The Uprising Of A Terrorist Group

Set in America, Hungary, and the Middle East, this narrative is about terrorism and the efforts the United States government makes to end such evil. I commend the author for his ability to vividly describe places and the weather. This arouses the interest of a reader. Included in the book are some beautiful photographs of some places, statues, and structures. For example, one of the Angel statues at Kerepesi cemetery in Budapest and the Tigris-Euphrates valley in the northern part of Baghdad.

Modern terrorism, as deduced from this literature, is acts to violence strategically used by secular groups spanning international borders with the aim of achieving a desired outcome. Further, it can be seen as organized activity whose genesis can be traced back to the 1880’s. From then to now there are identifiable traits and patterns observed from different (terrorist) groups which have allowed for the conceptualization of the term modern terrorism. This concept therefore, can be best explained in the context of being a wave or having a life cycle. That means it is a cycle of activity demarked by phases from inception and expands along the way then eventually it declines. The world, thus far, has experienced four waves of modern

Q1. Terrorism is an act done by an individual or a group, using violence or the threat of violence to frighten people, in order to achieve a political, social or religious goal. The word “terrorism” comes from the French word terrorisme, meaning “to frighten.” Terrorism was originally referred specifically to state terrorism, which the French Government practised during the years 1793 – 1794 in the “reign of terror.” The roots and practices of terrorism can be traced back to 1st century AD in Judea where there was an assassination of Roman rulers. Terrorist ideology and aims vary from each individual and/or group. There has been over 2000 cases of terrorism driven by religious purposes. Religious terrorism is carried out due to motivations and goals in relations to religions or religious figures. An example of this are extremist groups such as Al Qaeda who justify their attacks by believing that these are commands given to them by the Koran. Political terrorists carry out violent acts to make a point with government leaders. An example of this is the assassination of Abraham Lincoln on April 15, 1865. Moral beliefs is another aim of terrorism. Moral issues such as anti-abortions have led to attacks, including abortion clinics and their staff in the late 1980’s.

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Terrorism is something that has been going on since the dawn of mankind, and it will be with us until the very end. Most people know terrorism only as a horrific, inhumane process that is used to inflict harm and fear towards specific ethnic and religious groups. In reality, however, terrorism was actually used in our very own revolution, the American Revolution. You will see that the Boston Tea Party is a superb example of terrorism. American settlers dressed up like Native Americans, parading and shouting down the streets of Boston late at night, all the way down to the docks, boarded the tea ships, and dumped every parcel of tea down the Charles river. This was the start of American terrorism in the American revolution, and it continued through the war as the Americans started using guerilla warfare and attacking major centers for the British military and the British economy.

Another element of the strategy is untwisting the “spiral of violence”. The classic mechanism, which assume the existence of cycles of suicide terrorism activity in a “action-repression-reaction” it is aimed at lowering the public support for the government, and increase it for the terrorists. By curried out the suicide terrorism attacks, the intension and aim of the terrorists is to hit the repressive actions of the authorities not only in themselves but also in the group indentified with them and/or their supporters (a specified ethnic group, religious, social or the entire society). As a result, this process has lead to massive social explosion directed against the government. Such a model of strategy for terrorism has been used by most of the leftist groups in Europe in the nineteenth century, and in the

Chechens, who had lived as members of the Soviet Union, were also relocated during World War II. Prior to the formation of the Soviet Union, Chechens had been under Russian rule for two centuries. The North Caucasus came under tsarist rule in the early nineteenth century but fighting between tribes and the Russian army had occurred for much of that time as the tsar attempted to assert his dominance over the region. In 1865, there was a rebellion against the tsarist regime in response to forced resettlement to Turkey. After the October Revolution, Chechnya declared independence from Russia, but were forcibly absorbed into the newly formed Soviet Union after intervention by the Red Army. In 1934, Chechnya joined Ingushetiya to form the

In 1978, a communist government gained control of Afghanistan. The Soviet Union supported the new government, but the unrest of Afghan citizens with this regime was so great it prompted a “Jihad” or holy war(Jacobson, 31).

Yet, the repression of the forced deportation of nearly one million Chechens in the last week of February 1944 is considered to be the most salient to the common sense of distrust held by Chechens of Moscow’s rule (Nikolaev & Malashenko, 2004; Tishkov, 2004; Jaimoukha, 2005; Gammer, 2006). Thousands are thought to have died during the forced relocation to the Central Asian Soviet Socialist Republics (SSRs) and the eventual repatriation to Chechnya from 1957 to 1960 resulted in even further alienation as ethnic Russians who had taken control of the homesteads and farms of Chechen deportees resisted their return violently (Tishkov, 2004). Valery Tishkov, a renowned Russian ethnographer, explains, “The theme of deportation and its untold suffering dominated Chechen political discourse…and later [was the topic of] youth pop songs….People began to believe that to end any continuing discrimination against them, the Chechens had to assume control over the republic,” (2004, p. 32). The culmination of hundreds of years of common suffering, the forced deportation and repatriation resonates today as primary source of Chechen defiance of Russian rule.

Many Chechens have lived in their respective villages not just for generations, but for centuries. My interview subject revealed her knowledge that many of her ancestors from "a long time ago" were Jewish, and that some of the people trace their tribal lineage to the "Biblical times." There is a sense of senselessness to the killing that transcends rational thought. The so-called "rebels" have been painted as terrorists by the skillful propaganda machine; any rational analysis of the situation in Chechnya reveals the real truth. As Rodrigue (2008) points out, Chechnya is important for the Russians because of access to strategic oil reserves in the Caucasus. "Although some of the Caucasus nations obtained their independence, like Georgia and Armenia in the southern Caucasus, the new Russian

The decline of the Ottoman Empire led to terrorist movements, specifically Islamic terrorism. Wanting to spread their beliefs through violence, Islamic terrorist groups began to try to overpower certain nations. It not only existed in the later history but still seems to play a big role even today. This has spread throughout the world from the horrific tragedy of the World Trade Center all the way to the multiple bombings in the London Underground. One main terrorist group that has our focus today would be ISIS whose purpose is to create an Islamic state. This is only one example of a current Islamic terrorist group. Power, religion, and beliefs are what seem to make up the goal of what these Islamic terrorist groups are trying to allow.

What sounds better, going down in history as a terrorist or as a revolutionist? Despite the definition of both being uncannily similar, most would choose the latter. According to Webster's dictionary a revolutionist is, "a forcible overthrow of a government or social order in favor of a new system" while the definition of a terrorist is, "the use of violence and intimidation in pursuit of political aims". When society thinks of a revolutionist, they associate it with bravery and progressiveness. On the other hand, society thinks of terrorists as cowards and as villains. Evidently, these two words have a similar definition, while the connotation is quite the opposite.

There are several terrorist groups throughout the world today. All the terrorist groups have one common goal and that is to rid the world of Americans and western influence from the Muslim world. There is one organization that has ties to most of all the terrorist groups in the world and is the most infamous group in the world today and that is the group called Al-Qaeda The word Al-Qaeda means “the base” in Muslim. As an international terrorist organization led by Osama bin Laden. The group seeks to rid Muslim countries of western influence and replace them with fundamentalist Islamic regimes. Al-Qaeda grew out of the of the ashes of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1988, after it helped expel the Soviet

In recent years, mostly throughout the second intifada, many different Palestinian organizations have killed hundreds of Israeli civilians and have injured thousands of Israeli civilians intentionally. Israel military has needed funding since the wars against the Palestinians because they never know when they are going to attack them. For example the Palestinians surprised the Israelis during the Yom Kippur (which is one of the most important holidays for the Jewish) and attacked them. This really took Israel by surprise because many soldiers were of duty because of the holiday. The Palestinians have attacked Israel many times, which have left many lives suffering. B'Tselem’s research has found that from June 2004 to November 2012 there has been 4 minors and one foreign national killed with Palestinians rocket and motor fire, 3 soldiers that were killed in Israel, a Qassam rocket killed one Israeli and three foreign nationals in the Gaza strip, one Israeli citizen and one soldier were killed by anti tank missiles. This is just some of the deaths caused by Palestinians. There has been over 1,000 death in just the beginning of the second intifada. This is one of the reasons why Israeli needs a better military.

The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan has been an active terrorist group in Central Asia since 1991. Before 1991, it was not structured and consisted of different extremist’s small groups, in particular the Adalat group. Its original goals were to overthrow the government of Uzbekistan, in particular Uzbekistan’s President Karimov and to establish an Islamic Caliphate in Central Asian countries. After the United States of America’s invasion of Afghanistan that followed the September 11, 2001 attacks in New York and Washington, the IMU reallocated to the borders in Afghanistan and Pakistan. During this time, Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan’s leaders were killed, Juma Namangani in November 2001 and Tahir Yuldashev, in August 2009. Despite changes within the group, they continued to operate in and around South Waziristan, Pakistan and Afghanistan, against Coalition Forces. Today, the IMU takes the form of a decentralized network that has become unpredictable, making it hard to target. Even though it is displaced from their original areas of operations, the IMU continues to persevere. There is a risk in the future that the IMU will thrive and pose a danger with its new allegiance to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.