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Why Do Terrorist Groups Attack Or Target Critical Infrastructure

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Another reason a terrorist group would attack or target critical infrastructure would be to spread fear, anxiety, and panic throughout society by transforming a specific terrorist incident beyond it localized setting, thereby creating a perception that every citizen and critical infrastructure is vulnerable to attack. Therefore, when a nation is incapable of preventing a terrorist group from targeting or attacking it businesses, whether hotels, restaurants, shopping malls, transport, and even public venues such as movies and concert halls, it causes the affected government to appear incompetent and incapable of protecting its citizens and critical infrastructure from terrorist harm. Such was the case on March 22, 2016, when two groups of

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