twenty years‚ new terrorist groups have sprung up al lover the world. Governments have had little success in their attempts to resolve issues in which terrorism is used. A major problem in discussing terrorism is establishing a generally accepted definition. Terrorism can be described as the unlawful use of fear or force to achieve certain political‚ economical
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Terrorism and Counterterrorism in the United States On September 11th‚ 2001‚ at 8:46 AM the United States experienced something that would transform it forever. The first aircraft smashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center and the second hit the South Tower at 9:03. At 9:37 a third airliner hit the Pentagon and at 10:03 the fourth crashed in a field in Pennsylvania. This was a truly sad day when nearly 3‚000 people were killed in this violent terrorist act. It has not stopped there
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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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and hazardous enough to disturb the whole globe in a single event as in the case of September 9 terrorist attack on Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City. The meaning and interpretation of terrorism after this event has entirely been changed however certain old reasons of terrorism do persist specially in Pakistan. Social‚ Economic‚ Political‚ Religious‚ Ethnic‚ Regional and Lingual clashes and inequalities bring groups into direct and alarming confrontations. Religious Fanaticism
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when looking at this situation more closely. Doubling gas taxes will affect the stable base of rural communities. With an increase of gasoline prices‚ production prices will increase. The cost of goods increases as a result of transportation cost increasing. The effects will slowly increase up the ladder through consumer and in turn the greater economic sector internally as well as externally. This essay will demonstrate why doubling taxes on gasoline produce a negative chain reaction both in the Canadian
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This paper will be looking at the term ‘Postmodern Terrorism’ as it is explored by Walter Lacquer in his paper with the same title. We will also seek to determine whether or not terrorism has changed fundamentally over the recent centuries‚ especially around the time of the 9/11 attacks as well as all of the new technologies and techniques that seem to of had been implemented over the years by various terrorist groups and governments to counter each other in their efforts. Over the recent years
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