Transnational Terrorist Group
Terrorism
Terrorism is not a new military tactic. Back in 50 B.C Julius Caesar encouraged taking hostages to ensure the obedience of conquered tribes. During the French revolution terrorism was put into unrestricted use. Throughout the Reign of Terror, more then 300,000 people were swiftly arrested and another 17,000 were terminated without a fair trial or no trial at all. As sporadic as Terrorism is, it still remains a serious and dangerous problem to society. To understand this problem you must understand where and how a terrorist is created and it always starts with just one radical individual, that is cleaver and manipulative enough to persuade more people to fight. Terrorists also come in many forms, from an old man to a young …show more content…
A national terrorist group is one that operates in and aspires to political power within a single nation. An example of this type is the Red Brigade. The Red brigade is associated with Italy, because that is where it operates most of the time. This group received a lot of attention when it kidnapped Premier Aldo Moro and Brigadier General Dozier. The Dozier incident was categorized as the beginning of the fifth phase of Red Brigade operations, the move to target other than Italian personnel or property. In December of 1981, the Red Brigade themselves termed this phase as the beginning of the struggle against the "imperialist war"
Transnational terrorist. A transnational terrorist group is one that operates across national borders. The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) is an example of this type of group. An associate or product of the …show more content…
Political ideologies range from the far left to the far right. Politics of the extreme left come in many forms. Marxists/Leninists believe in a revolution of urban workers led by a group of revolutionary elite who will establish a communist state. Under the Marxist/Leninist state there is no private ownership of property nor does it allow workers control of production. Maoists also want a communist state, but they hope to achieve it by mobilizing the peasants. On the right, fascists stress the importance of the state above the rights of the people. A dictatorship of the far right is typically sustained by merging state and business leadership. Belligerent nationalism also plays an important role in fascism and foreigners and minorities are
Terrorism is not a new military tactic. Back in 50 B.C Julius Caesar encouraged taking hostages to ensure the obedience of conquered tribes. During the French revolution terrorism was put into unrestricted use. Throughout the Reign of Terror, more then 300,000 people were swiftly arrested and another 17,000 were terminated without a fair trial or no trial at all. As sporadic as Terrorism is, it still remains a serious and dangerous problem to society. To understand this problem you must understand where and how a terrorist is created and it always starts with just one radical individual, that is cleaver and manipulative enough to persuade more people to fight. Terrorists also come in many forms, from an old man to a young …show more content…
A national terrorist group is one that operates in and aspires to political power within a single nation. An example of this type is the Red Brigade. The Red brigade is associated with Italy, because that is where it operates most of the time. This group received a lot of attention when it kidnapped Premier Aldo Moro and Brigadier General Dozier. The Dozier incident was categorized as the beginning of the fifth phase of Red Brigade operations, the move to target other than Italian personnel or property. In December of 1981, the Red Brigade themselves termed this phase as the beginning of the struggle against the "imperialist war"
Transnational terrorist. A transnational terrorist group is one that operates across national borders. The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) is an example of this type of group. An associate or product of the …show more content…
Political ideologies range from the far left to the far right. Politics of the extreme left come in many forms. Marxists/Leninists believe in a revolution of urban workers led by a group of revolutionary elite who will establish a communist state. Under the Marxist/Leninist state there is no private ownership of property nor does it allow workers control of production. Maoists also want a communist state, but they hope to achieve it by mobilizing the peasants. On the right, fascists stress the importance of the state above the rights of the people. A dictatorship of the far right is typically sustained by merging state and business leadership. Belligerent nationalism also plays an important role in fascism and foreigners and minorities are