Terrorism

= Terrorism =

Defenition of Problem by Arianna:

Terrorism has become a big issue in our society, and it has been growing very fast around the globe. People normally associate terrorism with a modern issue, but it really has been going on since the beginning of time in almost every culture. For example, in the first century, a sect originated in Palestine. This was a group of Jews who called themselves Zelots. They used terrorism to attack the Roman government. They went to markets and killed many normal and innocent people, producing terror within the people. Terrorists don’t attack just because they want to, terrorists have a principle they devote to, (this may be a religion, a politic critic, etc.) and use this to justify their actions and convince hundreds of men to do something crazy just for this idea. The basic definition of terrorism is: a premedited and most dramatic way of expressing intolerance to something or expressing a point. There are many terrorist groups, (for example: ETA in Spain, IRA in Ireland, Al-Quaeda in the Middle East, and the FARC in Colombia) and they all have a different principle that motivates the to attack. This may be to gain land for their people, or political, cultural, or religious issues. But all of the terrorists in the world have one thing in common: they attack out of hatred. They devote so much to their principle, that they won’t mind sacrificing their own life or the ones of innocent people just to defend this idea. People never know when or where a terrorism attack might occur. It can be anywhere, since they usually attack regular people. It might be a library, a school, a hospital, a mall, a supermarket, or anywhere! In their attacks, terrorists normally use weapons of mass destruction; usually bombs. But they can turn anything they want into a weapon, even airplanes! To tack down a terrorist group is very difficult, since most of their attacks involve suicide missions. The Middle East is called ‘the birthplace of modern terrorism”. This is because most of the world’s most important terrorist groups are there. In this region, there have been many religious conflicts, and weak governments have only made the situation worse. This is because these governments have failed to fulfill the needs of their people. What starts as a revolutionary group, then turns into a terrorist group. (The FARC in Colombia is an example of this.) Terrorism is not just one problem, its hundreds of problems around the world that create a huge global issue. This is a problem that won’t be easy to solve, and it will take a lot of courage and determination from leaders around the world to solve this problem.

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Currie, Stephen. __Terrorists and Terrorist Groups__. San Diego: Lucent Books, 2002.

Defenition of Problem:

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Terrorism is one of the worst issues globally after global warming. Terrorist attacks have diminished, but the terrorist acts that do happen have become far more fatal. Terrorism is an issue because of its destruction, chaos, and fear it spreads. These acts traumatize the people making them fearful and discriminative.======

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Religious fanatics who claim that a divine person ordered them to commit such atrocities in their name mostly cause terrorism. Other terrorists in the other hand commit these acts of violence to get attention and send a message through.======

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Terrorist’s acts are just the beginning of a very long cycle, which goes forever. Take this for example; Terrorists attack a country, this attacked country will attack the terrorist’s hideout which makes other terrorists attack the attacking country, then the country would attack again.======

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Terrorism is a one of the worst threats humans are facing in this world. This is a global threat because it cause fear and death among civilians. When civilians are targeted it causes fear and this fear can cause discrimination. Terrorists usually commit this attacks in order to persuade governments to take decisions. For example when arabian terrorists targeted the World Trade Center, people became very scared and started discriminating other arabs in the US. US troops sent its army to Afghanistan and other arabian countries to look for the people responsible of these attacks. Then the people in the invaded countries get angry at the country that is occupying their territory. This cycle keeps on going on both sides.======

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Terrorism is one of our biggest and most dangerous problems at the moment. Terrorism has been going on ever since 1960, and terrorists try to strike public places such as pizza parlors, busy streets, or any type of place in which innocent people are at the moment. Some terrorists are suicide bombers. Suicide bombers usually try to strike public places as well.======

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Some suicide bombers work by themselves, when others prefer to work in groups. Some terrorist goals are to gain wealth, political power, or land. Some terrorist groups include Al Qaeda, Hamas, FARC, ETA, and others.======