In this essay‚ we’ll look into the different reasons of why people resort to terrorism‚ if it is really the last and best way to achieve what they want. I will also write about the opposing views of seeing terrorists as just terrorists alone‚ or if they are actually freedom fighters. Lastly‚ we will discuss if terrorism can ever be justified. One of the factors is due to political reasons. Unlike other types of terrorism‚ political terrorism is a criminal politcal act that aims to strike
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Osama Bin Laden. Freedom fighter or terrorist? Osama Bin Laden can be viewed under two lights. The light of an evil terrorist with a driving goal to bring down the fabric of western society‚ or you could view him as a light bringing hope to his people and giving them the courage to fight for their country. Is Osama Bin Laden a terrorist or a freedom fighter? Born in 1957‚ into a wealthy family‚ at school and university he joined the Muslim Brotherhood. When the Soviets invaded Afghanistan in
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Today I am going to touch upon some of these figures‚ who has taken up the cause to relieve humanity from the various oppressions. These great figures were accredited as the Great Freedom Fighter’s of the world. Who can forget our First Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru an other great Indian freedom fighter also known as the Chacha Nehru . He was born at Allahabad in 1889 on 14th November. He started his practice at Alahabad High Court. In the young age of Nehruji the British ruled
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Manikarnika. • In the year 1842‚ she got married to the Maharaja of Jhansi‚ Raja Gangadhar Rao Niwalkar. Subhash Chandra Bose • Subhash Chandra Bose‚ affectionately called as Netaji‚ was one of the most prominent leaders of Indian freedom struggle. • Subhash Chandra Bose was born on January 23‚ 1897 in Cuttack‚ Orissa. • Subhash Chandra Bose was the ninth child among fourteen siblings. • Subhash Chandra Bose was a brilliant student right from the childhood. • He
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Introduction The terrorist attacks in America have since publicized controversial attitudes in understanding and defining terrorism. There is a misconception of terrorism as it was only in actuality brought to light after the attacks in America on 11 September 2001 (Best & Nocella‚ 2004); this has guided many to assume that terrorism arose in light of the 11 September attacks‚ when actually terrorism did not begin in 2001; nor is it restricted to extremists in the Middle East. Here is where much
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The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam Introduction The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)‚ also known as the Tamil Tigers‚ are a terrorist organization in Sri Lanka. The LTTE is infamous for introducing the suicide bomb jacket‚ as well as the use of women in suicide attacks. They are blamed for a dozen high profile assassinations‚ over two hundred suicide attacks‚ and its war against the government has cost more than seventy thousand lives. The LTTE‚ which may have between 7‚000 to 15‚000
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Terrorism Abstract What defines terrorism or freedom fighting depends upon a number of factors. Motivation as a factor in defining terrorism or freedom fighting is particularly significant as it forms the basis of Macquarie’s dictionary definition‚ “someone who joins in organised resistance usually armed against the established government‚ or the domination of his or her country by a foreign power” . Therefore it can be stated that a freedom fighters goal is to liberate oppressed people from foreign
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The Tamils are an ethic group and lives in southern India and on Sri Lanka (mainly in the state of Tamil Nadu); it is an island of 21 million people odd the southern tip of India. According to a 2001 government census‚ most Tamils live in the eastern and the northern Sri Lanka‚ and they comprise approximately 10 percent of the island’s population. From their religion most of them are Hindu but Tamil language set them apart from the four fifths of Sri Lankans who are Sinhalese; the members of a largely
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Discourse On the Tamil Tigers “I would prefer to die in honour rather than being caught alive by the enemy” (Towards Liberation 83). V. Prabakaran‚ leader and founder of the LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam)‚ said this during an exclusive interview with the magazine the “Sunday.” This statement represents how most Tamil Tigers feel about their fight for freedom. Tamil Tigers are dedicated to dying in battle rather than being caught by the enemy (Sri Lanka military). The Tamil Tigers were founded
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Jawaharlal Nehru born on 14th November 1889 in Allahabad‚ was the first Prime Minister of India and a central figure in Indian politics for much of the 20th century. He emerged as the paramount leader of the Indian Independence Movement under Mahatma Gandhi and ruled India from its establishment as an independent nation in 1947 until his death in office in 1964. Nehru is considered to be the architect of the modern Indian nation-state; a sovereign‚ socialist‚ secular‚ and democratic republic. A
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