Terrorists or Freedom Fighters? The word terrorism carries a very negative connotation in the western world. The attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City‚ the Unabomber‚ and countless atrocities the modern news is plagued with frequently skews what terrorism is and what terrorists are. During the American Revolution‚ the colonist rebels used terrorist tactics to win the war and secure their freedom. They were considered freedom fighters‚ not terrorists. However‚ when opinions are taken
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What exactly is ballistics? Most of us have heard this term used on popular television shows such as CSI‚ however does anyone actually know what the word means? Ballistics is the observation of logistics that deals with the discharging‚ navigation‚ conduct‚ and consequences of bullets. Ballistics‚ is a technique that administers the movement of ammunition‚ for instance explosives‚ torpedos‚ aeronautical bombs‚ and slugs. Ballistics is valuable to law enforcement officials‚ who examine and analyze
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The New York Times article that I have chosen to speak about in this paper was reported on November 19th‚ 2015. The article is about the Paris Attack Terrorist‚ Abdelhamid Abaaoud‚ who was killed in a shootout. Abdelhamid Abaaoud had been planning the terror attack eleven month prior to the attacks in Paris. Abdelhamid Abaaoud was to believe to a part of multiple of other planned terror attacks that were foiled times before. The article retells of his escape from central intelligence and his belief
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can cause such an unimaginable senseless act terror? They are The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria‚ better known as ISIS‚ a Jihadist militant terror group. ISIS is a growing terrorist group that seemed to come from nowhere but as times passed‚ claimed its territory in Iraq and Syria. Growing evidence has suspected this terrorist group seemed to form in an American prison in Iraq‚ known
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First‚ I asked him what happened in and he said “It was an extremely devastating day for us‚ we were beaten by the Greeks and we could have won if we had our navy there to back us up. Many of our ships were destroyed‚ Approximately 200 and a third of our army was defeated
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With the moon high up in the sky and the smell of dirty used chemicals‚ Bob was ready for this last heist. His friend Peter was the lookout and Bob was the man of action‚ but having a leopard as your partner is tricky because of his short temper and unwillingness to listen. Peter has a huge black trench coat with huge claws and blistering straining eyes that looked like those of dead shot’s he actually was called dead shot by several friendly acquaintances. Bob needed this last heist to pay off his
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As Josephus’s descriptions‚ demonstrate the terrorist tactics implemented by the Sicarii were threefold; inclusive of selective‚ symbolic assassinations; more generalised assassinations alongside the destruction or looting of properties from those of affluence and kidnapping. In spite of this‚ general tactics utilised by terrorist groups‚ including sniping and sabotage against armed forces and non-selective attacks are not referred to by Josephus. Generally‚ the assassinations the Sicarii perpetuated
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Secondly‚ there is another topic with evidence that supports the lone assassin theory. The topic is the ballistics. We first look at Lee Harvey Oswald’s ability of successfully carrying out an assassination attempt. Part of his ability was the time frame. The amount of time it took for Oswald to fire off shots at the president was around 8 seconds. This was believed to be almost impossible for somebody to successfully fire off 3 shots that hit the president. However‚ not for Lee Harvey Oswald as
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Sally Jessica Smithers: The Case Of The Unknown Assassin Sally Jessica Smithers was a slender‚ beautiful‚ smart‚ and talented cop. She was investigating eleven serial killings of important men when she got a call‚ there was another murder. When she went‚ she took no time at all at the scene. As Sally left the crime scene in the park‚ with one hand in her long dark brown hair‚ she called out to a few units to make three immediate traffic stops and went to the last one to read off people’s IDs. When
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Basil used the promised troops that Vladimir sent to him to end the civil war in his favour. The scholars still debate what happened next‚ it can be stated that Vladimir did attack the Byzantine city of Cherson in the Crimea. It was from here that Vladimir demanded that Basil send him his promised bride. It is a questionable matter as the matter took place after the agreements‚ Vladimir may have even attempted to force Basil to keep his word‚ but the evidence is inconclusive. Indeed‚ Basil was no
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