Although the people of the United States are still concerned with the threat of international terrorists attacking our land and citizens, there has been an alarming increase in domestic terrorism that has raised the nation’s concern about this problem. This increase in terrorist activity has not been imported from other countries but has had it’s start within our nations boundaries. This increased violence seems to be aimed at influencing governmental policy and public opinion. “The recent increase in domestic violence is said to be associated with the rise of anti-government sentiment and the proliferation of self-styled militia and paramilitary groups - some of which take extremist positions on race, religion, federal authority, gun …show more content…
October 11, 1995, The Arizona Desert. Unknown terrorists derail a passenger train
60 miles southwest of Phoenix. One person was killed and 80 injured when the
Amtrak train jumped the track and plunged over a bridge. Saboteurs had removed a section of track and bridged the gap with wire to disable the electronic warning system.
Notes found at the scene referred to the federal siege at Waco and to Ruby Ridge. At least one note was signed “Sons of Gestapo,” a group unknown to terrorism experts.
These terrorist ultimate hatred of the status quo might have pushed them to do this deed. They made sure to leave some kind of item behind in order for the emergency personnel to know what the reason was for this meditated action. It might be possible that this incident is race related also, due to the fact the Gestapo were German military police during the
Holocaust.
Frederick J. Hacker (1976), was a physician who developed an expertise in terrorism and hostage negotiations. He found that terrorists seek reinforcement based on their orientation to life. There are three types of terrorists according to
Hacker; criminals, crazies, and crusaders. Crusaders are the type of terrorist that seem most related to the bombings that are occurring in our homefront. According to Hacker’s theory, crusaders make up the bulk of political terrorists. He describes the category as people who are
There are many warning devices and signs that warn you before you are even close to the railroad to make sure that you are going to realize there is a train track that you are about to drive over. The signs and devices are there to help you to be safe around trains. One way that it warns you is there are flashing red lights that start to flash when the barriers are raising or dropping. The signs that there are is a yellow circle with two R’s and a black X. There are also markings on the pavement that have the same markings that are on the road sign. There are also railroad Crossbuck Signs, these are “railroad” and “crossing” that are on an X sign. Every time you approach a railroad you must yield to the train, no matter what. There is also Gates that will close and open accordingly. If the gates are open this does not mean you are completely safe, before crossing any railroad tracks be sure to look both ways and slow
Following the 1993 World Trade Center Bombing, Rescorla invited Hill to New York, where he hired him as a security consultant in order to assess the building 's security. Although no arrests had yet been made, Rescorla believed that the bomb had been planted by Muslims. Hill went undercover in several mosques throughout New Jersey, showing up for morning prayers at dawn. He took on the character of an anti-American Muslim, in order to interview the other visitors to the mosques. He concluded that the attack was likely planned by a radical imam at a mosque in New York or New Jersey. Followers of Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman, a radical Muslim cleric based in Brooklyn, were subsequently convicted of the bombing.
On April 19th 1995 the worst terrorist attack on US soil took place in the heartland of America. The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma was targeted and almost completely blown to pieces by one enormous homemade bomb. The unthinkable had happened at the beginning of an average day at the office. This day would be remembered for the rest of America's history, unlike any other day, as a blatant attack on the United States government.
This paper is aimed at outlining the events of the Terrorist attack against America, the results and actions taken by the United States Government in retaliation to the attacks. There is no way to legitimize terrorism, although deeply rooted in religion; there can never be a valid excuse to victimize innocent people. Terrorism is never easily defined and many individuals have an obscure idea of what it really is. Terrorism is a premeditated act of violence, geared at bringing about political change by intimidation; it is disruptive in nature and is intended to have an impact outside of its intended targets. Acts of terrorism are responsible for thousands of deaths, increased security measures and negative impacts to the budgets of many countries including America.
The pedestrian walkway was removed to allow room for another rail
On September 11, 2001, four U.S. airlines were hijacked by nineteen Islamic extremists of the Al-Qaeda group. Two out of the four planes were flown into the famous U.S. landmarks, The World Trade Center. Another one was flown into the Pentagon and the last plane was headed towards the Nation’s Capitol or the White House, we believe, but was overrun with heroic passengers who risked their own lives to save thousands
Prejudice- the pestilential aspect of human behavior that has lasted for as long as our species existed. In fact, in the wake of the bombings in St. Petersburg, Russia, people were quick to point to their fingers at not only ISIS, but all Muslims as well. According to Andrew Roth in an article posted on NDTV, he wrote how,
National terrorism has been the focus of attention since September 11. But now domestic terrorism is becoming increasingly common among hate groups across the nation. Domestic terrorism can be defined as visible crime, or “street crime.” These acts would consist of violent crimes, (acts against people in which injury or death results) property crimes (acts that threaten property held by individuals or the state) and public order crimes. (acts that threaten the general well-being of society and challenger accepted moral principles) It can also however be described as political crime, (criminal acts by or against the government for ideological purposes) which would include the 9/11 and the Oklahoma City bombing.
On 12 October 2000, a 505-foot Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer named the USS Cole, was attacked by two suicide bombers while anchored in the port of Aden, Yemen for refueling. The U.S. Navy destroyer, manned by a crew of 293, had been in transit from the Mediterranean Sea to the Arabian Gulf to support United Nations Security Resolutions involving Iraq. The suicide bombers had utilized a small motorboat laden with explosives to move in close to their intended target. Within seconds, an improvised explosive device (IED) detonated, ripping a 40-foot hole in the half-inch reinforced steel-plated port side of the hull. While the heroic actions of the crew saved the vessel, seventeen U.S. Navy sailors were killed and forty-two
The Team Member reported that she was terrified after entering the stall in the women’s restroom located at the North West area of Member Services. She explained that when she sat on the commode and reached over to pull down the toilet tissue she noticed some writing on the toilet tissue roll which was written on a few of the sheets then pulled the tissue down further and read the writing “Bombs are all over” and froze in terror. The Team Member reported she was absolutely terrified. She did not know if she should stay on the commode or get off because she thought to herself, what if I move and a bomb explodes? Then, the Team Member had to have made a conscious decision to get up and walk out calmly out of the stall, look around her, and walk
On April 15, 2013 there was a horrific scene that occurred on the street in the city of Boston. This all happened while a widely recognized event took place which was the Boston Athletic Associations yearly marathon. Many people attend this marathon each year, in 2013 it is said that 38,708 entries were received to run in the marathon. With such a large amount of people attending this you can see why it would be important for a terrorists to plot an attack, such an attack would devastate and scare not only people around the Boston area but nationwide. Two brothers by the name of Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev were affiliated with a foreign terrorist organization that has roots in Chechnya, had planted two bombs near the finish line at the
On September 27 2016, two bomb attacks were held in Dresden Germany, at a Muslim mosque, and a German congress center. The bombs were set off 1st at the mosque and then a few minutes afterward hit the congress center.
Bombs. The ultimate attention grabber has proven to be a weapon of mass destruction against humanity numerous times throughout the short life of the weapon, even as recent as the bombing in New York and New Jersey that took place in late September of 2016 prove exactly what they were intended to prove: that humans are vulnerable in the face of fear. So many weapons have been used to prove multiple points, so many that it’s hard to list them all; racism, sexism, discrimination against religion and sexuality, drugs and alcohol, all of these factor into the roles of fights everyday. The continued assaults have caused every single person to question those around them, to be constantly concerned about whether they’ll come home that night or whether the night before was the last night that they will see someone they love without having been murdered. Although my generation wasn’t alive before 9/11, which was one of the most devastating events of American history, we have come to coexist with bombing of our own time (the night club shooting in Orlando, the bombings in New York and New Jersey, the I-10 shooter in the early
Acts of terror in Europe have also increased in the 21st century. In November 2003, Islamic militants claimed responsibility for the double attacks on Turkish nationals in Istanbul. In the first attack on November 15, members of an al-Qaeda cell in Turkey slammed two truck bombs into Turkish synagogues. The explosion killed 27 people and injured 300. Five days later, suicide bombers executed on attack the headquarters of HSBC Bank Turkey and the British Consulate. The attack left 30 people dead and over 400 wounded. The following March, a terrorist attack hit Madrid. A local cell of al-Qaeda operatives placed ten bombs on Madrid trains at the height of the morning rush hour. The bombs exploded on four trains at three stations and
Over the past four months Europe has seen two terrorist attacks in particular that seem to capture the spotlight of radical violence—one on Nov. 13, 2015 in Paris and another recently on Mar. 22, 2016 in Brussels.