Terrorism : Terrorism And Terrorism

Terror has become a common feeling in today’s world. Music concerts and churches have become targets for terrorist activity. People are now thinking twice about their safety before leave home. In the book Terror In The Mind Of God by Mark Juergensmeyer, he starts off talking about different terror acts and how it has changed how he views the world. He says, "On a different day, at a different time, perhaps in a different bus, one of the bodies torn to shreds by any of these terrorist acts could have been yours or mine" (Juergensmeyer p. 3). He goes on to talk about how he feels betrayed that his "personal security and order that is usually a basic assumption of public life cannot in fact be taken for granted in a world where terrorist acts exit" (Juergensmeyer 3). Terrorism is a huge concern for Americans today. We hear on the news about church shootings and attacks on people attending an outdoor concert. We begin to feel unsafe going out in public and enjoying basic activities.

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

Since the attack on American soil the government issued the USA Patriot Act. This was created to deter and punish terrorist acts in and around the United States. It was also designed to enhanced law enforcement

The war on terror is not easy to define partly due to its vagueness and unsparing use of rhetorical device to justify any action of military perpetrated after the 9/11. However, the The war on terror, in its original intent, is a series of initiatives that seek to reduce or eliminate terrorism in the world. In this perspective, terrorism is the deliberate exploitation and creation of fear through threat and violence (Kugiel 16-17). This essay seeks to present an argument that the war on terror was not worth it.

Terrorism can affect everyone at any time and place. Even when there is a threat being made in another country, halfway across the world, it affects everyone in some kind of way. It affects everyone because it is a threat to all the people in the world.

In the name of national security you are protected, watched, analysed, invaded, but protected. With government protection comes sacrifice, of which many are willing to comply. But to what unknown extent have we granted them to intrude into our lives? In 2011 two planes blew up the twin towers, causing one of the worst terrorist attacks America had ever seen. After the attack, our national security increased immensely, with over 130 pieces of security legislation having been passed within that year proceeding, and many new agencies being created for the sole purpose of National Security. Although an increase in security is positive, it decreases our right to privacy. A balance between privacy and security must be made, for the government is

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.

The September attacks on 9/11 sparked terror in America, the losses were devastating and the country laid in shock. The worst laid in the fact that the attacks could have been prevented. Al Qaeda took advantage of and exploited the United States lack of technology. Terrorist used online messaging to communicate and plan the attack with one another. If America had a surveillance program in place, the correspondence between terrorists could have been noted and the attacks prevented. In order to say in the know of terrorist activities, America had to spy on Al Qaeda, old fashioned human intelligence would not have been practical or very likely to succeed. With human intelligence, a believable identity had to be created, “they may have to pretend to be wealthy donors [or other radical fighters]… [,] overcome significant cultural barrier… [and work through a] significant language barrier”

Whether one refers to the Terrorist organization as Islamic State(IS), Islamic State of Iraq and Syria(ISIS), Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant(ISIL). Terror is the main goal of this organization and inflicting fear and anquish has been the priority and objective since the birth of this group. Religous believes and political motives drives this group to bring pain and suffering not just to the United States, this pain knows no boundaries and reaches all depths and borders around the entire globe. Departments and Agencies dealing in Homeland Security have dealt with this issue since the inception of ISIS, proper channels have been developed to stopping and aiding in the submission of ISIS. However, stopping a terrorist organization

Terrorism is nothing new. So long as there has been a governing body in power, ruled by a few or by many, there are some people that won’t or can’t comply with that system and will use violence and the threat of violence for political and social change. Since the attacks on 911 the USA has increased its homeland security posture as well as its international search to root out terrorism. Terrorist organizations operate globally and are able to recruit just by the propaganda they advertise. A person can now be trained through the internet, construct a means of attack and kill indiscriminately without ever meeting who they claim allegiance to. There are more targets and means to attack those targets than ever before. Terrorists evolve and learn. As such, so must those that serve to counter it. The US has some of the best counterterrorism agencies, units and professionals the world has seen but sometimes terrorists successfully carry out their plans.

Sadly, terrorist attacks have become more common in our modern, industrialized world than any other time in history. Over the past few years, there has been a concentration of these savage events in major Western European countries such as, but not limited to, Great Britain, France, and Belgium. Powerful terrorist organizations, like ISIS, have used these highly developed nations as backdrops to inflict havoc on innocent tourists and civilians. Once a symbol of peace and prosperity, Western Europe is currently enveloped in a state of turmoil where people everywhere are fearful for their safety, the military and law enforcement officers are on high alert every second of the day, and the notion of personal freedoms and civility seems to be a distant memory. While some industry insiders and travel enthusiasts claim that travel to Western European countries is stable or improving, the dangerous circumstances that have arisen because of the onslaught brought on by terrorism have instead hurt the perception of Western Europe in many ways, leading to the potential downturn of travel to this region of the world.

The study of terrorism is as complex as the problem itself. How the many factors of terrorism, such as fear and popular support, are interwoven make this a difficult problem to understand, let alone defeat. With this in mind it becomes clear that understanding the problem is, perhaps, the all-important first step to defeating it. To that end, the five most important things about terrorism and counterterrorism I learned from this course are: 1) Our National Strategy for Counterterrorism is flawed, 2) Terrorism can be an effective tactic if executed properly, 3) Terrorism begets terrorism, 4) Media and terrorism are perpetually linked and 5) The importance of quickly collecting, analyzing and acting upon intelligence.

Module two highlighted the need for a greater understanding of how to recognize terrorism and what resources can be utilized to strengthen communities. A strong capability to perform hazard and threat assessments can go a long way in helping a community take preventive and protective measure in the fight against terrorism. Fighting terrorism is a combination of several tools and activities aimed at improving response capabilities and reducing the risks from attacks.

Terrorism can have many different meanings or definitions to different individuals but in the end terrorism is the threat and use of physical and physiological force by individuals or groups who want to receive strategic and political gain. The FBI’s definition comes from the Code of Federal Regulations which states that, “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." (Href, Mailto, Oliver, & Libaw, 2011) Terrorists want to put fear in the citizens and government that they are targeting. The more fear communities and the government have, the more successful terrorists will judge their attacks. (Newman & Clarke, 2007) The goals of terrorists is to inflict causalities, create fear, and to draw media attention. (Newman & Clarke, 2007) Terrorism acts are thought to be large, astonishing events but terrorism comes in many different forms. Some different forms consist of car bombing, assassinations, kidnapping, hijacking of an airline, train or ship, chemical or biological attacks, suicide bombings, and many more. (Newman & Clarke, 2007) With all of these unique ways that terrorist attacks can materialize first responders are presented with many risks. These risks consist of putting their own life in danger, not having full knowledge and information of the situation before being in the situation themselves, not having the

Terrorism has many trends in our today’s world, the enormity of the complexity of the numbers of terrorism and why some are combatted against and some just get away with whatever bad they did. Usually, there will be individual ways of lives that may traditionally opposed to the use of violence in addressing certain situations due to the inability of a total disregard or unwillingness of the society to engage with certain trouble makers in the world. Plus as the famous saying goes “One man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter.” Because if a group of people that shared the same ideology are against one subgroup of people that they don’t identify with may result to violence or even negligence of some of those threats and violence by the central authorities running that particular place and these types of negligence resort to grievances that often escalates the rate of hatred, anger, bigotry among citizens of the same nation and may end up violent between groups that are not even known as a terrorist organization because vengeance and animosity and grievances all comes in different forms and people that embark on terrorism as a results of trends like these, may not necessary belong to well-known terrorists organizations.