Legal aspects of terrorism at sea Glen Plant* INTRODUCTION On 7 October 1985‚ four armed men claiming to represent the Palestine Liberation Front took control of the Italian-flag cruise liner Achille Lauro on the high seas about thirty miles off Port Said and held the crew and passengers hostage. They had boarded her in port in Genoa posing as legitimate passengers. They demanded the release of fifty Palestinian prisoners held in Israel and threatened to blow up the ship if intervention were
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Domestic Terrorism in the United States Thomas A. Salisbury HSM 305 Survey of Homeland Security and Emergency Management Professor Erick Stone January 22‚ 2012 Domestic Terrorism in the United States Domestic terrorism is a real threat to this country. This type of attack is nothing new to this country but until the threat of international terrorism became prominent‚ there was not a large focus on domestic terrorism. With a look at history‚ domestic terrorists are a greater threat to security
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Islam and Terrorism The Basic and simple definition of terrorism is: Terrorism is an activity which causes terror‚ and the person who causes this activity is called terrorist. The moment a robber sees a policeman he is terrified. So a policeman is a terrorist for the robber. In this context every Muslim should be a terrorist. When a criminal sees the Muslim he should be terrified‚ Whenever any rapists sees the Muslim he should be terrified‚ Whenever any robber sees the Muslim he should be terrified
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Eco Terrorism Paper one According to the Shorter Oxford dictionary the term terrorism is define as “the systematic employment of violence to coerce a government or community into acceding to specific political demands”. But this definition can be somewhat misrepresentative of someone or some organization that was been labeled as an eco-terrorist. The reasoning behind this is because in most cases there is little to no actually violence that takes place‚ and what little
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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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Zach Powell Mr. Malarkey Ethics 11/21/14 Terrorism Terrorist acts against humanity create fear in many people. The act of terrorism violates the Catholic virtues of justice and charity‚ and creates conflict with just- war theory. Our response must be done justly for the betterment of society. Terrorism is gravely against justice and charity‚ and contrary to human dignity. There are various definitions of terrorism. According to the Harvard Review of Psychiatry it is the use of force or violence
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Terrorism in Pakistan: Almost a decade has gone by since our involvement in the US-led war on terror and today we are more vulnerable to acts of terrorism and violence than we ever were. In recent years the trend of growing terrorism has shifted from previously hard hit areas such as KPK and FATA to urban centers where it was previously least expected. Now major cities and sensitive locations are under greatest threat. Terrorism is not new‚ and even though it has been used since the beginning
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Running head: METHOD OF INTELLIGENCE Method of Intelligence Gathering to Counter Terrorism NAME CJ450 – Counterterrorism Excelsior College Abstract In recent years‚ there has been much debate in the intelligence community relating to the balance between human intelligence and technical intelligence in order to satisfy states’ intelligence requirements. This paper addresses the argument from both sides‚ and suggests that there has been an over reliance on technical intelligence in recent
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Terrorism and the News Media What is the meaning of terrorism and the mass media? According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary online‚ the meaning of terrorism is the systematic use of terror as means of coercion. Terrorism has spawned heated debate. Instead of agreeing on the definition of terrorism‚ social scientists‚ policy makers‚ lawyers‚ and security specialists often argue about the meaning of the term (White 4). We can agree what that terrorism is a problem‚ but we cannot agree on what terrorism
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Yasmeen Mashriqi International Terrorism 12/05/2014 Professor Schlossberg Jihad Jihad is a term that the West has come to know and fear. The Arabic word‚ Jihad‚ means struggling or striving and applies to any effort exerted by anyone. Jihad is really a struggle in life. Extremists misinterpret the religion into believing the religion implies that they should fight with anyone that is against Islam. Extremists use their religion as a scapegoat. Those who are involved with Jihad are a very
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