Terrorism And The Effect Of Terrorism

Domestic terrorism has played a major part in shaping the societies of the United States. The ideologies of individuals can become radicalized. This can lead to a movement. This movement involves the infliction of fear upon the communities, in attempt to make it a better world. It is critical to examine the events created by one man’s extreme ideologies in effort to better understand.

During the Cold War era, fallout shelters were an instrumental part of society where the government-sponsored these measures to protect the country and its citizens from nuclear attack. However, the Cold war has past and a new threat has emerged that is unpredictable and seems to appear out of nowhere. Seemingly, the government is trying to secure the critical infrastructure of the United States through internal restructuring, legislation and the private sector.

One of the first debates in America after 9/11 was how to prevent any other terrorist attack. This led Senator Joe Lieberman from Connecticut and Senator Arlen Specter from Pennsylvania to create the infrastructure of the Department of Homeland Security. They introduced this to legislation just eleven days after 9/11.(3) Originally, Bush and his team rejected the idea. After democrats in the senate pushed the idea for more than six months, Bush finally agreed to form the Department of Homeland Security in June, 2002.

Wherever anyone goes, anyone is vulnerable to Terrorism. Terrorism exists as an incredibly horrific and violent act, and it affects everyone that goes through it and people watching news and reading newspapers. The effects of terrorism can be extremely dangerous; sometimes it can even be deadly. “In the last of a couple of years around 50 terrorist attacks have been in the United States and Around 200 in the world” (Barrett), just last week there was an attack on the London bridge. ISIS even has claimed that they planned the attack. For anybody that doesn't know who ISIS is they are a terrorist organization that people say " They are upon extreme than Al-Qaida or any other terrorist group in the world"(Tran). Terrorism affects the world in so many ways, and it isn't pretty. As People that travel a lot read the

It took only a total of 12 seconds for the twin towers to fall on September 11, 2001. 2,753 people were killed including 343 police and firefighters. The events of 9/11 changed the views of air safety, foreign policy, and Middle Eastern relations. As a result of the attacks, the world took on a new perspective regarding the religion that the hijackers belonged to. Islam and jihad were now associated with terrorism and hijacking planes. The bond between Islamic extremists and plane accidents was formed, resulting in irrational fear and intolerance towards many Muslims. Henry Perowne is no different. When the burning plane was flying outside his window, he immediately assumed the cause was jihadists. Similarly, Theo asks his father if terrorists

Per the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), domestic terrorism is an offense that is intended to influence or affect the conduct of government through intimidation or coercion. It can also be considered as a retaliation against government conduct. Terrorism violates many statutes, including 18 U.S.C. § 2332b, § 930(c), which relates to killing or attempting to kill during the attack of a federal facility with a dangerous weapon; and § 1114 which relates to the killing or attempted killing of officers and employees of the U.S (FBI, 2016). To be classified as an act of domestic terrorism, the event must contain specific criteria, such as the involvement of acts that are dangerous to human life that are in violation of federal or state law.

One is a tall African American wearing a baseball cap. The next a middle-aged white farmer. The one after, an Asian teenager. Finally the last is a middle-eastern fellow wearing a turban. You most likely selected the Muslim, middle-eastern man. Now you may be feeling a bit of guilt since you chose the last man simply due to his religion and ethnicity. But it is not your fault. This simple scenario proves exactly how influential the media can really be. When you a picture a terrorist, unfortunately it is inevitable you picture the last guy in the police lineup. As the host, Brian Kilmeade of Fox News once said, “Not all Muslims are terrorists, but all terrorists are Muslims.” The Fox network even came to Kilmeade’s defense after this comment. Clearly Brian was oblivious to this statistic: non-Muslims have carried out more than 90% of all terrorist attacks on U.S. soil. Nevertheless, the millions of viewers watching that telecast did not have anyone to combat his hurtful accusations with any evidence or facts, with which you are provided here. Instead, the majority of the audience probably sat on the couch nodding their heads having come to this false

Domestic terrorism consists of violations against federal and state law that put humans into danger. The purpose of domestic terrorism is to influence or to instill fear into the population and government. Terrorism comes in forms of gun violence, assassinations, and destruction (1). Since 1970, there have been 2,608 attacks and 226 fatal attacks up until 2011 (3). In 1867, the development of dynamite contributed to increasing terrorism, and radicals have used explosives to bring attention to political issues within the country. This invention led to the Haymarket Affair, Los Angeles Times, and the Preparedness Day bombings (2). What has further caused domestic terrorism has been the argument over who is an American. This explains the emergence of the Boston Tea Party and the “white supremacy” of the Ku Klux Klan which both occurred to claim what being an authentic American means (3). After the Cold war, domestic intelligence and law enforcement suppressed terrorist plots, but since the leader of al-Qaeda increased website usage in 2003, more internet terrorist sites have grown. In 2009, the FBI stated that there were approximately 15,000 websites that advocated terrorism with 10,000 sites still active on 80% of U.S based servers. (4) An example of an attack was the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995 which resulted in 168 people dead and 600 people injured; the motivation for this was to show the opposition against the U.S government by bombing the Alfred P. Murrah Federal

When discussing theoretical perspectives regarding terrorism, conflict theory perspective and functionalism perspective come to mind. Functionalism states that behaviors accompanied by societal institutions can be used to bring about change (Barkan, n.d.).. Whereas the conflict theory focuses on an organization’s presence, or lack thereof, that allows opportunities for continuous confrontation.

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).”

Have you ever had a fear for your family, your town, your country, or your world. How about the fear to have everything taken from you, destroyed, and not caring if it has hurt you or not? What about your fear and pain is, and can be someone else’s happiness? The fear of you being terrorized? That is terrorism. Someone else bringing fear and terrorizing you. That is a terrorist’s goal. Terrorism is common and is very difficult to stop. The government promises protection for the people, and their home, but they can not give that protection if they can not stop terrorism. Terrorism needs to stop to protect the live of the people, and their country.

America’s history is unique when compared to other countries, nevertheless we are exposed to different cultures, ethnicities, and religions, were given freedom to our own opinions on how we view the world. Identity is shaped by our race. One of the most recent terrorist attacks that took place June 3, 2017, in London is one just one example of what Americans now should fear. Yes, we do have our freedom, however we as a country are faced with challenges like never. Racist vandals have spray-painted “Terrorize your own country” on an Islamic neighborhood in London. The writer believes this is a violent discrimination terrorist attack.

Wherever anyone goes anyone is vulnerable to terrorism. Terrorism is something that is a very horrific thing and effects everyone that went through it and the people watching the news and newspapers. The effects of terrorism can be very dangerous, sometimes it can even be deadly. In the last of couple of years around 50 terrorist attacks have been in the united states. Around 200 in the world, just last week there was an attack on the London bridge. ISIS even has claimed that they planned the attack. For anybody that doesn’t know who ISIS is they are a terrorism organization that people say “are more extreme than al-Qaida or any other terrorist group in the world.” Terrorism effects the world around us and it isn’t pretty we have all seen it manifest its self in so many ways on the earth.

Over the years there have been significant changes in how terrorism is carried out. With the changes in how terrorism is carried out there have also been dramatic changes in how countries counter terrorist attacks. The modifications in the way a country counters these terrorist attacks affects international relations of these countries. These issues bring about the question of how have counter terrorism methods affected international relations. To answer this question several things must be addressed which are, methodology, history of terrorism, and a literature review of multiple authors that have discussed this subject.

Many of us will embrace our loved ones before leaving our homes to start a hectic workday. As we hug our children and kiss our spouses goodbye, the thought of losing them, or our lives to acts of terrorism, is typically not one to cross our minds. On September 11, 2001, this mere thought became the reality for many families. The eleventh of September will forever be remembered as the date a terrorist organization, known as al-Qaeda, attacked the United States killing thousands of innocent people. The al-Qaeda organization have exposed vulnerabilities in the United States’ homeland security. Many have questioned how could this happen to a country known to be the most powerful nation in the world and what steps are being taken to prevent these acts from occurring in the future? Today, terrorism is a forefront global issue bringing nations together to develop ways to improve national security for all.