Case Study: Far-Left Terrorism

Yesterday April 19th,1995 Ex-Army soldier and security guard Timothy McVeigh parked his truck lined with explosives in front of the Alfred P. Murrah federal building downtown Oklahoma City.

In Statecraft, from turn zero it was apparent terrorism was going to be a prevailing issue. In fact, only one nation, per the Bush Doctrine, was not a state sponsor of terror. An important element of the Bush doctrine was the lack of distinction between terrorist and anyone including the states who aid the terrorist. With terrorist surrounding my nation from the west and south supporting terrorist organizations, I advised our nation’s leader to adhere to the Bush doctrine. Unfortunately, my fake nation’s leader focused on other things such as recycling. After our leader continually ignored numerous warnings, our Capital and other cities were continually attacked by OLF and the Typhoon pirates. Not being President, all I could do was the minimal, and otherwise was forced to sit back and watch not only Elferians but the citizens of the entire Statecraft world lose their family and friends from terrorist attacks.

The U.S. government takes any attack or threat very seriously. In cases such as this one the government would develop a plan of action to deal with the attacks and find the source to take down any further plans of attack. The government would investigate the background of the decreased perpetrators along with their involvement of homegrown terrorists inspired by al-Qaeda. The background will extend to others members they have been in communication with in the last few years. The government would want to investigate who gave the order for the attacks was it foreign influence or not. Furthermore, governments can “starve” terrorists out by making it extremely difficult to plan, plot, and carry out their attacks, and also by finding ways to gain

Prior to the terror attacks of September 11th on the twin towers, life was far different than its current regime. The Unites States wasn’t officially involved in any wars, few Americans had ever heard of al-Qaeda or Osama bin Laden, and ISIS was inexistent. We deported half the number of people we do today. Our surveillance state was a fraction of its current size and, astonishingly, you didn’t have to take your shoes off at the airport. The terror attacks prompted new attitudes and concerns about vigilance and safety, bringing forth new policies that prioritized national security and defence like the USA Patriot Act. These new attitudes have shaped the American people into a different state of mind, one that is constantly suspicious of someone of the muslim origin, leaving openings for the unsuspected people, the ones from home.

Domestic terrorist groups are violent extremists that want to attack the U.S. from the inside. Their intent is to frighten, pressure, and/or influence national principles. Today’s terrorist organizations are using cyberspace to spread their message. Training and online recruitment are also being made available by the Internet and social media websites. Some of the acts are lone-wolf attacks and others are collective attacks. Some examples of domestic terrorist groups that use cyberspace are Army of God, Sovereign Citizens, and Phineas Priesthood. The Southern Poverty Law Center released a report on terrorism, stating that more people have been killed in America by non-Islamic domestic terrorists than jihadists (Henderson, 2015). Terrorist

Domestic Terrorism can be described as many things. The FBI describes domestic terrorism as, “Perpetrated by individuals and/or groups inspired by or associated with primarily U.S.-based movements that espouse extremist ideologies of a political, religious, social, racial, or environmental nature.” People who commit domestic terrorism crimes often have different motives such as: religion, political, and even race. A specific case that resembles this, is the shooting in Las Vegas which occurred on June 8, 2014.

As a result of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, most Americans have a general knowledge about terrorism. The U.S. military has been at war for around a decade, continuing the concentration of the media and politicians on Middle Eastern countries and terrorist groups. Consequently, the focus of the nation tends to remain on international terrorist groups rather than domestic terrorist groups. There is a vast amount of terrorism groups in America, including the Army of God, the Aryan Nations, and the Animal Liberation Front, who possess extreme ideals and exist for different reasons. The fact that there are numerous terrorist groups that are composed of American citizens performing tremendous acts of violence within the U.S. seems to go somewhat unnoticed by the general public.

Although each case is different and there is a combination of different factors involved in each case, some of the main factors that play a role in those U.S. citizens or U.S. residents who become radicalized and carry out extremist violence are crisis and depravation. In king an Taylor’s article, the factors of crisis or depravation are mentioned in almost all the theories that seek to explain the process of radicalization (King & Taylor, 2013). To understand why would someone commit such acts, it is important to understand what is radicalization and what is homegrown terrorism. Radicalization is when someone of any nation adopts new beliefs in which using violence will be the only way to resolve the problems that the individual or the group that the individual belongs to is facing; and homegrown terrorism is when someone becomes radicalized to exclusively commit terrorist attacks in the terrorist’s own nation (King & Taylor, 2013, pg. 603)(Miller, 2007). Most of the homegrown terrorists, particularly the ones in the U.S., tend to become radicalized when they are going through a major life crisis such as when they lose a job; when they have family issues; when they are going through a transition or drastic change in their life; or when they have been treated unfairly by a particular group (King & Taylor, 2013, pg. 607).

Terrorism exists for centuries. Domestic terrorist groups and domestic terrorism are great problems. They have existed in the past and they will continue to exist in the future to spread fear and terror. Terrorism is the calculated use of violence, or the threat of violence, to intimidate, frighten, or coerce. Terrorism is a global problem affecting all social and economic classes. The fight against domestic terrorism is difficult as there have been many acts of domestic terrorism and many domestic terrorist groups operating in the United States. Terrorism can be executed or presented in a variety of forms. For example, bioterrorism, cyberterrorism, nuclear terrorism, domestic terrorism, etc. Domestic Terrorism has been the focus of attention since the events of September 11. The main and more significant mission of the Department of Homeland Security is to defend the United States from terrorism. Unfortunately, domestic terrorism is becoming increasingly common among

My criminal Justice policy is counterterrorism against Extreme Right Terrorism groups (home grown). Extreme-Right Terrorism- “Domestic right-wing terrorist groups often adhere to the principles of racial supremacy and embrace antigovernment, antiregulatory beliefs. Generally, extremist right-wing groups engage in activity that is protected by constitutional guarantees of free speech and assembly” (Watson, 2002). The research is to focus on stopping people from joining extreme-right terror groups or becoming a “Lone Wolf terrorist”. Because my research is to prevent terrorism the key programs I want to study are the potential subject’s social environment, economic status, education and media to educate the public, better law enforcement training,

Ever since 9/11 when both World Trade Center buildings were attacked by an Islamic Group, attacks by Islamic Terrorist on U.S. soil have been less of a threat than Domestic Terrorists. Domestic Terrorism has been shown these passed for years but yet again most of these cases have not been classified as acts of Domestic Terrorism they most likely fall into the category. Now the definition of Domestic Terrorism is basically "the committing of terrorist acts in the perpetrator 's own country against their fellow citizens". Now personally I don 't know how our government is working with these popular cases like Charlottesville, Las Vegas, and a new that just happened recently actually two but I 'll just say one, the New York attack that

Modern terrorism, as deduced from this literature, is acts to violence strategically used by secular groups spanning international borders with the aim of achieving a desired outcome. Further, it can be seen as organized activity whose genesis can be traced back to the 1880’s. From then to now there are identifiable traits and patterns observed from different (terrorist) groups which have allowed for the conceptualization of the term modern terrorism. This concept therefore, can be best explained in the context of being a wave or having a life cycle. That means it is a cycle of activity demarked by phases from inception and expands along the way then eventually it declines. The world, thus far, has experienced four waves of modern

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Terrorism manifests itself in many forms. Ideological terrorism, national terrorism and religious terrorism are some forms of terrorism that became common after the Second World War. Several theories and hypotheses have been put forward to explain the causes of terrorism. Among these the negative identity hypothesis explains how frustration with social norms and roles combined with restricted channels of expression can lead people to group together to engage in terrorist activities to assert themselves. This essay discusses the Baader-Meinhof activities, the LTTE terrorist activities and the state-sponsored terrorist activities of Iran in the light of the negative identity hypothesis.

Prior to Germany's Autumn of Terror in 1977, concrete events lead the country down a path where a necessary political student movement transpired and very quickly turned the student group into a terrorist organization. Specifically, the attacks in May of 1972 launched the Red Army Factions crusade against the government and the public. Just like the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austrian throne, by Bosnian Serb nationalists sparked World War I, the killing of a teenager, Benno Ohnesorg, by German police sparked a radical student movement that would change Germany once again. The death of Benno Ohnesorg was also a reminder of government-sanctioned murders during World War II under Hitler, which was once again present in post war Germany. Moreover, individualism from youths inspired the idea of needing an opposition party so Germany does not keep bonds with old practices. The youths felt that conservatives needed to be pushed a side in order for the country to move forward. Deriving from the student protest movement in West Germany, the Red Army Faction's attacks and juvenile reactions, during their first and second generational existence, ultimately led Germany to a third reign of terror giving even less credibility to the left-wing radical group and their political ideology; further leading to the leaders suicidal, arguably homicidal, deaths.