Cause And Effect Of Terrorism

The word ‘terrorism’ can be traced back to the French Revolution and the reign of terror committed against the population of France in the 1790s. During this time, thousands of people were killed and the general population was severely oppressed. Also, some of the first instances of terrorist tactics, such as assassination and intimidation, were witnessed in the killing of prominent officials and other opponents of the Revolution. In general, terrorists aim to incite fear in the population through pre-meditated violent acts and gain publicity as a medium in achieving their goals. Such acts include taking hostages, bombings and assassinations, all of which create fear and compliance in a victim or audience. Terrorism can be distinguished from other types of political violence through its disregard for and intentional harming of innocent civilians. Also, terrorists usually adopt a state of mind where one side is always good and any opposition is bad and deserves to be punished. As a result, terrorists will always have some supporters who share the same radical thoughts as them and thus terrorism, as a whole, will always be accepted as a legitimate use of violence. This is the reasoning behind the famous phrase by Gerald Seymour, “One man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter”(QUOTE

Terrorism has had a profound affect on the world, as it has inspired fear and despair in the hearts of millions of people. Specifically in the United States, where in certain circumstances U.S. citizens will carry out acts of terror to further their own cause. Domestic terrorism has taken roots in many aspects of society through certain ideological groups, radicalization through media, and by acts of terror that cause immense civil unrest.

Terrorism is one international political issue that has been significant in US society since the end of the Cold War. Since the attacks of September 11, 2001, America’s sense of security has been destroyed and continued terrorist attacks in other parts of the world targeting Americans, as well as other allied nations further fuels a sense of anxiety. From Bin Laden, to Saddam Hussein and ISIS the fear of further terrorism attacks is

However, security effectiveness does not prevent terrorists from committing their terror attacks. Most of the people members of these groups are even ready to die, and they will use any method to cause destruction. Some will even swallow bombs and go to public places where a lot of people gather (Kamien G. D, 2006). The terrorist also comes up with other methods of administering their wrath when they realize that the security is tight. These methods include the use of weapons that can easily get ported without causing much attention like guns instead of bombs and also recruiting members of the target country to their group.

Terrorism is defined as the systematic use of terror especially as a means of coercion. It’s a problem that the United States and other countries have dealt with since before 9/11 but more significantly afterwards. On September 11, 2001, there was a series of four attacks by the Islamic terrorist group known as al-Qaeda. Two planes crashed into the North and South towers of the World Trade Center in New York City and a third crashed into the Pentagon, which houses the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense in Virginia. There was a fourth plane that was on track to Washington, D.C. but crashed into field in Pennsylvania. Several lives were lost, a total of 2,977 according to a CNN report. However 9/11 was only the beginning of terrorist attacks. Although 9/11 happened in the United Sates, terrorist attacks are felt worldwide and happen in countries other than the U.S. Recently, there have been terrorist attacks in Paris and Brussels. In 2015-16 alone there have been 10 known terrorist attacks in places such as Syria, Nigeria and Iraq, which doesn 't include the minuscule ones that the media doesn 't cover. I will describe the beginnings of terrorism. Second, I will show the influence of religion on terrorism, particularly Islam. Lastly, describe the effects of terrorism on different parts of the world and its causes.

Terrorism is the act of engaging in destructive acts or causing mayhem by a group of people in order to pursue their agenda. This act of intolerance has been on the rise especially in Muslim countries. Terror groups such as the al-Qaida and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant have emerged in different parts of the Asia and Africa. Their agenda is to impose the sharia law in the Muslim community. This is because they feel oppressed by the Western countries which are composing of the Christian majority (Duyvesteyn & Peeters, 2015).

Terrorism has continuously played a brutal role in frightening societies across the world. There are many nations that have faced horrible issues and continue to try to find a solution but to no avail, because terrorism still exists around the world. There are many questions that have still gone unanswered and many governments are finding some relief “with considerable assistance from anti-terrorism organizations (Fischer, 2002).”

The Preventing Terrorism And Violence organization describes it as an act of violence to complete a man 's holy belief. So which one is correct? It is a mix of the two definitions. Nextly there are different types of terrorism And they are classified by where they occurred. Domestic terrorism is when act of terror occurs within the United States borders.(2) This is one of the two types of terrorism. The other type of terrorism is international terrorism which is opposite of domestic terrorism and the act of terror occurs outside the United States borders.(2) But for any of these to be considered terrorism at all they have to violate federal or state laws. But every attack I know meets this criteria.(2) So where did terrorism come from? It has been around since the beginning of time basically because even in the beginning of time people have done dangerous things to create fear in a person. Terrorism happens all of the time but it is more rare in the U.S. In fact so rare you are more likely to be struck by a bolt of lightening thank either injured or killed by a terrorist attack.(1)So this is some basic info of terrorism but where is terrorism mostly occurring at today?

Terrorism is far from new to nations around the world. Attacks that make the headlines in international news occur almost daily. However, each act of terrorism provides its own goal or objective, which may or may not have a different aim than a previous attack, which makes the threat even more difficult to prevent. Terrorism is a concept that is hard to define, but many government organizations and authors around the world have defined or attempted to provide a definition of terrorism. In spite of the lack of a single definition, terrorism is commonly referred to as a phenomenon because it is constantly evolving. This, in turn, makes terrorism even more difficult to predict and forecast.

Terrorism in the twenty-first century has some similarities and differences from terrorism in the twentieth century. Terrorism is, in its broadest sense, the use or threatened use of violence in order to achieve a political, religious, or ideological aim. Also useful to remember that because the two entities involved, the terrorists and the terrorized, are on the opposite end of the political, religious or ideological continuum, the same act is viewed by them differently. There is much sense in the phrase one man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter.

Today, it seems like acts of violence are part of the world we live in. Today, terrorist acts have become the norm in all parts of the world. Terror attacks are surprise attacks involving the calculated use of violence against civilians (metro.co.uk). The motive behind these senseless attacks will most likely be religious, political or economic in nature (metro.co.uk ). The act of terrorism will be carried out using methods designed to intimidate and instill fear. (metro.co.uk).According to Story Maps, there were over 1044 terrorist acts in 2017. In the United States, there were two attacks in New York, two in Virginia, one in Flint, Michigan, one in Kansas City, one in Oklahoma City, one in Denver and one in Minnesota. Not all the acts of terrorism followed the same pattern or degree of violence. This is because there are many different types of terrorist acts. Terrorist acts include, bombings, kidnappings, armed attacks, assassination, arson, fire bombings, hijackings, skyjackings, nuclear attacks, radiological attacks, biological, and chemical terrorists attacks.

The definition of terrorism is, “The use of violence and threats to intimidate or coerce” (Terrorism). Using this definition, it is obvious to see that terrorism has been in every human society. To help further break down this definition, terrorism must be broken down into five smaller categories. The first type of terrorism is state sponsored terrorism or, “terrorist acts on a state or government by a state or government” (Saleem). An example of this would be government of Syria providing weapons and safety to the Hammas and Hizballah terrorist groups located in Lebanon. Another example could be the infamous Russian hacking that supposedly helped Donald Trump become President

Terrorism is nothing new and has likely been used in one form or another since before the beginning of recorded time. While some of the early written accounts are not completely clear as to the exact identity and relationships the perpetrators had to their targets, it is exceedingly clear that these groups were taking action in an attempt to manipulate the actions and opinions of their target audience. Over the many millennia since those times, this type of activity has evolved into its present form but is still used in an attempt to manipulate the actions and opinions of a target audience.

The war on terrorism seems like it is a never ending war. Things are constantly changing terrorism groups a changing locations, moving to different cities or even moving to different countries. Along with having to chase terrorism around the world in a cat and mouse, the ever changing and evolving technology has made it harder to find terrorist. The biggest impact that terrorism has is the physical destruction(Ross). Many things are targets for a large scale terrorist attack are on production plants, machines, transportation systems, workers, and economic resources(Ross). With all the potential targets being named you might think how could this affect me, well if a train station is attacked, then no that uses that train can get to work and if a handle of factory workers can’t get to work then the good that they were making can’t be made and then it can’t be put out on the market for the consumer to buy, thus not making that part of the company any money to put back into the economy. After the attacks on 9/11 in the U.S. the financial markets literally shut down and didn’t recover until months later after the invasion of Iraq in 2003(Ross). After the attack in Nice, France in 2015 that killed 125 people the financial markets didn’t seem affected, which was the opposite effect of that had happened in the U.S.(Ross). It wasn’t until later that they found out that the attack affected a different area then that it had affect in the U.S. it had affected the tourism of France(Ross). France took a big hit from the attack because their tourism suffered, 7 to 8% of France’s GDP (Gross Domestic Product) is made up

Terrorism, which has been around for as long as people can remember, has been on the rise for the past ten years. Terrorists usually use murdering, kidnapping, hi-jacking and bombings to achieve their political purpose. For instance, according to Wikipedia.com (2006), in 1985 816 deaths, then in 2003, more than 1,000 people died by terorist acts around the world. In recent years, terrorism seems to be at a new height and attacks are much more violent than in the past. Unfortunately, in spite of many anti-terror campaigns, projects and organizations are being created for prevention (to prevent) terrorism, the number of terrorists only is increasing. These days terrorism is all over the world.