,,Terrorism - an actual problem”
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Terrorism is considered to be one of the most actual topic nowadays.This paper presents a kind
of guide about it. During the history, mankind seemed to change on two ways: rational
discussion and dramatic violent action. The humanity was born with a clear vision of a better
world ,with the point of doing best and have more, that’s why a peaceful way to solve a problem
sometimes is influenced by cruel acts, people’s patience become conquered by obsession and
they do not posses de ability to manage the mechanism of governant with perfection. Then
terrorism makes the appearance and finds opportunities to act.
The first chapter deals with the definition oh the word ,,terrorism” and throws some light on
its history. Terrorism is the systematic use of the terror especially as a mean of coercion. Its
definitions reffer to those acts which are intended to create fear, are born for an ideological goal
or attack and unlawful violence and war.The unlawful use of force or violence against persons or
property to intimidate a government or civilians population in furtherance of political or social
objectives. International terrorism involves dangerous acts to human life that represent a
violation of the criminal laws.
From antiquity,the earliest organizations such Zealots or The Assasins used the assassination
or suicide tactic for those who could not remain faithful to the dictates of Judaism. Then, in the
14th-18th Century, the terror and barbarism were widely rised in warfare and conflict. During the
late 19th Century, there were formed small groups of revolutionaries called ,,Anarchists”
espousing belief in the ,,propaganda of the deed”, assassinating important leaders of states.
Nationalism, like communism, became the greater ideological force in the 20 th Century. Here
were combined the identity of a people and the political state.
The second chapter is dedicated to getting acquited with the most common types of terrorism
incidents and its purposes, goals and motivation. The most common Methods of terrorism
incident includes: Bombing (explosive devices are inexpensive and easy to make); Kidnapping
and hostage-taking (establish a strong domination of position and elicit publicity for gain
money); Armed attacks and assassination (the killing of select victim using small arms);
Arsons and Fire Bombing (incendiary devices used for explosions in public places where the
government is incapable to mentain order); Hijakings and skyjackings (seizure by force of a
surface vehicle or an aircraft which creates a mobile, hostage barricade situation). The Task
Force organized by United States classified terrorism into six categories:
1. Civil disorder
2. Political Terrorism
3. Non-political terrorism
4. Quasi terrorism
5. Limited political terrorism
6. Official or State terrorism
After terrorism definition discovery, we can identify some aspects of terrorist Behaviour:
Political – use to eliminate an intermediate person at the first sight, applying violence
directly to the political contest;
Psihological – the results of an attack or cruel act have great and bad influence on
terrorist’s mind;
Coercive – violence has the major importance here to produce intended effect;
Dynamic – terrorist groups demand change, revolution or political movement to destroy
the status-quo;
Deliberate – the terrorist intend to achieve particular goals,to mentain the psihological
balance.
Persons with a particular ideology and non-religious goals will often be selected for a terrorism
attack using discriminate acts of violence. Terrorists don’t prefer to do their actions legitimately,
they avoid bank payments or external political and economical support. A form of symbolism
utilized in terrorist targeting is striking on a particular anniversaries or commemorative dates of
successful operations or deaths, useful in analyzing the operational patern of a particular group
or specific members. A terrorist group commits acts of violence to:
Produce fear
To steal money
Influence government decision and legislation
To obtain national or local recognition
State-sponsored terrorism are: Iraq, Iran, Pakistan, Libya,South Africa, United States and
Soviet Union.
Al-Qaeda (,,the base”) was named as the world’s most infamous terrorist organization
sponsored by Usama Bin Laden. The infrastructure is small, mobile and decentralized. It recruit
members from thousands of arab and afgan veterans and radicals around the world, classifying
them into cells. The major purposes of Al-Qaeda are to drive American influence out of all
Islamic nations, to destroy Israel and to dominate the Middle East. Usama Bin Laden has
claimed responsibility for the September 11, 2001 attack on the World Trade Center and
Pentagon in U.S.A. involving the hijacking of United Airlines. In response to that attack, U.S.
invaded Afganistan. Al-Qaeda’s infrastructure in that country was destroyed and there had begun
the ,,War on Terror” between Afganistan and U.S.. Before the American victory, the members
of USA found a viodeotape proving Bin Laden was guilty for the September attack.
News should let the facts speak for themselves as such so as not to be confused with opinion
and commentary. This allows the reader to arrive at the conclusions necessary without having
their ability to interpret information distorted by ideological or political prejudices.
Terrorists have shown the ability to adapt to the techniques and methods of counter-terror
agencies and intelligence organizations over the long term. The aggressive use of modern
technology for information management, communication and intelligence has increased the
efficiency of these activities. The tendency of major media to compete for ratings and the
subsequent revenue realized from increases in their audience size and share produces pressures
on terrorists to increase the impact and violence of their actions to take advantage of this
sensationalism.
