Terrorism : Terrorism And Terrorism

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

Homegrown terrorism or domestic terrorism is commonly associated with violent acts committed by citizens or permanent residents of a state against their own people or property within that state without foreign influence in an effort to instill fear on a population or government as a tactic designed to advance political, religious, or ideological objectives.

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.

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 crime – terror nexus of narcotics traffickers and terrorists is a phenomenon that has been discussed for several decades. While there exists widespread agreement that the violent non-state actors and criminal narcotics organizations share similar characteristics and cooperate, there is a great deal of disagreement regarding strategies to combat these two when they occur simultaneously. In the current case of Afghanistan, where the international community has been engaged in both counterinsurgency and counternarcotics campaigns for over a decade, the effects have not been as successful as was once hoped. The recent Global Terrorism Index Report indicating terrorists acts are again on the rise (The Institute for Economics and Peace, 2014 p. 17) is complicated by the release of the recent UN report which revealed that opium-poppy cultivation levels are at another all-time high (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, 2014 p. 12).

Terrorism has similarities to every day crime in regard to the preparation a terrorist seeks out before the attack. Criminals have to survey, elicit themselves, test security, acquire supplies, then deploy their plan. This is similar to terrorism where they have to survey, elicit themselves, test security, acquire funding and supplies, actively impersonate, rehearse, then deploy their plan. When law enforcement, emergency responders, and other government entities, are preparing their crews for potential crimes, there isn’t much difference between a terrorist attack and any other potential crime. The most common difference is that “terrorists are driven by a religious or political ideal, whereas the criminal is driven by greed (Newman and Clarke, 2008)”. First responders are the most important people after a terrorist attack has occurred and are exposed to the most risks thereafter.

On September 11, 2001, a group of terrorists associated with al-Qaeda hijacked four airliners and carried out suicide attacks throughout the U.S. Two of the planes flew into the twin towers at the World Trade Center, a third plane struck the Pentagon, and the fourth plane crashed in a Pennsylvanian field. The attacks resulted in immense destruction and damage resulting in many initiatives to combat terrorism. Since the attacks of 9/11, the United States has been impacted in many ways. Terrorism has grown around the world as more groups continue to form and plot sporadic attacks on innocent bystanders. The United States government persistently responds to these attacks as terrorism has certianly influenced public safety, political, military, educational, and religious institutions.

When a White man commits a terror act, why is that they are never called terrorist? Why does the word terrorist only implied to Muslims? What promotes the idea of terrorist? Is terrorism only implying to someone who commits an act of terror? Or Is it based on being a Muslim or brown, rather than an act? After 9/11, Muslims were attacked for their religion, up till now according to Lydia O’Connor . Muslims have faced discrimination and hate on the religion because others see Islam as a threat and a way to promote violence. This is also known as “Islamophobia”. Muslims are specifically targeted because of how the media such as Fox News implies them as “terrorists”. FOX News is a one of the largest channel in all cable and is a mainstream media in America, where millions of viewers as exposed to how they reverses the logic of the word terrorist and gives a new meaning that Muslims or brown are terrorist. The lack of accountability of Fox News holds and presents that Muslims or brown are terrorist. Nearly sixteen years later, Islamophobia has not improved, the word “terrorist” became a word where it’s based on perceptions and judgments on appearance. Fox News usage of the word shows that it is not someone who commits an act of terror, but is given an identity to Muslims and implied them as terrorist. The word “terrorist” is only used towards Muslims in Fox news. The term terrorism has become politicized that the word terrorist is seen as someone who is Muslim or brown. In

Terrorism is defined in the Code of Federal Regulations as “the unlawful use of force and violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian population, or any segment thereof, in furtherance of political or social objectives” (28 C.F.R. Section 0.85, Federal Bureau of Investigation,).Terrorism is a generally violent act of killing a large group of people in order to threaten the atmosphere and provoke a sense of insecurity among people. According to Oxford definition terrorism is “The use of violence, or the threat of violence, to frighten people in order to achieve a political, social, or religious goal.”

Terrorists have one goal: create national fear and chaos while harming not only citizens, but the environment. First responders are responsible for more than the citizens or victims, they are assigned to assist with prevention, protection, mitigation, response, and recovery (Department of Homeland Security, 2016). The five core capabilities ensure that the responders are prepared for terrorist events. Understanding the threat is the first task is countering and responding to terrorist events. Having an understanding of the situation, or possible situation at hand, responders may have a higher possibility of countering the attack before it does any harm. Risks to first responders, the response actions, and potential outcomes of terrorist incidents are all important topics when the threat of a terrorist attack or events has struck the United States.

Terrorism is described as the unlawful use of violence and intimidation especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims. In our own peaceful country of Canada, the "October Crisis" (also known as the "FLQ Crisis") that started on October 5th, 1970 is a perfect example of terrorism – an example that clearly shows that rebel groups that employ terror in civil wars, seldom win or gain what they hope to achieve (in this case, Québec's independence). The three main tactics that the FLQ (Front du Libération du Québec) used to achieve their own political agenda were certainly not the right things to pursue, to achieve independence. The scare tactics and violent tactics that the FLQ used during the October Crisis such as the detonation of bombs around Montréal destroying property and endangering innocent lives, the kidnapping of public officials and committing murder, certainly did not lead to peaceful negotiations or help to gain public support.

Post the 9/11 Terrorist attacks a purposeful attempt to kill was executed yet again with the Anthrax attacks across the United States. Still reeling from the attacks of September 11th the American public was on edge and the Federal Government was left yet again to show they were on the case and the need for calm was paramount. The United States had two attacks within 3 months that the U.S. had never dealt with before. Were these coordinated, connected attacks designed to bring the U.S. into a public furor or were the two distinctly different attacks perpetrated by two very different elements, whatever the case the emotional and psychological tolls were felt. As Dr. Fauci states, “In addition to the human toll of the anthrax attacks the fear and disruption they engendered were extraordinary. The anthrax attack of 2001 revealed significant gaps in our overall preparedness against bioterrorism, clearly, there is a need to improve the ability to protect our citizens from potential bioterror threats, and to increase our capacity to deal with the medical and public health consequences of any future attacks” (Johnstone, 2008). Have necessary steps been taken to prepare the U.S. and the American people from another bioterror attack? That remains a question still up for debate.

The global threat of Al Qaeda and ISIL, increase Sunni-Shia conflicts and voice in Middle East, Africa. Europe and around the world and has posed challenge to government in the region and the global. Some scholars argue that the clash of civilization or culture war between the Muslims and the West relations. The public discussion of Islam and violence have raised question about the relationship of Islamism in regards to violence and terrorism. Many critics’ believes that doctrines like Jihad and past historical event in the past has been a strong indicator and evidence that Islam is the main driving force Muslims extremism and terrorism in contemporary world. Islamic radicalization and terrorists have taken advantage of the doctrine Jihad like Christian and Jewish did in the past to carry out the acts of terrorism in unholy wars in the name of Christianity or Judaism. The meaning of Jihad in the Quran is '' to fight following the will of God, fight injustice and oppression, reform and create a just society, and if necessary to engage oneself in armed struggle to defend one's community and religion. The Quran also stresses on fighting against aggression and offensive or expansionist and a command to fight against all unbelievers and spread the message and public order. Critics argue the meaning and intention of Q. 9:5 is the motivation behind Muslims extremist and terrorist groups in past and present history. Islamic groups such as ISIS and Al Qaeda as well as Boka Haram

Question 1: Define and give examples of what terrorism is and the associated risks involved for emergency responders.

According to Gilbert H. Muller in The Age of Terror, the new world has become a very dangerous place on behalf of terrorists. Around the world, people have different perspectives on foreign affairs, politics, and religion. Asking a Christian on their views of terrorism, they would agree that it is the most horrible thing to happen to anyone. Asking someone who supports terrorism, they would say that nothing is wrong with what is going on. In Phillip B. Heymann’s Terrorism, Freedom, and Security: Winning Without War, terrorism in the United States became a domestic concern for the government and citizens. Terrorist threats and attacks leave people asking questions: Who is to blame for the attacks? Why do they attack? When are they going to attack next?