“Terrorism is the weapon of the oppressed” “Everyone’s worried about stopping terrorism. Well‚ there’s really an easy way: Stop participating in it.” ― Noam Chomsky In any set up there are legitimate‚ legal and peaceful means of expressing displeasure and disapproval of certain policies in a country. Peaceful demonstrations were successfully employed
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Terrorism Terrorism has been said to be difficult to define‚ however‚ according to James and Brenda Lutz‚ it consist of six parts: (1) terrorism has a political objective‚ (2) it relies on violence or the threat of it‚ (3) it has a target audience beyond the immediate victims‚ (4) it involves an organization and is not the actions of isolated individuals‚ (5) it involves a non-state actor as the perpetrator or the target or both‚ (6) and it is a weapon of weakness of the weak designed to change
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excuse”; in this case that fault is terrorism. Terrorism is the use of any violence‚ or intimidation that targets‚ or endangers‚ another individual’s civil liberties‚ politics‚ or government. Terrorism takes violence to an extreme level with no logical reason‚ or methodology. Terrorism is an excuse for the weak minded‚ who would rather assert their “authority” or “position” through violence‚ rather than finding innovative ways of dealing with their problems. Is terrorism ever justifiable? I would have
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my definitions of terrorism could be summarized as a strategic act of using violence‚ by an individual or a group‚ to gain attention of people very quickly and to basically get their point across. These people choose the way of violence and arrogance directed against the peaceful people. The people who practice violence against the others to make an influence on government in order to reach their financial or political goals are called terrorists. Their actions are called terrorism. Freedom is
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In the past years‚ terrorism has increased quite gradually‚ in both attacks and fatalities. Source 2 shows a graph comparing the number of Jihadist attacks Pre British and American invasion to post invasion stats. The pre invasion statistics shows that there were just 25 worldwide whereas post invasion there was a drastic increase in attacks to 200 per year. Source 20 shows the number of terrorist attack incidents and fatalities from the 1st of October 1998 through to the 8th of November 2006. From
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definitions on terrorism. What is terrorism? How do we define it? Why is one man’s terrorist another man’s freedom fighter? These are just a few of the questions that face the world on a daily basis. There are many challenges that face the international community when it comes to how to define terrorism and what it constitutes. This paper will explore the challenges facing scholars when it comes to labeling terror and discuss potential ways to properly define it. Challenges in Defining Terrorism Finding
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Throughout world history‚ at least in the age man has occupied the Earth; there have always been acts of terrorism. Terrorism is the threat or use of violence‚ against a particular population in order to attain certain goals. Terrorism has played a major role in changing and shaping societies to what they are now. terrorism has caused changes in peoples psychological views‚ as well as shaping societies sociologically and anthropologically. Racism is a global issue that has been around for many
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Terrorism Imagine a world without terrorism... Imagine how much happier the world would be if it had no terrorism. Just take a moment to think about all of the people that would still be alive‚ all of the buildings that would still be intact‚ and all the mental trauma that could have been avoided. It sounds nice doesn’t it? I don’t know if this might have actually happened to you‚ but for those of you that it hasn’t‚ imagine if you’re father or mother would have died because of a suicide bombing
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What is it? Where does it come from? Why is it used? How can we prevent it? What do we fear about Terrorism? Definition of Terrorism Terrorism actually comes from the Latin Word “Fear” x “The Unlawful Use of Force Against Persons or Property to Intimidate or Coerce a Government‚ the Civilian Population‚ or Segment Thereof‚ in the Furtherance of Political or Social Objectives.”(Source FBI) x FALLOUT SHELTER Terrorism Is an unlawful act of violence Intimidates governments or societies
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Terrorism is the threat or use of violence against civilians to draw attention to an issue. Those searching for the causes of terrorism -why this tactic would be selected‚ and in what circumstances- approach the phenomenon in different ways. Some see it as an independent phenomenon‚ while others view it as one tactic in a larger strategy. Some seek to understand what makes an individual choose terrorism‚ while others look at it at the level of a group. Political Terrorism was originally theorized
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