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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Terrorism as a “Social Status” After September 11‚ 2001‚ Muslims have been the targets of social discrimination due to the high belief that all Muslims are terrorists. That fateful day changed the way America perceived them‚ which increased animosity between those of Muslim faith and those who are not. Post 9/11‚ we as a country look at Muslims as people who are violent‚ evil‚ and that none practice what they preach. However on the other hand‚ we believe they all are radical Muslims‚ ready to
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Stacy Norton 03 October‚ 2012 Old Testament Ballard Terrorism and the Old Testament Many terrorist organizations use their religious texts as justification for their acts of terrorism. People even go as far to say that God‚ as depicted in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible‚ encourages those acts as a way to defend their actions. While it is true that the Old Testament has evidence of God sending out his people to defend his word and his chosen people‚ it should not be taken as black
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Paris and found out that they had a problem. Three days after the attacks on Paris‚ the New York police went on an “offense and defense” strategy in response to the terrorism threats. “The story of how the new unit‚ known as the Critical Response Command‚ came into being traces the history of the city’s evolving approach to terrorism‚ from the creation of the counterterrorism and intelligence divisions in the months after the attacks of 2001‚ to 2004‚ when the Police Department began pulling precinct
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Operation Paperclip: postwar/Cold War; recruit Nazi scientists‚ deny USSR and UK scientific advances; hinder German military W.T. Stead: invest. Journalist; 1885 “Maidens Tribute of Modern Babylon”: child sex traffic‚ prostitution; bought girl to prove point‚ jailed; urban voyeurism Battle of Verdun: 1916 WWI: France v Germany; deplete France’s resources‚ food‚ weaponry/soldiers; railway gun & rain transport for soldiers (FR); Schlieffen Plan ruined; Russia mobilizes; (DE) not as powerful
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000 and 760‚000 Palestinian Arabs fled or were expelled from the area that became Israel and became Palestinian refugees (Morris 603). Jewish immigration to Palestine was relatively limited until the 1930s‚ when Hitler came to power. The U.S. and Europe closed their doors to immigration by desperate Jews‚ making Palestine one of the few options (Shalom). In the three years following the war‚ about 700‚000 Jews immigrated to Israel‚ where they settled mainly along the borders and in former Palestinian
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Beginning in 2001 after 9-11‚ America has been in a war on terrorism. Originally‚ we were fighting a terrorist group called Al Qaeda. That war pretty much ended after we killed their leader Osama Bin Laden. Unfortunately‚ The war on terrorism did not end there. After Al Qaeda was defeated another terrorist organization named ISIS was born. ISIS’s leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was believed to have been killed a long time ago. Now government officials believe that he is still very much alive and faked
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Terrorism and its Effects on International Relations Introduction Over the years there have been significant changes in how terrorism is carried out. With the changes in how terrorism is carried out there have also been dramatic changes in how countries counter terrorist attacks. The modifications in the way a country counters these terrorist attacks affects international relations of these countries. These issues bring about the question of how have counter terrorism methods affected international
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journalist‚ historian’s professors and other fellow students. It wasn’t till I had to write this paper that all of that went out the window. I decided I wanted a challenge but this time I out did my self. The purpose of this essay was to talk about terrorism in a certain place in the world. I chose Northern Ireland since I know nothing about it other than there is Irish people and that they celebrate my favorite holiday after my birthday and Christmas which is St. Patrick’s. Then I thought there has
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[name redacted] American Military History [prof redacted] Terrorism- A Cause and Effect? On September 11th‚ 2001‚ Two 747 Jet airliners hijacked by Al-Qaeda terrorists crashed into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City. Simultaneously‚ another airliner crashed into the Pentagon in Arlington‚ Virginia. The loss of life was tragic‚ and launched the United States into years of war on terrorism and on Osama Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda‚ his Islamic militant group. But where
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