Week 1: August 27 2012: What is Terrorism? Lectures will be complementary to the readings‚ not reproductions. JB’s own background: * Historian‚ not very interested in abstract models‚ concepts or theories * Started out studying Medieval Islamic history‚ later shifted to modern European history and extremist groupings (also right wing‚ neo-fascist etc.) * Before 9/11‚ warned about the threat presented against the US by jihadist groups but not taken seriously – of course‚ this changed
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Having read the definition of terrorism‚ I was surprised that the principal target of the terrorist was the government rather than just innocent civilians. This was interesting as it made me think about terrorism from the opposite point of view‚ from that of the “terrorists” whom we fear. In their point of view‚ all that the Western countries do is like a terrorist attack on them‚ trying to affect and repair their government. From this idea‚ my group then wanted to explore the nature and upbringing
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Domestic Terrorism in the United States Thomas A. Salisbury HSM 305 Survey of Homeland Security and Emergency Management Professor Erick Stone January 22‚ 2012 Domestic Terrorism in the United States Domestic terrorism is a real threat to this country. This type of attack is nothing new to this country but until the threat of international terrorism became prominent‚ there was not a large focus on domestic terrorism. With a look at history‚ domestic terrorists are a greater threat to security
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Registered in England and Wales Registered Number: 1072954 Registered office: Mortimer House‚ 37-41 Mortimer Street‚ London W1T 3JH‚ UK Critical Studies on Terrorism Publication details‚ including instructions for authors and subscription information: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rter20 What ’s so ‘religious’ about ‘religious terrorism’? Jeroen Gunning & Richard Jackson a a b School of Government and International Affairs‚ Durham University‚ Durham‚ UK b Department of International
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due 4/19/10 April 1‚ 2010 Terrorism Introduction Terrorism is defined loosely based on the Latin word Terre‚ which means to frighten. To be considered an act of terrorism‚ which is a political crime‚ an act must carry with it the intent to disrupt and the change the government and should not be merely a common-law crime committed for greed or egotism. The discipline of economics has many concepts that are relevant to an understanding of terrorism -- supply and demand -- costs
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Eco Terrorism Paper one According to the Shorter Oxford dictionary the term terrorism is define as “the systematic employment of violence to coerce a government or community into acceding to specific political demands”. But this definition can be somewhat misrepresentative of someone or some organization that was been labeled as an eco-terrorist. The reasoning behind this is because in most cases there is little to no actually violence that takes place‚ and what little
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What is terrorism? Often times‚ people use the word terrorism without ever understanding the true meaning of the word. Defining terrorism can be difficult‚ indeed‚ but‚ not impossible. It was quite easy to define it when that tragic event occurred on September 11‚ 2001. The majority of the United States agreed to fight terrorism shortly after 9/11. Terrorism has been both a motivation and a fear for the people in America. People did not realize the impact terrorism would have on the privacy of their
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Causes Of Global Terrorism Article 1 Research literature on causational factors and diverse goals that drives people to resort to carry out terrorist acts is inconclusive. How these two are connected can be a matter of debate: are researched causes derived from terrorists’ manifestos‚ implicitly or explicitly worded goals‚ or are living conditions perceived as unjust and not decent and therefore its goals may be inferred‚ or a mere conjecture? Multiple reasons are listed here‚ of which some seem
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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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Edward Snowden is a whistleblower‚ or a traitor. Those who support him call him a hero‚ a man protecting the people. Others view him as nothing but a traitor or defector. The people agree that his actions were unjust and are considered domestic terrorism on the United States. Snowden signed a contract under NSA‚ which he agreed to keep their secrets but he broke the contract by leaking information to the public. This was an enormous concern to political officials because that information leaked can
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