THE TERRORIST THREAT TODAY India and the United States‚ the world’s two largest democracies‚ are both vulnerable to terrorist attacks. As an Indian participant in the workshop said‚ “The most vulnerable states are those with open societies that tolerate dissent.” So far‚ India and the United States have faced rather different forms of terror attacks. Notwithstanding the terrorist threat‚ modern industrial societies have some offsetting advantages. Their global intelligence services and military
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NUCLEAR TERRORISM INTRODUCTION Nuclear terrorism denotes the detonation of a yield-producing nuclear bomb containing fissile material by terrorists.[1] Some definitions of nuclear terrorism include the sabotage of a nuclear facility and/or the detonation of a radiological device‚ colloquially termed a dirty bomb‚ but consensus is lacking. In legal terms‚ nuclear terrorism is an offense committed if a person unlawfully and intentionally “uses in any way radioactive material … with the intent
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Near-Term Future of Terrorism in the U.S. 1 What is the terrorist group most likely to strike within the United States in the next five years? What method or means will this group probably use to carry out the attack and what is the most effective means of countering the attack? Near-Term Future of Terrorism in the U.S. 2 Abstract Terrorists are likely to use a weapon of mass destruction somewhere in the world in the next five years. They are more likely to
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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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Terrorism Involving Transportation Systems Alec Proctor Instructor: Johnny Gandy School: Tidewater Community College Abstract Around the world there are over 50‚000 flights per day by plane‚ and over 78‚000 passengers on trains in the U.S. Trains stations‚ Airports‚ and Bus stations are the most vulnerable‚ and also a magnet for terrorist attacks because of low budget for security and public awareness. Around the world‚ there have been terrorist attacks that have made the world
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Terrorism 2011-01-SOS-440-0L010 Thomas Edison State College Mentor: Dr. Patrice Davis Written Assignment # 4 Submitted on: February 27th‚ 2011 Submitted by: Brian Evans Assignment: Some scholars argue that too often the media helps promote terrorists ’ agenda. Others‚ however‚ disagree. What is your own position on the media ’s role and impact in covering terrorist cases? Organize your reply by selecting three case studies that‚ by
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Terrorism in Pakistan; Causes‚ Effects‚ Solutions Once a convicted "terrorist"‚ Nelson Mandela‚ wrote in his autobiography: "the hard facts were that 50 years of non-violence had brought (my) people nothing but more repressive legislation‚ and fewer rights". If the world leaders do not believe that global fairness‚ peace and human dignity is in the best interest of the global community‚ then our fate may indeed be akin to the vision of Shelley’s And each dweller‚ panic-stricken‚ Felt his
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Is it important to define a jihadist way of war? If so‚ how does it compare to the western way of war? It is important to define the jihadist way of war because it helps the United States in framing the problem of who are the jihadists and what is their end state. Defining the term jihadist prevents the United States from referring to every Muslim on the planet as a jihadist. “It is in our interest to isolate Militant Islamist Ideology from Islamist and from Islam and then to
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“One man’s terrorist‚ another man’s freedom fighter. How then‚ must we know?” -Gerald Seymour (Harry’s Game‚ 1975) Terrorism is just another word in the English dictionary‚ but it is a hazard for mankind. Terrorism is a world-wide phenomenon affecting rich and poor‚ developed and developing‚ powerful and powerless nations alike. Be it small countries like Israel or the big ones
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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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