Terrorism and Homeland Security

After the September 11 terrorist attacks, the United States and other developed countries changed their assumed view of the threat from terrorism. Massive amount of resources were mobilized in a very short time to counter the perceived and actual threat from terrorists and terrorist organizations. In the U.S., this change was pushed as a necessity for what was called "Homeland Security”. It went through the enactment of hundreds of statutes and regulations, substantial changes in policy initiatives, the most massive governmental reorganization since 1947, and brought the new business of homeland security to the face of American awareness. Soon after the terrorist attacks, Congress passed various new laws and enhanced some existing ones

The purpose of this paper is to define and give as much detail information about Homeland Security in the United States and law enforcement and how they are integrated. I hope after reading this paper you will be well informed on the duties and responsibilities of these agencies. People have always lived in fear but with the help of these agencies we will no longer have to live in fear. I will try to give as much detail information as possible to help with any problems or situation that might come up. Homeland Security in the United States and law enforcement have extensive research skills and knowledge in serving and protecting citizens and other important groups and agencies. Homeland Security is a new agency that was created by the president to handle terrorist threats and to aid the country in an emergency situation. Since September 11th the threat level for terrorist attacks on America have increase over years. The Presidents of the United States vows to never let an attack happen on American soil again that’s why Homeland security was created. According to the Homeland security act the mission statements is to prevent terrorist attacks within the United States, reduce America’s vulnerability to terrorism, and minimize the damage and recover from attacks that do occur is Homeland Security Actions. The Department of Homeland Security is responsible in making the nation safe and secure by protecting borders and transportation systems to prevent terrorist attacks. Law

To most of the world, Hezbollah is known as a Lebanese Shiite militia that takes an anti-western stance, and despises Israel and the United States. To the Arabs, Hezbollah is known as a resistance group that provides socioeconomic and social services to Shiite communities is southern Lebanon.# The group as been held accountable for several attacks against Israel and Western targets, but yet provides social services in Lebanon by running hospitals, schools, orphanages, and media outlets. It has adopted the strategy of constantly altering public opinion by using a mixture of political and ideological agendas.# The group has adopted the strategy it has in order to continue growing and to remain relevant in both Lebanon and the global sphere,

This paper will examine the basic history of Kata’ib Hezbollah (KH) and how they were formed. This paper will also examine the leadership of KH and how it affects the Iraqi people and their government. It will also examine the objective and goals of the KH and what support they have in their on-going operations. It will further discuss what tactics, techniques, and procedures that KH employs for their operations and will also examine the past and current leadership and characteristics of KH and the support and resources that the group still to use’s today. This paper will also examine the political, military, economic, social, information, infrastructure, physical environment, and time variables. United States Forces will have to

HAMAS, which is also known as Harakat al-Muqawama al-Islamiya, has a history that can be traced to the 1950's though its origin goes back to 1987 when it was founded as a Muslim brotherhood in Gaza by Sheikh Ahmad. The name of the group is derived from an Arabic acronym for Islamic resistance movement that means zeal, fire, and enthusiasm ("HAMAS: History and Present", 2006). In the 1950s, HAMAS was active in the Gaza Strip where it was largely recognized and gained influence is mosques and every social organization. This continued until the 1980s when it became a powerful political factor and was later founded in 1987.

From the beginning, Muslims have always been unhappy with the presence of Israel in “Muslim land”, specifically Palestine. This conflict is the main reason why Hamas was created and why they are so popular in the Middle East. Hamas officially published its charter or “The Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement” on August 18, 1988. Hamas is a Palestinian nationalistic and Islamic fundamentalist organization. The charter spells out the organizations objectives, goals, and end state and has been unchanged to this day. The charter calls upon Islamic jihad in order to take back the land of Palestine that was stolen by Israel. The charter also states the goals of establishing an Islamic Palestinian state in the West Bank and The Gaza Strip, the total destruction of Israel, the return of all Palestinian refugees back to Israel and East Jerusalem, and East Jerusalem be recognized as the Palestinian capital. When Hamas published its charter, it created a rift between the Muslim Brotherhood. Even though Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood remained linked by there pro Islamic ideology, the Muslim Brotherhood was considered a non-violent organization. Hamas on the other hand made no qualms about a violent jihad against Israel.

Based on the principles of Islamism gaining momentum throughout the Arab world in the 1980s, Hamas was founded sometime in 1988[38] soon after the First Intifada broke out, as an offshoot of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood,[3][4] which in its Gaza branch had been non-confrontational towards Israel, refrained from resistance, and was hostile to the PLO.[39] Co-founder Sheik Ahmed Yassin stated in 1987, and the Hamas Charter affirmed in 1988, that Hamas was founded to liberate Palestine, including modern-day Israel, from Israeli occupation and to establish an Islamic state in the area that is now Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.[40][41] The group has later stated that it may accept a 10-year truce if Israel withdraws to the 1967 borders and allows Palestinian refugees from 1948, as well as their descendants, to return to what is now

There are many terror organizations around the world that may want to do harm to the United States or our allies and interests to promote their ideology or to gain notoriety for the group. Some terror groups can be non-state sponsored and some can be state sponsored. Some are large organizations such as Al Qaeda and ISIS while some may be subordinate organizations to the larger organizations or function under their name across the globe. We must continue to evaluate and gather intelligence on all these organizations to reduce the possibility of an attack on our homeland or interests overseas. One such organization the United States needs to watch and continue to evaluate is Hezbollah. Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage identified

The civil war was the catalyst that nurtured Hezbollah enough so that their influence would transform form just a thorn on the Lebanese government side to a political party having their own seat at the table (Wiegand, 2009). Hezbollah’s political ambitions have not affected their terrorist activities however, from political infiltration, guerilla force capability, a media empire to global organized crime syndicates (Wiegand, 2009). Boasting some of the most well trained operatives in their military faction, Hezbollah continues to operate politically and militaristically (Badran, 2009). The United Nation created a distinction between their political and military factions, which allowed them to avoid the United Nation’s terrorist list and similarly, the British government only blacklisted their military wing (Badran, 2009). However, Hezbollah’s leadership remained adamant that no such distinction exist between the two that they operate congruently (Badran, 2009). This further reinforces Hezbollah’s ambition to see their Islamic Republic come to fruition; actions whether violent or politically are the means they use to accomplish this (Wiegand,

Hamas is the larges of several Palestinian militant Islamist groups. The name Hamas comes from an Arabic acronym for the Islamic Resistance Movement, which originated in 1987 after the first intifada, or the uprising against Israel's occupation of the West Bank and Gaza (Is Hamas a Terrorist Organization?, 2015). Hamas grew out of the ideology and practice of the Islamic fundamentalist Muslim Brotherhood movement that arose in Egypt in the 1920s. Hamas was legally registered in Israel by Sheikh Ahmed Yassin in 1978. The organization initially modeled the Muslim Brotherhood acting as primary social welfare agency catering specifically to Palestinian refugees in Gaza (Hamas: Background & Overview, 2017). Hamas improved the lives of Palestinians;

The Hezbollah movement provides a life insurance, from birth to death. Moreover, the Hezbollah knows all its members and their problems and helps them resolve these problems. The people believe the Hezbollah first as a social organization and then second as a militant movement. Furthermore, some countries have continued to offer extensive support, both in word and deed to Hezbollah because they believe in the cause of its invention. This is despite all the risks that they face such as economic sanctions and embargos. This clearly shows that ‘one man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter’. Hezbollah may be viewed as a terrorist group by the USA and Israel, but to the Shiite Muslims and the Lebanese citizens, Hezbollah is a form of freedom expression and identity; something to take pride

Hezbollah (“Party of God”) is attempting to expand its reach in the Middle East. Expansion of this terrorist group poses a threat to international security. Since its inception in 1982, it has been linked to the murders of Americans, Lebanese, Europeans, and citizens of many other nations. Its expansion efforts are under the guise of global jihad but in reality it is using terrorism to advance a radical agenda throughout the Middle East. .

Many have heard of terrorism in the Middle East, and all of the conflict that it has caused. There are many terrorist groups who seek to promote terrorism and convert people to radical Islam. However, many would have not expected Hezbollah, an organization that formed in the 1980s to remove oppressive Israeli troops from Lebanon and also had financial support from the Iranian government, to become one of the supposed Middle East's worst terrorists, and also to become one of the biggest players in the Arab-Israeli conflict and cause huge political sway.

What is the jihad? This is the question that Malise Ruthven tries to answer in the final chapter of his book, Islam A Very Short Introduction. The jihad is a highly complex and misunderstood concept due to the fact that some terrorist groups use it as the motivation for their acts of violence. Many people think that the jihad is a holy war, when it actually means “struggle” (126). The title of the final chapter is the “The Two Jihads”. This title refers to the two aspects of the jihad, the lesser jihad and the greater jihad.

Many have heard of terrorism in the Middle East, and all of the conflict that it has caused. There are many terrorist groups who seek to promote terrorism and convert people to radical Islam. However, many would have not expected Hezbollah, an organization that formed in the 1980s to remove oppressive Israeli troops from Lebanon and also had financial support from the Iranian government, to supposedly become one of the Middle East's worst terrorists, and also to become one of the biggest players in the Arab-Israeli conflict and cause huge political sway.