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“terrorists use violence to provoke governments into harsh and indiscriminate counterterrorism responses in order to radicalize and mobilize a population whose interests the terrorists claim to represent” (des Mesquita & Dickson‚ 2014: 364). Mobilization works if the target over-reacts by enforcing repressive counterterrorism policies that negatively affects moderates (Berry‚ 1987: 8-12). Overreaction and repressive counterterrorism can create greater social‚ economic and political grievances that push
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Colombia’s government and the rebel group FARC reached an agreement May 17‚ 2014 on ending the illegal drug trade. The deal called for FARC to cooperate with the government in convincing farmers to grow crops other than coca‚ which is used to make cocaine. The announcement was made Friday in Havana where the two sides have been negotiating an end to a 50-year-old insurgency. Colombia was the world’s leading producer of cocaine until Peru recently overtook it in cultivation of coca. The cocaine industry
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Terrorism and Counterterrorism in the United States On September 11th‚ 2001‚ at 8:46 AM the United States experienced something that would transform it forever. The first aircraft smashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center and the second hit the South Tower at 9:03. At 9:37 a third airliner hit the Pentagon and at 10:03 the fourth crashed in a field in Pennsylvania. This was a truly sad day when nearly 3‚000 people were killed in this violent terrorist act. It has not stopped there
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Effectiveness of Torture in Counterterrorism Robert Reitenauer Pennsylvania State University Abstract The use of torture in the world is not a new idea. The use of torture in the world dates back to the 530 AD Roman Empire where Roman jurists viewed the virtues of torture as “the highest forms of truth (Ross‚ 2005).” The United States though has a long history of humane practices of prisoners captured during war. In the Revolutionary War‚ General George Washington ordered that his troops never
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Counterterrorism is a practice that is very necessary in order to continue the American way of life. When we think about Counterterrorism‚ what comes to mind is preventative measures against terrorist attacks from countries such as Afghanistan‚ Iraq or simply the Middle East. After 9/11‚ we became suspicious of people who did not look American. This is a very difficult characteristic to ask for because America is made up of many types of people. Americans do not have an “American Look”. In my
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The most common definition of counterterrorism (also spelled counter-terrorism) on the Internet is the practices‚ tactics‚ techniques‚ and strategies that governments‚ militaries‚ police departments and corporations adopt in response to terrorist threats and/or acts‚ both real and imputed. What Are the Objectives of Counterterrorism? Each US Government agency involved in counterterrorism has an objective in the war on terror. The FBI mission is to neutralize terrorist cells and operatives here
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State Department. This includes examples of the group’s terrorist attacks and how they affect the United States’ interests within the United Kingdom and Ireland. Current counterterrorism efforts will be briefly explained‚ and then future counterterrorism tactics will be suggested. This section will examine counterterrorism from both the United Kingdom and the United States’ perspective‚ and suggest changes for both states to make in their actions against the Real IRA. Literature Review Provisional
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democratic‚ secure‚ and prosperous world composed of well-governed states that respond to the needs of their people‚ reduce widespread poverty‚ and act responsibly within the international system.” The lack of a single organization coordinating counterterrorism intelligence had subjected the United States to a hard lesson‚ but with a central core of established experts from all over the intelligence and law enforcement fields produced what was once a weakness into overwhelming strength. With this organization
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elements of physical integrity rights: * Torture‚ political imprisonment w/o due process‚ disappearances‚ and extrajudicial killings by gov’t officials. * Goal: investigate how the use of high-quality data can produce results about counterterrorism policies. * Experiment:
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