Essays on Qaeda

Overview

The paper will present a case study of the terrorist attack on the United States – US on 9th September 2001. The terrorist attack will be analyzed in the area of upcoming events, actual attacks and its consequences. The primary perpetrators of the attack were members of the terrorist group al-Qaida. The goals of 19 affiliated men from different countries were attacks on the American symbols. The targets chosen include the capitol White House, World Trade Center and Pentagon. A tactic used was plane hijacking and the larger issues at stake went beyond the domestic politics into the international politics, ...

Today, terrorism is among the top international threats and the exercise of radicalization is on the rise and civilization is hurting. Led by the misconception of liberalization, rebellious groups are cultivating violence against the public. Usually, these groups are Islamic militants honoring a misleading perception of Islamic faith. Since 9/11 attack, global Jihad is gaining momentum and successfully penetrating and operating in developing regions such as West Africa. This part of the African continent has fell prey to extremism by terror groups and the main ones include Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), a part of the dreaded Al-Qaeda, ...

The 9/11 attacks became the stimulus for the creation of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for it made the people become aware of the massive destruction that can be caused by terrorist attacks. After the September 11 attack in America which destroyed the Twin Towers in New York City and the Pentagon in Washington, America decided to create an agency that is solely dedicated to secure all borders of the country, respond to disasters and to strengthen the cyber security and infrastructure, and to deter any act of terrorism. Although there are some events of terrorism occurred in ...

INTRODUCTION

There are some events in the course of the world’s growth and development that seem likely to occur; people will experience conflict, social unrest, possible warfare and any number of natural disasters that can devastate communities all across the globe. In the modern era one of the most terrifying of occurrences are terrorist attacks. Terrorist threats can exist unnoticed; no one knows when they may occur and what public place, government buildings or function that may be targeted. This makes terrorist attacks a huge source of stress, fear and shock for the people and for the governments involved. ...

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Humanities 4501: 9/11 Literature and Film Introduction There are different portrayals of Mohamed Atta, one of the terrorists who participated in the 9/11 attacks, in the story “The Last Days of Muhammad Atta,” written by Martin Amis, and the film The Hamburg Cell, directed by Antonia Bird. This paper examines both the story and the film and provides a comprehensive comparison of their portrayals of Mohamed Atta. It is clear that there are significant differences and similarities between how the story and the film portray Atta. In particular, this paper compares how the two narratives portray Atta’s feelings ...

V for Vendetta

Summary

V for Vendetta is a film based in an alternate Britain, an authoritarian state that discriminates against the people. The film is adapted from the book Fandango by Alan Moore, and it is set in the year 2020, a time when the United States is weakened by civil wars and Europe is going through turmoil, underpinned by disease and instability. The totalitarian government uses concentration camps to silence critics of government and minority groups, like homosexuals, Muslims, foreigners and leftist politicians. A television personality, Evey, is held by the state forces for her stand against the ...

The Bagdad Taxi, a documentary movie directed by Frederic Tonnoli sends chills down the spine of everyone who watches it, at least mine had chills. The setting of the film was months after the end of the tenure of the American troops in Iraq. The movie revolves around a filmmaker who sojourns the country of Iraq right from one far end to the other, in a taxi with Khalid, who doubled as both his friend and a cab driver. The journey covered over ten Iraqi towns with a good number of over a hundred police checks, as the filmmaker ...

Abstract

After the 9/11 event agro-terrorism has continually been recognized as a national security threat. It aims at depriving citizens off the confidence they have in the government. The act also endangers human life as the contaminated food is unhealthy. Agriculture has much vulnerability and although it does not have the shocking factors as other terrorist strategies it may be used as a secondary target. The US not having been a victim of a large-scale, successful agro-terrorism attack is not a guarantee that the nation’s agricultural and food processing systems are secure. Many policies have been implemented and initiatives ...

Terrorism can be simply defined as the use of fear by whatever means to achieve a political objective and therefore includes not only the violence and bombings but also other areas such as cyber terrorism. Following this definition then terrorism can be traced throughout human history with numerous theories used to explore their formation and networking. Due the prevalence of Radical Islamic terrorism in the recent years, a closer examination is necessary to determine the growth and development of these networks. Therefore, in this paper, we shall explore the cold war terrorist networking theory with a comparison with the ...

Narcissistic personality is a controversial topic to discuss due to the debatable matter of pros and cons attached to its nature. Mostly, society viewed narcissism as a serious cultural and social threat particularly if it concerns a leader of a nation. Experts, on the other hand, pressed in the significance of the personality type as an attribute to a great leadership. In fact, presidents of the United States of America were detected to have been diagnosed with narcissism with varying levels, manifestations, and characteristics of the personality type. At the top of the list of the narcissistic presidents was ...

Abstract

This paper reviews the historical background of Jihadi-Salafism from the time of the crusaders. Jihadi-Salafists are depicted as elements of the broader Salafi movement, social and religious reformers who desire to restore the original beliefs and practices of the first three generations of the Muslim religion. The current Jihadi-Salafists draw their motivation from the perceived attacks on the Muslim community since the beginning of the European colonialism in the nineteenth century and the termination of Ottoman caliphate during the twentieth century. The first part of the discussion includes an evaluation of the United States foreign policy and how it ...

Following the 9/11 attacks, there was a lot of symbolism that was created that was either accurate or inaccurate. However, it played a tremendous response in the way that the US responded to the situation. People tried to looks for terms that summed the complicated events of that day. This led to a broad range of interpretation and emotions that were attached to them. The symbols served to condense and absorb the understandings that were diverse depending on who you asked. The different interpretations of the US 9/11 attacks have shaped government policy prescriptions, and we continue to see ...

DID MY CAR JOIN AL QAEDA? BY WOODY HOCHSWEDER

Persuasive Essay on ‘Did My Car Join Al Qaeda?’ by Woody Hochswender ‘Did My Car Join Al Qaeda?’ by Woody Hochswender concerns the on-going discussion of whether the US usage of sport utility vehicles (SUV) (which is connected with the more than average usage of oil) has anything to do with the support of any terrorist activities. In my personal opinion, the author of the article is very persuasive because he does not just discuss the issue but he also brings out all the necessary arguments to support his point ...

On September 20, 2001, nine days after the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, the President of America at the time, George W. Bush gave a speech to address the Congress and the nation. The speech recounted the events past briefly, identified the cause of the event and the perpetrators involved: it also consoled the American people and identified heroes who discharged their duties well. The speech was ended with a promise to the American people to ‘bring justice to the enemies of freedom’. The speech was well crafted to induce a specific action from the American people: ...

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The Fighting in Syria and Iraq has been pronounced since 2013 with concurrent warfare at the hands of jihadists in sectarian enclaves fighting to protect their areas, but failing like the Iraqi, and Syrian government to reclaim national territories from ISIL rule. Jenkins (2015) mentioned that there is a connection between the civil war in Syria, the perpetual conflict in Iraq, the breakdown of Al Qaeda, and possible connection to the Islamic State, and threats of terrorism that have been posed by jihadist foreign fighters who have joined jihadist groups that have become active participants ...

Racism is a type of discrimination whereby people are subjected to different treatment basing on the connotation and social values attached to the color of their skin. According to Naber (2012), racism is not only limited to the color of the skin rather, the position of an individual in the social ladder is of great significance in dictating his status in the society. In the US to be precise, the acts of racism dates back to the time of slavery whereby the Africans were segregated in the south while the whites occupied the northern states. During that time, the ...

Section I: Introduction and Statement of Purpose

Generally, terrorism is understood as the use of threats and violence that aims to achieve political objectives. According to The Global Terrorism Index, in 2014, the level of the terrorist attacks across the world increased by 80% (Bender, 2015). Despite the fact that regions that mostly suffer from the threats of terrorism include the ones in the Middle East, Africa, and Russia, the fight against terror is an international issue. The United States of America experiences the middle impact of terrorism and ranks 35 among 124 positions in the Global Terrorism Index 2015 Map (Bender, 2015). However, the middle ...

Introduction: Overview & Thesis

According to a PBS report in 2011, commenting on Middle East rooted terrorist group attacks, “While these extremely violent religious extremists represent a minority view, their threat is real” (Moore, “Evolution of Islamic Terrorism”). Today, of course, the most commonly popularized terrorist group gaining worldwide headlines in the news are the jihadists known as ISIS. Ever since ISIS has gained center stage internationally, there is hardly a human being who is not aware of the group’s presence on Earth. Currently it has been written that the contemporary world in the Middle East has been socio-politically changed, and the ...

Introduction

Domestic terrorist acts in the United States have been committed by a combination of native ideological sects, individuals representing what are considered to be extremist ideologies, and internationally-based terrorist organizations, such as Al-Qaeda. In the aftermath of the September 11, 2011 Al-Qaeda sponsored terrorist attacks in New York City and Washington, D.C., the U.S. Department of Homeland Security was implemented (Furlow, 2005). The primary objective of the Department of Homeland Security can be seen as terrorism prevention. Although prevention of terrorism does not eradicate its ideological causes per se, the act of prevention can aid in the identification and ...

Introduction

No doubt this nation has suffered greatly in the recent past and its staying power has been challenged to its limits, chief among them the insurgency of Boko HaramBoko Haram will soon know the strength of our will and commitment to rid this nation of terror we shall spare no effort until we defeat terrorism (Buhari cited in Associated Press, 2015b)). The above quotation is from the first speech of the newly elected President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari. Buhari knew exactly what he was saying, when put tackling Boko Haram as the first issue of his agenda (Associated Press, ...

Abstract

Jihad groups have made the internet a channel for their war, called Cyber Jihad. The Jihadists send messages, raise money, recruit members and spread propaganda via the internet and other social media. Through the use of Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube, jihadists communicate with one another and recruit new members. Cyber jihad, no only consists of communicating and radicalizing over the internet, jihadist groups use the internet to raise money to fund their fight. In addition, jihadist groups also publish online magazines for communication, recruitment and radicalizing. The use of the internet has allowed jihadist groups to gain global support ...

Introduction and Thesis Statement

St. Aquinas believes that way is sinful and waging war is unjust. He argues that “those who take to sword will die by the sword.” According to him, war is a detriment of peace and therefore a sinful endeavor. However, St. Augustine explains the validity and the justifiability of war. He believes that war, to some extent, is just and necessary (White 269). However, for a war to be just, it has to follow three conditions. A just was must that that has been sanctioned by the highest authority. It will be unjust to wage war at a personal ...

Islam is a religion, which started in the 7th century in the Arabian Peninsula, precisely in Mecca. Its believers trust in the existence of Mohammad. It is believed to have originated from Prophet Mohammad, who was visited by Angel Gabriel for about 23 years. In this period, he received revelations with which the Quran is composed. In general, the Islam religion is revealed to mean ‘the one who submits to Allah' (“What Is Islam? - Political Islam”). Most importantly, they believe in the five pillars of faith, prayer, giving, fasting and pilgrimage. It is also a monotheistic religion, but ...

The two American presidents, George W. Bush and his immediate predecessor Barrack Obama displayed various clear points of similarities and differences during their tenures. This paper seeks to analyze the various similarities and differences between the two presidents in regard to their ideologies on foreign policy. Obama and Bush displayed a similar approach in the fight against terrorism across the whole world. George Bush in 2002 declared anti- terrorism war on Al-Qaeda following the terrorist attack on the US. In the pursuit of his “preemptive action” against the nations that would threaten its security, Bush launched a US military ...

There have been numerous attacks around the world that have been driven by extreme radicalization. There are those attacks that shook the world and created concern in people’s minds. One of the terrorism acts that still remain in our minds is the 9-1-1 attack on the United States. These attacks were defining and tragic to the Americans. They were affected in diverse and countless ways (Anonymous, 2013). In China, 133 people were killed on March 2014 and 141 others injured after they were attacked by eight men and women who used knives in the attack. The latest of ...

There is no exact definition of terrorism that all parties agree upon. Terrorism can be considered the manifestation of an organized plan for violence intended to threaten or kill a given number of human beings, but there are other more modern aspects of terrorism that might not perfectly fit this definition. Nevertheless, any violent act or intimidation that has the goal of forcing a person, community or government to do to do something they do not desire to do can be considered an act of terrorism. While in recent decades, it may seem that terrorism has become more frequent, ...

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Assignment Title The September 11, 2001 attacks on the world trade center and the pentagon by the Al Qaida proved to be a watershed moment in the history of America as well as general warfare. In his Address to the Joint Session of the 107th Congress on 20th September , 2001, President Bush blamed the Al Qaida for the attacks and entreated Americans as well as people from all over the world to wage a war against terrorism. He argues that the war against terrorism was unlike any conventional war and that it would be protracted. This war against terror ...

The general understanding of a radical is that they seek change in some form, be it good or bad. An extremist exists outside of society, standing on their own or with like-minded individuals that see themselves apart from whatever society they have chosen to depart. Radical extremists are typically those who believe that their way is that which must be followed. Anyone that dares to disagree with them tends to become an instant enemy, and a potential victim. Through threats and acts of violence radical extremists have caused the loss of freedoms and liberties that many citizens have taken ...

In January 2015, two persons attacked “Charlie Hebdo”, a renowned French satirical weekly newspaper. It turned out later that the attackers were Al-Qaeda jihadist - born and raised in France. Instantaneously, the mass media including TV, Internet (Social Media), and newspaper started broadcasting and publishing videos and images related with the horrible incident. People all around the world showed their support to the victims and their families by honoring them with tributes and also arranged peaceful demonstrations against terrorist activities. The gravity of the event reached the desired threshold for the formation of another international coagulation against the new ...

Terrorism is a global threat that involves acquiring individuals especially the youth to carry out terrorist and violence attacks for various reasons. Recruitment into terrorist groups is a process met by both successes and failure by the recruitment personnel. The positive side involves the fact that the terrorist groups can attract new members, and consequently the terror groups can acquire approbation to help them carry out their activities. The downside of the terror groups involves high chances of the arrest of the terror suspects and offenders and compromise of intelligence chattels. There are various techniques used by terrorist groups ...

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)

Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in 1999 founded the Jamāʻat al-Tawḥīd wa-al-Jihād which is the present day ISIL. Initially, the organization pledged support to the Al Qaeda and fought alongside them against the Multinational force which invaded Iraq in 2003 (Spark 3). In 2006, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi died and the remnants of his militant organization founded the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI). Subsequent leadership who had the ability to keep the group aligned to the ideology of Al Qaeda died in US led attacks (Spark 4). Eventually, the Al Qaeda, in 2014 realized it could no longer keep ...

Section 1

On September 11, 2001 the United States was attacked by the terrorist group Al-Qaeda. The nineteen terrorists attacked the nation in four coordinated attacks. Four planes that were traveling from airports on the east coast and head for California were hi-jacked by the Al-Qaeda terrorists. The planes were then crashed into various US structures in a murder-suicide mission. The first two planes, which were Boeing 767’s; American Airline Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175 (History.com) were sent into the Twin Towers at the World Trade Center in New York City. The first plane hit the north tower ...

On September 11, 2001, al Qaeda, an extremist Islamist organization, committed the deadliest terrorist attack in U.S history. No one in the world will ever forget that dark moment when two passenger planes, cutting through the blue sky, crashed into the iconic twin towers of the World Trade Center, leading them to collapse to the ground. In the aftermath of this tragedy, anti-Muslim sentiments and fear have grown significantly within the United States. In fact, while innocent Muslim-Americans are being subjected to discrimination at the hands of a section of American society, the notorious terrorists who actually committed the ...

Since it has earned its independence from the English Empire, the United States of America slowly worked its way to the top of the international arena as the strongest nation in the world. It has managed to survive several major and minor conflicts and while it has found itself threatened by various groups, the United States has remained strong against these odds. After the fall of the Soviet Union, the US became the world’s only superpower and many nations adored the country and saw the US as a protector. However, in recent years, several new threats are starting ...

Identification Questions

3.2 Party of the Institutionalized Revolution The Party of the Institutionalized Revolution was a political party in Mexico that was created by Plutarco Elias Calles in 1929. It lasted for 71 years in power in the country, and was the largest political party in Mexico at the time. The party leans toward socialism but has been grouped together with other socialist-democratic government parties. The PIR is historically significant because of its different take on the idea of revolution and the government. Every revolution in history has been based on the idea of breaking down institutions and tearing apart the ...

Introduction

Australia is one of the many countries in which moral panics have resulted to elevated racism. The concerns about crime and the fear of crime in many Australian cities including Sydney have greatly shaped lifestyles and have influenced the qualities of life. It is evidently that crime in many Australian cities is continually being linked to immigrants and other ethnic minorities. In Australia, in the recent years, the issue of crime committed by ethnic minorities and immigrants has been the subject of many media headlines and has greatly shaped policies, both domestic and international. The 9/11 attacks in the ...

Islamic State of Iraq and Syria

Background The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is a terrorist group that was formerly known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). The group gained ground during and after the Syrian civil war between 2012 and 2014 where they got new recruits and resources (Wood, 2015). The group had close ties to Al-Qaeda that is another terror organization and was officially formed in April 2013 from it. Since then, ISIS has broken ranks with Al-Qaeda and has become one of the main jihadist organizations fighting the Iraqi and Syrian governments. The group also took ...

INTRODUCTION

In 2001, New York City wakes up to horrific attacks caused by the al-Qaeda terrorist of September 11, on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon buildings. As a result, the political leaders declared a "war on terrorism" which was to include more than 60 countries as enemies and planned to last for fifty years. In the same year, President Bush allocated $379 billion in Pentagon budget that included $48 billion for fighting terrorism. The parameters and nature of the war on terrorism, however, continue to be frustratingly unclear. The war on terrorism contained elements of war and non-war. ...

Understanding the Local Society in which Counterinsurgency Operations are conducted is Critical to Mission Success. Discuss. There has been a history in world political affairs when insurgency has forced single or joint counterinsurgency operations, organized in collaboration with the ruling government of that country to help it militarily to defeat insurgent forces. Before writing on counterinsurgency, we need to comprehend its meaning, which is an antonym of insurgency. According to Cambridge Dictionary Online, insurgency refers to a scenario when a country is taken control of by its people through the use of arms and ammunition, in other words, forcefully. ...

Main Argument: The Islamic state of Iraq and Syria has recently waged war on the two countries and annexed vast amounts of territory. Under the leadership of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the newly declared state has waged war in Iraq and in Syria that has caused the death and displacement of hundreds of thousands of people and massive damage to property. According to AL-QARAWEE, ISIS is the most recent re-creation of an outfit known as Tanẓīm Qāʻidat al-Jihād fī Bilād al-Rāfidayn formed in 2004. A critical analysis of the sectarian conflicts in the Middle East ...

Terrorist groups have been a huge concern across the world. They cause destruction, terror, death and fear of safety to those who are innocent victims. The terrorist groups that have evolved over time are deadly and do not have any compassion for humanity. The groups are formed with individuals who have the same beliefs, norms, and goals that are of harmful consequences. They target governments, organizations, and political scenarios that they want to take out because they do not believe in what the targets stand for. Many groups have had national attention and more are being born across the ...

Abstract

The 2003 Iraq War received a wide variety of different opinions throughout the international media. While American networks and press organizations entitled the conflict as Operation Iraqi Freedom, the Canadian media and the channels in some Arab nations referred to the conflict as "attack and occupation." One character in this conflict was Chris Kyle, a deadly sniper in the American military whose life served as the inspiration for the film American Sniper. He wrote a book by the same name that teems with his utter disdain for the Iraqi fighters as well as with his excitement at the chance ...

Thesis Statement: The crime of terrorism has become closely associated with Islam since most of the perpetrators of terrorist attacks such as the September 11 had been committed by Muslims and they claim that the terrorist ideology is consistent with their religion. Osama bin Laden is a known devout Sunni Muslim and was the identified mastermind of the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center in the U.S. Reports show that Bin Laden had the intention to ruin the American economy (Rose & Blomberg 1) In fact, Islam become closely associated with terrorism since the Muslims recognize Jihad and ...

Homeland Security

In this paperwork, I am going to support my position as to why I believe we are more secure today than we were on 9/11. The United States government has come up with numerous measures that are intended to improve security among the public from the time when the al Qaeda attacked the Pentagon and the World Trade Center (Tracy, 2009). A global war on terrorism, started by the United States, continues to give positive results; for example, it has deprived of terrorists’ organizations the aptitude to function without restraint, such as the Al Qaeda organization. The leader of ...

On March 10, 1957, Osama Bin Muhammad Bin Awad Bin Laden was born. He is better known today as Osama Bin Laden. He began his years of life living in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. His birth father was Muhammad Awad Bin Laden, and his birth mother was Alia Ghanem. Alia was originally from Syria when she married Osama’s father. Osama was the 17th child born to his father out of 57 kids. He was the only child of his father and his mother. Muhammad had nine other wives before Alia. His father was born a Yemeni settler who lived ...

Terrorism is a constant companion of mankind, which is one of the most dangerous and difficult to predict phenomena of our time that obtains more diverse forms and becomes more and more rampant. Terrorist attacks bring massive casualties, have a strong psychological pressure on large numbers of people, involve the destruction of material and spiritual values that cannot be restored sometimes, sow hatred among nations, provoking war, distrust and hatred between social and ethnic groups, which sometimes cannot be overcome in within a generation. The nature and tactics of modern terrorism and its inhumane essence lies in the fact ...

Terrorism is one of the variants of tactics of political struggle, associated with the use of ideologically motivated violence.

The essence of terrorism is violence with the intent to intimidate. The subject of terrorist violence – individuals or non-governmental organizations. The object of violence – the authorities in the face of the various civil servants or the society in the face of individual citizens (including foreigners or officials of other states). Also, private and public property, infrastructure and lifelines. The purpose of violence is to achieve desirable for terrorists, developments, revolutions, destabilization of society, war with a foreign country, independence of a particular territory, the fall of the prestige of power, political concessions from the authorities, etc. The definition of ...

ISIS

I. Introduction The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria or ISIS, also known as the Islamic State, has recently risen to fame in the last few years. It has taken a stronghold over parts of Syria and Iraq, and is well-funded by the revenue streams of the oil and gas fields of the areas it controls, and receives donations from around the world. Its leader, Abu Bakr Baghdadi, has recently proclaimed the group to be a caliphate, thus assuming control over all Muslims around the world. It is urgent that the United States and its allies put a stop ...

The Second Battle of Fallujah also popularly referred to as Operation Phantom Fury was fought in the city of Fallujah. It involved 13 350 Coalition forces comprising the US, Iraqi and British forces against insurgents led by Al-Qaeda. It commenced on November 7, 2004, and lasted through to December 23, 2004. It resulted in approximately 1500 enemy casualties and an equivalent number of those captured. On the other hand, 107 members of the Coalition Forces were killed in action with additional 613 of them wounded (Chang). The battle was more like a revenge mission properly so-called following the capture ...

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9/11 attacks are one of the deadliest attacks on the American soil. United States changed its strategies towards its fight against global terrorism after 9/11. This ghastly attack claimed more than 3000 humans including hundreds of law enforcement officials, as well as, fire officers. There are various theories on 9/11, and some of them suggest that there were communication related lacunas in working of law enforcement agencies and fire department. This paper proposes a discussion on 9/11 and further analyses how various agencies faced communication related problems, along with discussing steps taken by US law enforcement in order to ...

There is increasing, and well-founded, concerns that the threats of possible terror attacks no longer require physical contact to execute because societies in the twenty-first century have become entirely reliant on computer systems and information technology. Subsequently, as the global environment continues to grow and root itself in the lives of people from the personal to national levels, there is the possibility of similar technological advances being the next weapon that terrorists will use against their targets. Now, the utilization of computer networks has proven particularly advantageous by turning the world into a global village and aiding its economy ...

Many scholars have sought to understand the difference between terrorism and insurgency. Insurgents use a variety of violent and violent methods, they seek support from the people and usually seek to gain and control territory (O'Neill, 10). They also tend to have an ample supply of manpower a large accumulation of resources. Terrorist groups, on the other hand, are usually small, extremely violent, conspiratorial and with little or no public support. Terrorist groups have no regard for civilian casualties and due to their secret nature, they do not hold territories. They do not control or govern any regions due ...

INTRODUCTION

All across the globe, from continent to continent and from the smallest provinces to the largest of cities, they all require some kind of strategies as to how to protect the interests of the country and its people from internal and external threats, whether it is from day to day criminal activity to invasions from conquering or oppressing forces. The United States is no exception. The United States, like all nations, needs a functional, efficient and competent homeland security strategies that will protect the American nation and its people from individual people and groups that threaten America; ideally this ...

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Assignment Title Terrorism, terror attacks, terrorist, suspected terrorists- these are the words that can be found in news articles around the world. Although terrorism and terrorist attacks are nothing new and have been an instrument to cause fear and damage for ages, it has become ubiquitous since the 9/11 terror attacks in the US. However in spite of numerous articles, essays and reports having been written about terrorism, there is no one clear definition of the term that can be accepted by everyone. It could be that terrorism operates at so many different levels with various reasons, actors and ...

Al Qaeda

The 9/11 terrorist attacks prompted the United States government to declare “War on terrorism.” Various Islamist extremist terrorism groups claimed responsibility for the attacks, including Al Qaeda. Broadly speaking, Al Qaeda and other radical Islamic terrorist groups oppose US involvement in the Middle East and want to quash Western values and culture. What makes the “War on terror” relatively unique is that the enemy is not constrained by particular geographical boarders but is cut along ideological lines. The structure and internal organization of these terrorist groups pose unique challenges for the United States. The origins of Al Qaeda date ...

There is increasing, and well-founded, concerns that the threats of possible terror attacks no longer require physical contact to execute because societies in the twenty-first century have become entirely reliant on computer systems and information technology. Subsequently, as the global environment continues to grow and root itself in the lives of people from the personal to national levels, there is the possibility of the same technological advances being the next weapon that terrorists will use against their targets. Now, the utilization of computer networks has proven particularly advantageous by turning the world into a global village and aiding its ...

Since September 11, there has been a proliferation of programs to fight terrorism, accompanied by a tremendous increase in the resources allocated for the same purpose. However, not much effort has been directed towards determining the effectiveness of the programs. The question of effectiveness must be raised because if the programs are ineffective, the massive resources that have been allocated have been going down the drain. It is only recently that serious attention has been paid to this question (Lum, Kennedy, & Sherley, 2009). The paucity of research in the area is testament to this. Measuring effectiveness of terrorism strategies ...

Terrorism

Terrorism is a relatively old phenomenon, although it is rampant in the present day. There are various definitions of terrorism, and it cannot be clearly defined as one term. However, terrorism is associated as a generic term for all acts of violence that spread terror amongst the masses. Terrorism can be strategic as well tactical; it can be something considered a religious duty or it can be a crime, it may also be something justifiable in the court of law, or it can be an abdominal cause of oppression. However, what remains known is that terrorism spreads anarchy and ...

U.S. Counter Terrorism Strategies Since the beginning of the new millennium, global terrorism has firmly occupied the place of "the main threat to humanity". Undisputed leader in the fight against "evil terrorist" remains the United States, providing a wide range of activities to capture and destroy the militants of “Al-Qaeda” and others like that, not only in the country but also far beyond its borders. What are they, the results of decades of anti-terror battle? A proof of special significance for the United States to combat global terrorism was the establishment of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) after ...