What is Terrorism? By: James Morris Terrorism Terrorism is political phenomenon by which offenders threaten or use violence on civilians with the intent of exploiting fear. It can be defined as substitute classification of political violence. A quote by Sloan (2006) states “Terrorism is intentional violent acts carried out by nonstate actors against noncombatants with the purpose of effecting a political response.” In our society‚ the term terrorism is a method or strategy to effect political
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of terrorism. Some of them are: Brain Jenkins said that terrorism is the use or threatened use of force designed to bring about political change. While Walter Lacqueur said that terrorism constitutes the illegitimate use of force to achieve apolitical objective by targeting innocent people. Yet another definition comes from Edward Herman‚ who said that terrorism should be defined by terms of state repression‚ such as the corrupt Latin American governments. Still another view of terrorism comes
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Terrorism Influences The history of terrorism has affected governments‚ communities‚ businesses and individuals. Terrorism has been around for thousands of years but the term was not developed until the French Revolution. Underlying conditions such as corruption‚ poverty‚ and religious conflict create opportunities for terrorists to exploit and take advantage of. Some of these conditions are real and some are made-up. Through the last 200 years‚ the concept of terrorism has been used to
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anti-social behavior and terrorist acts? How has the mindset of terrorism changed throughout the centuries and how have the acts of terrorism changed? The psychological profiles of terrorism have been on the forefront of psychologists‚ sociologist‚ political science and government official minds for years. Terrorist acts can be motivated by politics‚ social-economic issues‚ or religious roots. Why do some individuals choose terrorism‚ while others find a civil way to resolve their conflicts? The psyche
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Terrorism and the Media Terrorism has played a role affecting civilization for a hundred of years. The acts of violence have aims and objectives which intend on being achieved by the perpetrators themselves‚ or by the organizations that support these acts. With the aid of the present day media‚ acts of terrorism are now becoming designed to grasp the attention of the entire world and compel a terrorist organization’s message into the spotlight for the whole world to look at. Reasons and purpose
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Essay on Terrorism Posted by Ultius on Friday‚ 17 May 2013 in Sample Work Font size: Larger Smaller Hits: 858 0 Comments More Sharing ServicesBookmark What do terrorists really want? Money? Power? Publicity? Many researchers have concluded that a free media helps perpetuate terrorism in a society; without publicity‚ the actions of terrorist groups may ineffective and counterproductive in achieving their end goals. Thus‚ there is a relationship between the free media and
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Terrorism and India A Common definition of terrorism is the systematic use or threatened use of violence to intimidate a population or government and thereby effect political‚ religious‚ or ideological change.[1][2] Terrorism in India‚ according to the Home Ministry‚ poses a significant threat to the state. Terrorism in India is basically two types external and internal‚ external terrorism emerge from neighboring countries and internal terrorism emulates from religious or communal violence and Naxalite–Maoist
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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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An Explanation of Terrorism After browsing through Stephen E. Atkins book Terrorism‚ I soon learned many interesting things regarding the history of terrorism. It seems this form of protest has been around since Biblical times. Also‚ the main goal of a terrorist is not to do damage to one peticular person or place‚ but to gain publicity for an idea they support. (page 1) Evidence of this can be found by looking at the recent past of the United States. The Oklahoma bombing was one man’s way
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to do with Religion. Much has been said about Palestinian terrorism being a result of Islamist radicalism involving the creation of a unified Muslim state in the Middle East. Equally prevalent in this discussion is the Israeli use of terrorism in the name of Zionist movement. Religion has been the guise for the justification of this “rational” terrorism‚ when in fact there is nothing rational about it. In this context‚ rational terrorism is defined as violence against civilians as a clear means
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