Organizational Model Of Terrorism

Since the terrorist attacks on 9/11, America has been on edge about the topic of terrorism. Groups like Al-Qaeda, Hamas, Taliban, and now more recently, ISIS, has kept the world cautious of their every next move. Looking more closely into how these groups are formed and operate could help us better understand how they can be stopped. Studying the history of terrorist organizations can help us better predict the future of terrorist organizations.

When discussing terrorism, the groups which most frequently come to mind are those which operate either internationally or specifically in foreign countries, such as al-Qaeda, Hezbollah, Al Shabab. However, the United States has a number of domestic terror groups some well-organized, some loosely connected that have perpetrated serious attacks over the last few decades. Al-Qaeda's attacks on September 11th, 2001, and the subsequent wars born out of the United States' response to these attacks have meant that domestic terrorism is less widely discussed topic, this does not mean that domestic terrorist groups do not present a serious threat to the United States and its citizens. By examining known terrorist organizations within the United States and their classifications, it will be possible to demonstrate how and why the country has seen a rise in domestic terror over the last three decades, as well as some possible government responses to these groups that could help to prevent individuals from joining in the first place.

This paper will talk about the largest terror group called Al Qaeda. Stating the facts on when this terror group formed, their motives, and graphs on numerous innocent lives. The most notorious Islamic terrorist group is Al Qaeda. Its pioneer, Osama Bin Laden, issued a fatwa (a religious decision) in February 1998 requiring an overall Islamic sacred war to slaughter Christians and Jews. Laden's key targets seem to be U.S. property. Al-Qaeda is a terrorist group that was established by Osama Bin Laden in the late 1980s. It started as a strategic system to help Muslims in Afghanistan battling against what was then the Soviet Union amid the Afghan War. Individuals were enrolled all through the Islamic world standing Al-Qaeda's roots and connections.

As we move past defining terrorism we are now looking to give it an identity. Terrorism is an act that is acted out by groups and individuals. There are always some command grounds in differences when you evalute one terrorist to another. Person or group. Some command areas might be methods of employement and desired end result. One of the biggest difference between terrorists (group or person) is politics or motivatoin behind the act and a countinuing agenda. In order to obtain data and provide comparisons to such items as mentioned two executors of terrorism were selected. One individual Timothy McVeigh(domestic) and one group al-Shabaab (international). The intent of this paper will be to compare the key similarities and differences between Timothy McVeigh and al-Shabaab, reference one terrorist activity and the motives of the attacks for each and provide an assessment of which is a greater threat to the United States (threat should be interpreted as threat to the national security of the United States).

The ever evolving subject of terrorism and terrorists is the subject of significant study worldwide. The psychological and behavioral factors involved in terrorism are one of the most studied issues. It has implications across the board for both the detection and deterrence of terrorism. How terrorists communicate and the influence that it plays in growing terroristic ideology, mission, and goals are also of significant importance, as well.

The definition of terrorism has forever been a topic of debate. One thing agreed upon however, is that there are different types of terrorism. For instance, there is religious terrorism, and there is political terrorism. This paper will discuss the question: How do religious and political terrorism differ in terms of their roots, their motivations, and their methods – and it will also briefly discuss how their traits coincide.

Do you remember where you were on Tuesday, September 11, 2001? Well if you do, then this should be a memory refresher, but if you don’t, heres something for you to learn. There were four airlines that were hijacked by the Islamic Extremist Group, Al-Qaeda. Al-Qaeda had planned to use a suicide attack against the United States. At 8:45 am, two of the four hijacked planes crashed into the Twin Towers at the World Trade Center, the third plane hit the Pentagon in Washington DC and the fourth plane crashed into a field in Pennsylvania. This day, was going to change America forever. Since the terrorist attacks, there has been many conspiracy theories that put fourth to what “actually happened”. As these conspiracies come, they range from planes not even hitting the Twin Towers but bombs that destroyed those buildings to the government knowing and going along with the plan of attack. Even though that the government says they made up the attack now, the 9/11 attack did happen how we thought it happened because of Islamic Extremist group thinking that America is weak, thousands of people died and we ended up going to war to find Osama Bin Laden. One might say that the government did not plan the 9/11 attack. Heres what the Islamic Extremest group is and what their purpose for their attack was.

The operational problems with terrorism are associated with the primary needs of secrecy, communication, and funding. Three fundamentals we can call them for now. In small arms marksmanship where you can still hit your target accurately by having only two basic fundamentals properly engaged; however with terrorism a weakness in one our more of these fundamentals means failure in long term success.

Since September 11th the subject of terrorism and specifically the organizational behavior and strategy of terrorist groups as an academic research

The creation a resilient global terrorist network relies on the same fundamental building blocks as a corporate business, from organization to strategy. Each company has set leadership, goals, and the necessity of funding to operate. While creating the now infamous al Qaeda terrorist network, Osama bin Laden relied heavily on his background

Terrorist organizations have become more decentralized. This prevents counter terrorism organizations from detecting individual cells and has made the task of intelligence agencies extremely complicated. This decentralization with more focus on “lone wolf” terrorists, allows attacks to be less complicated and more cost effective as less resources are needed. Even small successes can achieve a broader psychological effect. (Maras, 2013)

A final counterterrorism strategy believes that both prior strategies are flawed in their identification of what causes terrorism, and as such, will lead to a failed policy. This counterterrorism strategy focuses on the idea that previous strategies misidentify terrorism as being a politically motivated action (Abrahms 2008). Instead, there is a believe that terrorist organization and terrorism itself is utilized as a means to maximize social solidarity (Abrahms 2008). This model is known as the natural systems model, which is an organization theory shows the correct way to identify why terrorists act for social solidarity and not political goals. The natural system model stresses a disconnect between the group’s official goals and the social

There are many reasons why terrorism has become such an important issue over the last 40 years. In this paper I will be exploring the answers to this question through three related topics; 1) the threat from terrorism; 2) why people join terrorist groups and; 3) dealing with terrorism. I will be using the sources provided and historical facts related to three groups; the IRA, the PLO and Al-Qaeda.

Terrorism has existed for many years and was known to have begun as early as the first century when a group of Jews who wanted to overthrow the Roman leader and did so by committing acts of murder. As time and society evolved terrorism became even more widespread, progressing throughout the globe. Terrorism has evolved since the early years after the death of Christ, with the rise of Islam, and into the 21st century during a time that terrorism is at an all-time high. Given the increased coverage of terrorism throughout the world is due to the upsurge of financing that is received by many extremist’s groups. Gaining these methods of terrorism is not hard and often times results in innocent individuals or organizations being illegally extorted

The Merriam Webster dictionary defines terrorism as; “the use of violent acts to frighten the people in an area as a way of trying to achieve a political goal, or the systematic use of terror especially as a means of coercion”. Keep in mind that there are several definitions of terrorism, and all of them vary in scope and execution. The psychological and behavioral factors of terrorism are a not product of an extremist socialization process, but a group norm, For terror groups who believe that violence or fear is a tool as a rational method of for success are immerse in their cause. The psychological and behavioral factors of terrorism can be a combination one’s life events. One’s