Our stereotype terrorist is often male‚ age between 18 – 35 years old. The majority of those who commit acts of terrorism are men. However‚ recent notice has been given to women as actors in terrorist attacks. Female terrorist have been involved in a number of incidents. Women have been involved in a wide range of tasks in support of terrorist activity so the concept of the female terrorist is not a new one. A motivational factor that seems to be clear is the intention for fame and acknowledgement
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Later in the 1860’s a terrorist group called the Ku Klux Klan was formed by Southerners to terrify former slaves and prevent them from voting. In the 19th century‚ Western Europeans‚ Russians‚ and Americans adopted terrorism‚ and believed that the best way to get what they wanted was to assassinate people holding higher positions. In the 20th century‚ terrorism went through some great changes. The use of new technology such as automatic weapons and explosives encouraged terrorists to act violently and
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controversial. The ideology of how convicted terrorists should be treated has been on the subject of debates to this very day. Terrorists should be trialed and brought to justice under the terms of criminals under the ruling of civil courts‚ as they do not act under a national banner. Terrorists should be treated as criminals rather than as combatants. Terrorists as a whole do not operate in conjunction with each other. Though some do act in groups‚ the term terrorist can be applied to several distinct groups
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Terrorists’ Justifications for Their Actions Alexandra C. Zuñiga CJ290/ Terrorism Mr. Scott Thompson Kaplan College 12/13/2012 Abstract Terrorists commit horrible acts of violence. They justify their actions with a wide range of reasons why the actions they carry out are “right.” Most terrorist organizations must convince themselves that the opponent is “evil.” Some commit terrorist acts against others in the name of their religion. An outcast believes that being an outcast in itself is
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the establishment of Islamic rule over Jerusalem. The Hizballah has tried to accomplish these goals through the use of terrorism‚ of which 704 attacks were committed from 1991 1995 (Information Division: NP). The scope and nature of Hizballah’s terrorist campaign reflect its close dependency on Iranian support for both the ideological and financial levers. Iran donates fast amounts of money to Hizballah‚ which among other things funds the movement’s health and education services. The funds received
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them with a purpose in which he did not inspire the threat of fear. Between a terrorist and a freedom fighter they are different‚ yet have similarities. To make it clear what each is‚ a terrorist is someone who puts harm and fear towards people on purpose‚ and an example of a terrorist is the infamous September 11‚ 2001 attack on the World Trade Center. That is not the only way to define terrorism or terrorist‚ there are multiple ways to explain. This is just one of many ways of explaining it
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hits globally. The terrorist group ISIS does exactly what they are described as‚ a group that spreads fear and terror. Even though ISIS is based in the Middle East‚ this terrorist group still affects the country from massacre to bombardment. No matter your race‚ religion or gender‚ you are a target to ISIS as long as you are not exactly like them. This terrorist group has grown bigger than ever thought‚ and needs to be dealt with before it becomes a bigger problem. This terrorist group did not always
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or foreign citizens. The regions with long term terrorist activities today are Jammu and Kashmir‚ Mumbai‚ Central India (Naxalism) and the Seven Sister States (independence and autonomy movements). As of 2006‚ at least 232 of the country’s 608 districts were afflicted‚ at differing intensities‚ by various insurgent and terrorist movements.[3] In August 2008‚ National Security Advisor M K Narayanan has said that there are as many as 800 terrorist cells operating in the country.[4] Terrorism in
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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
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What are terrorist? terrorist is a person who uses unlawful and intimidation‚ they are against innocent people‚ in the political war terrorist believe in justice. Terrorist will find away to get justice when they feel like no one hears them out. Terrorist are really getting out of hand that america wants to declare war on terrorist . but they don’t know what terrorist is. Terrorist are violent‚ non-combatant people‚ their intentions are to put fear into those targets. Do you ever wonder what
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