Essays on Terrorist

Violent Crimes

Al Shabaab refers to a jihadist terrorist group that operates in the eastern parts of the African continent, particularly in Somalia. The group originated from the militant section of the supreme Islamic courts union (ICU) in 2006 with the aim of forcing the democratic government to allow the establishment of an independent Islamic state in the country (Siegel 153). The Al Shabaab group is a form of an indoctrinated extremism as the group mostly targets the Muslim faithful to recruit them into the movement. The extremist group's main ideology is to force the formation of an Islamic state in ...

1. TOC (traditional organization crime) refers to crimes that are coordinated and organized across national borders. Also, it incorporates individuals who plan to execute illegal activities in various countries. TOC groups include the Russian Mafia, Triads, Yakuza, Fuk Ching, Red Wa, as well as La Cosa Nostra. It is important for the governments to focus on TOC groups. TOC groups are believed to carry out transnational crimes and illegal action. The groups is a threat to national and international security. The governments have to deal with the TOC groups and ensure their global networks are destroyed (Forest, 2007). Also, ...

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, ...

Introduction

The Americans have been proud regarding the relationship of their military sector and the civilians throughout the history. One of the major reasons why United States takes pride to this relationship is the subordination of the military sector to the authority of the civilians. The military-civil relationship in the United States is based on the doctrine about the civilian control over the military. This doctrine states that the control over the strategic plans and decision-making processes which could generally affect the whole nation should be in the hands of the civilian leaders and not the military leaders. It has ...

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, ...

In a couple of last years the activity of different terrorist groups has gone up. The most know is a catastrophe of 9/11 where almost three thousand people became victims. After hearing the number, one may think that it is the maximum what they can do, but it is far from being true. As technologies develop, terrorist may acquire new weapons, including weapons of mass destructions like nuclear missiles or poison gas dispensers. With this kind of magnitude, the number of victims can grow up to tremendous hundreds of thousands or eve millions. In case the worst case scenario ...

With the recent increase in global warfare, there has been an influx of refugees throughout the world. The immigrant opts to seek a safe heaven in the European countries, however; the Europeans are angered by the increase of immigrants. It is worth noting that, the issue of refugee was the one of the factors that facilitated Britain to leave the European Union. There are two prevalent schools of thoughts with regards to the increase in the number of refugees. According to the liberalists they uphold the asylum principle and still hold onto the fallacy that a boarderless world can ...

On January 27th, 2017 President Donald Trump issued an executive order suspending visas for travel to the United States from a number of countries with Muslim minority populations such as Iraq, Iran and Syria for a period of a hundred and twenty days. This order also blocked refugees from the ongoing war in Syria from receiving asylum in the United States. The stated goal for this was to “protect the American people from terrorist attacks by foreign nationals.” The order went into immediate effect and over the weekend led to hundreds of travelers to the US being unexpectedly turned ...

A Review of Literature

INTRODUCTION The United States has currently been struggling with a great deal of political warfare, social unrest and public protest from the inside and from terrorism, global criticism and immigration battles from the outside. There are so many issues that the subjects of debate seem endless. One of the most controversial and often debated issues today is gun control. There is no doubt that it is incredibly dangerous when offenders are armed when they commit crimes like burglary or in a car-jacking; more so when these offenders have every premeditated intent to kill. At the same time, not everyone ...

Soldiers differ from political officials as appropriate targets of terrorist attacks because soldiers are considered as combatants driven by the political motives of the officials in charge. Soldiers are considered to be guided by the interests of those in power and their threatening nature compels terrorists to act against them. Therefore, orchestrating attacks on military personnel is considered ethical. On the other hand, despite political officials being considered as the agents of regimes thought to be oppressive (Walzer 7), they are noncombatants hence attacking them is not justifiable. Also, the political code stipulated prevents political officials from being targets ...

One of the most interesting laws created by Congress was the Cyber Security Act of 2015. It was created as part of the Omnibus Appropriations Act signed by President Barack Obama that year. The Act limited government use of collected online information and how information could be shared between different nongovernment organizations and different levels of government. The bill may also have increased government oversight as well, considering the fact that the Department of Homeland Security now has increased access to networks to protect against terrorism and espionage. The Act has a “provider exception” (Kerr, 2015), which allows individual ...

Incident Background

It has come to the attention of the facility’s security management team that there is a plan to steal a portion of the facility’s nuclear waste and release it into the community. We believed that the threat is credible. Naturally, if such a release of nuclear waste were to occur, the potential loss of life and damage to the environment would be substantial. Accordingly, we have developed this incident action plan in order to effectively deal with the risk by either stopping it from ever happening or mitigating its effect and quickly resolving and problems in the ...

INTRODUCTION

Ukraine’s power grid was hacked last December presumably by Russia, showing physical infrastructure affected by cyberattacks Question still loom over the role of cyber attacks on large companies and political bodies (RNC/DNC hacks, WikiLeaks) on the 2016 American election

As such, intelligence and homeland security forces need to turn a stronger eye toward cyber-terror and cybersecurity

I. CYBERTERRORISM

Cyberterrorism increasingly the primary method of attack from foreign bodies and terrorist forces

Three levels of cyberterror: simple-unstructured, advanced-structured, complex-coordinated Attacks occur through Internet communication methods (forums, Skype, VoIP, IM) and DDoS attacks II. CURRENT EFFECTS OF CYBERSECURITY

American intelligence communities and private organizations have been woefully slow in adopting appropriate cybersecurity

Sony leaks of 2014 first evidence of foreign hacks due to political reasons (impending release of The Interview) Top threats include phishing, use of stolen credentials to access sensitive data, data exfiltration ...

Introduction

Nowadays, unfortunately, terrorism has become an issue number on the universal agenda, since its outcomes affect the global security and undermine human rights values. After the 9/11 Susan Rice, assistant secretary of state for Africa in Clinton administration, described Africa as world’s “underbelly for global terrorism”, meaning numerous physical, legal and financial safe havens (ungoverned spaces) in Africa as space for those, who are interested in training, mobilizing and operating terrorists (Solomon n.p.). Therefore, as African terrorism is to threaten the security of the whole continent as well as to erode the peace of the whole world, it ...

Introduction

Since the dawn of human civilization annihilation of millions of people has been occurring. After the two World Wars, this annihilation took place through many civil wars fought within the nations all over the world. The Genocide or the mass killing of a particular ethnic group has been a common phenomenon in civil wars. In 1990s, the Kashmiri Hindus were expelled by Muslim terrorists through severe massacre. The question is whether mass massacre is the answer to any problem. There is a universal agreement that genocide is immoral and unethical (Jones, 1999). Still even after the horrified consequences of ...

The terror threat has existed for many decades in many nations. One of the primary cause of past, present, and future of terror threats is the political interest with the aim of violating democratic values of people in a country and violate the right and freedoms of people in a country. The causes have been the same over the years. However, a current cause of terror threats is the attempt of the counter terror attack by other groups thus leading to terrorist activities. However, in future, causes would be the conflict of interest among groups claiming other nations discriminate ...

Terrorism is a worldwide threat that does not recognize the borders, and that affect people and states irrespective of the geographical locations. Individual as well as groups believe advancing their political aims by the use of terror and pose a serious threat to their country democratic values and the freedom and rights of the citizen mainly by targeting the innocent people (Noflsinger, Newbold & Wheeler, 2007). The acts of terrorism are unjustifiable and criminal thus must be treated as such under all the circumstances. However, there are strategies to combat terrorism activities globally and respect human rights. The first strategy ...

Recently, various analysts and American policy makers have established Africa’s growing strategic significance to the United States’ interests. Among other benefits, there are the Africa’s natural resources. Notably, to access such, the country has to cultivate cooperation with African nations and deter various security issues in the continent. For instance, there are alarming concerns over violent extremist activities among other threats perpetrated by maritime piracy, under-governed spaces, and illegal trafficking of weapons and drugs. Additionally, there are mounting concerns about the ongoing humanitarian crisis, civil wars, armed conflicts as well as general challenges such as HIV/AIDs and ...

The United Nations Mission of Observer in Tajikistan was initiated in December 1994 and expired in May 2000. The main aim of United Nations was to focus on the peacekeeping mission to maintain peace after Tajikistan’s Civil War. The observers were deployed in Tajikistan to promote peace and demobilization. International and national observers promoted peace by monitoring peace activities and initiating negotiations between opposing parties. The headquarters of the mission were located in Dushanbe, Tajikistan with an aim to monitor peace between the ruling government and the United Tajikistan opposition. The paper highlights three major drawbacks of United ...

Inspired by real-life events of the Lima Crisis, the novel Bel Canto creates an eloquent – and probably rather unexpected – image of the terrorist-hostage situation: Ann Pratchett drives the plot away from political and economic intricacies and moves it into the realm of real human relationships and life experiences. Pratchett places people of different occupations, languages, dispositions and tempers into one presidential mansion where – captured by the terrorists for four months – they find new ways of looking at the world and can finally take a fresher look at their lives, passions and desires. It is pure humanity in the multiplicity ...

After the carnage of 9/11, the international community turned its local and joint efforts to the struggle against terrorism and prevention of terroristic activities. Antiterrorism initiatives have been run by various international organizations, particularly by the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Committee, and by the United States government, which applies its resources to combat terroristic activities on a domestic scale and in countries overwhelmed by terroristic groups. As Chalk notes, “the coordinated terrorist strikes of 9/11 galvanized a [] response by the United States government to increase the country’s physical and financial security in the face of potential future attacks” (Chalk, ...

The United States government with the aim of enhancing the government security against both domestic and foreign terrorist activities enacted the USA PATRIOT Act. The provisions of the Act were to ensure the government put in place necessary investigatory equipment that would help the government to detect and neutralize these activities before it happens (Congress, 2002). However, the Act is modifiable to improve its effectiveness in counteracting terrorism. Most importantly, the law should categorize the necessary tools for investigation set aside. In particular, this is because terrorism activities of the 21st century and beyond use high-level technology and therefore ...

Freedom of Speech: The Right to Free Expression – Thailand versus Australia

Introduction The freedom of speech is one of the major branches or rather an indication of the level in which a nation has attained so far when it comes to democratic progress. Freedom of speech is a human right to freely express their thoughts, one of the most important civil liberties. A person's ability to act in accordance with their own interests and objectives, based on knowledge of objective independence, there is freedom. Freedom of expression is closely linked to issues of truth-seeking, self-management, flexibility of the political system, self-realization of the individual, natural rights and their protection. Freedom ...

In this paper, we will explore the psychological impacts of two human-made disasters. One that happened during the First World War, and the other one is a recent terrorist attack in Paris, in 2015. The Lusitania Disaster was an attack from the German army to a British ship liner coming from New York to Liverpool, UK. The terrorist attack in Paris however was not a war attack, so people were not expecting anything as such. However, it can be argued that we are on a war today, that begun by several attacks of radical Islamic groups against the West. ...

Introduction

A country’s economic and security prosperity highly relies on the aviation system that is operating efficiently. The existence of weak security poses a threat to aircraft safety and those that are boarding it. The hostile nation-states, criminals and terrorists have been viewing the aviation sector as a target for exploitation and attack. Successful airport attacks inflict grave economic damage, mass casualties and negatively affect the airline transportation system. The air transport sector should adopt appropriate ways of managing different incidents and threats. Intelligence and Threat Assessment play a significant role in mitigating numerous risks in the aviation industry. ...

Abstract

This article seeks to research about the day to day activities and traumatic events in the lives of the first responders, that include firefighters, policemen, and emergency medical teams (EMTs), and their impacts on their psychology. Research shows that the emergency workers are exposed to tragic events and incidents, in the line of duty on a daily basis, and has severe psychological impacts in some cases which last for many years to come. The first responders are exposed to a variety of traumatic events that include multiple casualties and events that involve a smaller number of victims. These events ...

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 ...

On November 5, 2009, the son of Palestinian immigrants, Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan randomly fired into a crowd at a processing center at Fort Hood, the largest active-duty military post in the country (Army Major kills, n.d.). One would be hard pressed to find a larger military stage to conduct such blatant murder. Despite the Major shouting ‘God is great’ in Arabic, “Allahu Akbar”, just before he opened fire on soldiers who were either returning from deployment, or getting ready to be deployed, there was a denial by the government to officially label the shooting as an act ...

Introduction

Democracy is a type of government where the supreme power is vested in the population of the country or representatives elected from the population. The concept of liberalism is a political doctrine, which protects and enhances the individual freedom and considers it as the central political goal. Therefore, liberal democracy is a democratic government system where the individual freedom and are officially protected and recognized, and the rule of law limits the political power. Liberal democracy has been the greatest export of the United States of America to the world. But, due to several reasons, the United States is ...

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. ...

Part 1

According to Schram & Tibbetts (2014), there are 4 general goals of the strategy of achieving homeland security. These are:

Prevent and disrupt terrorist attacks

Protect the American people, critical infrastructure, and key resources Respond to and recover from incidents that do occur Continue to strengthen the foundation to ensure long term success. Here are my suggestions that could potentially improve the framework. As for the first goal, it would be better to prevent any terrorist-related weapon from entering the territory of the United States in order to prevent any terrorist-related operations within the US territory. For the second goal, certain actions should be taken ...

Terrorism is a very important issue that is plaguing the world today with a large number of countries being affected by it. While it has had a long history, it has come to the limelight after September 11, 2001, strikes on World Trade Center in the U.S. However, terrorism can be either domestic or international and this distinction is important as the consequences of the terrorism may depend on the type of terrorism. For example, international terrorism can have a greater adverse impact on the economic growth of a country than domestic terrorism. The causes of domestic and international ...

The underlying issues and considerations in conducting covert operations within the context of counterterrorist operations are also discussed. This is done in relation to the need to established better methods for critically and judicially examining each case while simultaneously dealing with potential threats in a quick and efficient manner. The methods used in order to focus the direction of policy towards such ends are considered as well as the frameworks by which policy is shaped and maintained throughout the challenges that are likely to be faced. The underlying frameworks and systems in place in order to ensure that these ...

As many of you may have noticed, after our successful resistance against Mr. Frederick and his band of hooligans, Boxer, our most dedicated, faithful and hard-working colleague and community presence has been absent from the farm. The reasons for his absence are a direct result of his heroic but unsuccessful efforts to save the windmill. Indeed, during the battle, Boxer was injured. While we were able to heal most of injuries, there were some that we were not able to get supplies for. As a result, he was never able to return to his previous form. Several days earlier, ...

Scenarios that were described in the case will always have opponents and proponents, because all stakeholders have different moral values and needs. As for me, I would assess what direct and indirect impact three decisions would have on me. If negative consequences, including increased expenses, are more or less reasonable, I will accept stricter policies. In contrast, when expenses are too high and harm both businesses and my interests, I would be against the measures that the government would like to take in order to reduce the terrorist threat and prevent climate change. I think it is important to ...

With the conclusion of the World War II, the world witnessed the emergence of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) with the major purpose of protecting the dignity of all human beings. In 1993, the World Conference on Human Rights acknowledged that these human rights are universally relevant and applicable and no questions shall be raised about their authenticity (World Conference on Human Rights, 1993). Nevertheless, critics from around the world oppose the universality of human rights. Therefore, this essay asserts that the nature of the human rights’ universality is questionable. In the beginning, a brief discussion concerning ...

Terrorism and cyber terrorism become one of the main global threats to the humanity of XXI century. Nowadays cyber terrorism is the inherent part of the modern terrorism. So we can not discuss the question of terrorism without taking into account the cyber terrorism. Both terrorism and cyber terrorism carry a threat to various states, organizations, groups of people and etc., but when the terrorism uses as a battle-field all accessible variants, cyber terrorism is only in the network. There is no doubt that cyber terrorism and terrorism have similarities but it also has a lot of differences. The ...

Hamas movement has been perceived over the years as an Islamist extremist terrorist movement. This perception has been informed by the mission behind the formation of the movement which is in a nutshell, the obliteration of Israel and the ultimate establishment of a Palestinian state. Besides, the perception derives justification from the religious ideologies such as fundamentalism and radicalization often associated with Islamism and adopted by the Hamas in addition to several terrorist activities that have been carried out by the movement (Pettersen, 2009). However, this paper seeks to portray the Hamas as a movement in pursuit of self-determination ...

Assignment 1

PART ONE Consequence management is the ability of the government to respond to and recover from a devastating terrorist attack or natural disaster. Response and recovery includes saving lives and diminishing property damage. The National Response Framework (“NRF”) sets forth America’s response doctrine, responsibilities and structures. The NRF provides a detailed guide as to how to respond to disasters, either natural, industrial, biological or civil unrest and terrorist attacks. Describing the manner in which communities are to respond to disasters, it sets forth the way in which a coordinated response can and should occur between first responders, decision ...

The Clash of Civilizations as a Discourse for Interpreting Treatment of Arab Americans by Law Enforcement Agencies

Introduction The treatment of young Muslims by the FBI agents and their subsequent conviction for concocted terror charges in the Human Rights Watch’s video represents a quintessential clash of Western and Arab civilizations due to cultural, racial and religious identities. According to the video by the Human Rights Watch (2014), the FBI responded to terrorism made by the Islamic terrorist groups by rounding up and prosecuting people who are suspected to be terrorists. It is like any person of Arab descent or from the Muslim community have been labeled and generally branded as being potential terror suspects. This ...

Thesis: The role of U.S. military has become the primary force which opposes terrorism by capturing and/or eliminating terrorists as is exemplified by two raids that were conducted in Tripoli and Somali (Starr, Perez, & Botelho, 2013). These two instances also illustrate how the United States views itself as the one who should decide what to do with terrorists once they are captured as they took the terrorists without discussing it with the Libyan government giving the rest of the world the impression that the US believes they are superior.

Two International Incidents

The capture of Abu Anas al Libi in Tripoli (2013) ...

Essay #2

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 ...

Introduction

German sociologist Max Weber defined a charismatic leader as someone that espouses extraordinary characteristics and whose vision inspires several others (Avolio & Yammarino, 2002, p. 168). Charismatic leaders are capable of gathering masses in their support and leading major political, religious or social movement. But, such large following can be positive or negative for their opposition and some of them might even take criminal routes to achieve their objectives. In the present world, Barak Obama is a charismatic leader who is seen as a positive charismatic leader. Obama led a major political movement and brought the majority of the nation ...

In the recent past, terrorism has become a dangerous threat to the international security due to the negative publicity, economic impact and devastating casualties to the affected countries (Smith, 2012).As noted by Smith (2012) terrorism refers to a deliberate, politically motivated aggression perpetrated against innocent civilians so as to influence an audience. Primarily, terrorists use terrorist acts to convey an ideological message or express a political objection through the destruction of properties or violence. A series of well coordinated terrorist attacks in Paris on November 13, 2015, whereby three suicide bombers lodged attacks during a football match near ...

Introduction

The degree that digital terrorism is a threat to people’s safety is amongst the most challenging of themes in the twenty first century. To a limited extent, this is a result of terminological question . More far reaching originations of digital terrorism as any type of online terrorist action obviously have a tendency to be connected with a higher evaluated likelihood of the risk's emergence than accomplish more prohibitive records (Cassim, 2012). In the meantime, as itemized further underneath, contending risk evaluations stay regardless of the fact that we limit our centre to smaller understandings of this idea (portrayed, ...

The shattering terrorist attacks and the causalities associated with them have resulted in the focus on security leadership issues. Terrorist attacks are often unexpected and the incidences bring panic and disruption to the organizations affected. The disruption makes it difficult to set up effective response plans because communication flow is disrupted making it difficult to coordinate response activities. The security leadership plan is based on being prepared and proactive in handling and responding to terrorist attacks through the establishment of a co-operative effort plan (Pischke & Hallman, 2008). The proactive approach is meant to enhance psychological preparedness which prevents battle ...

Thesis: Social media is increasingly becoming a fundamental tool for fostering political awareness and action in Saudi Arabia.

Introduction Saudi Arabia has one of the most repressive media regulations in the world with a score of 83/100 in the most recent survey by the Freedom House, where 0 represents the best score while 100 represents the worst score. The authorities mugged the freedom of the media, further, in 2014 with the passage of the antiterrorism legislation and a series of arrests that silenced some of the most vocal critics (Freedom House). The fragile environment from which journalist operate from has led to a high level of suspicion on the mainstream media which is controlled by powerful government ...

Intelligence is the process through which a particular type of information is taken from collection, evaluation, analysis, integration, interpretation and finally dissemination. The information collection process is a critical national security activity that every country needs to protect from foreign and terrorist invasions. Information gathering process entails a variety of activities from the essential eavesdropping, spies, open sources such as radio and publications to technological sources that require a lot of expertise (Nimon, 2013). The introduction of information technology after the Cold War and the numerous developments in technology has made this collection process easier. The scope of intelligence ...

CRITICAL REVIEW OF THE ROLE OF CRISIS IN INDUCING POLICY CHANGE

Introduction Most nations make policies after they enter serious crisis. There is a general notion that a critical problem requires a critical solution. Thus, nations that came under Nazi or Japanese attack in the eve of the Second World War declared a state of emergency and made sweeping changes to their national policies. These changes had far-reaching impacts on the functioning of the arms of governments and the entire nation had to suspend various activities to implement the policies in response to the crises. However, after World War II, significant events have been considered as turning points in national ...

Utility of torture

All individuals have some inherent moral and legal rights that cannot be waived by any state or individual. Torturing suspects in order to obtain information however utilitarian is therefore akin to denying such individuals their basic human rights. Any attempt to obtain information through torture cannot be justified; it is especially the case considering that often times the information obtained through torture is unreliable (Talhami, 2013). It is therefore evident that even by applying utilitarian principles (greatest good for the greatest number of people), the benefits of torture do not exceed its costs and as such is not acceptable ...

Money laundering refers to the criminal activity in which money and funds that have been obtained illegally are used to fund or support legitimate and legal activities. In the process, the illegality of the original criminally obtained money and funds is, in essence, “washed” through its use in the legal activity. A more formal definition of money laundering defines it as, “the process through which criminals, hide, disguise, and legitimize the financial proceeds of their crimes” (FATF). There are a number of benefits that money laundering provides to criminals. First, by using the money to fund legal activities, money ...

In an article titled ‘How Religion Can Lead to Violence’, Gary Gutting explains his view on the current state of terrorism in the world. Gutting (2016) elaborates that almost all the recent terror attacks all over the world have received almost the same response from Islamic leaders who have distanced the causes of terrorists from their tolerant religion. Clearly, Gutting is of the position that Islamic teachings have failed to teach Muslims tolerance as Christianity has done to its adherents. After reading the article, I was utterly disappointed in the arguments that Gutting presented in a topic defined by ...

Introduction

Gun control refers to as laws and policies that have been enacted to regulate the manufacture, transfer, possession as well as the use of guns by the civilians. Gun control in the United States came at a time when massive shooting, killing, suicide, and gun related violence was on the rise in the United States. It is because of this that President Barrack Obama and his committee decided to propose the gun control policy. The annual review of public health statistics shows that gun related deaths tally to approximately 33,000 annually (Wintemute and Garen 9). For information on ...

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Thesis Paragraph

Immigration has generated interest both in political and in research worlds. The topics have been shrouded with ambiguities considering the dynamics of security and economic constraints. America not like any other nation has culturally diverse populations that coexist harmoniously curtsey of multiculturalism initiatives by the government. The integration of immigrants into the society has slowly evolved to be a complex exercise that requires security scans and consideration of socio-economical impacts of such settlement in the country. This paper identifies two stages of immigrants’ integrations, screening, and settling. The government should not perforate ...

The 2015 San Bernardino Attack on the second day of December brought in more questions than answers regarding the topic of present day terrorism. The attack resulted in the death of fourteen people and scores of critical injuries totaling to twenty-two individuals. During the carrying out of investigations into the attack, it was notable, from Homeland Security that it was rather difficult to ascertain an enemy/ a terrorist in a crowd situation, similarly to the events that surrounded the attacks as above mentioned. According to Gumbel 2015, the author made reference to Cohen, an FBI director. He raised the ...

The United States are often called a country of immigration, and indeed it is so. On the one hand, the rapid extension of the territory of the United States, colonization and the high level of development have created a permanent need for more and more human contingent. On the other hand, the socio-economic situation, in particular, agrarian overpopulation, national and religious oppression, famine outbreaks, political persecution in other parts of the world created the conditions to meet such needs and redistribute the labor force around the world with the help of migration. The growth of intercontinental migrations overseas contributed ...

FTOs (Foreign Terrorist Organizations) are foreign groups that the Secretary of State designates “in accordance with section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA)” (“Chapter 6,” 2012). The designation of FTOs is crucial to fighting terrorism and helps to curtail support for terror activities. Accordingly, section 219 provides criteria for the legal designation of FTOs. First, an organization must be foreign-based in order to be labeled as an FTO. Secondly, the group must be involved in terrorist operations or maintain “the capability and intent to engage in terrorist activity or terrorism” (“Chapter 6,” 2012). Thirdly, the terror activity ...

The 2015 Paris attacks inflicted tremendous losses upon the French hospitality market, resulting in the lowest level of customer turnover for some hotels over the last twenty five years. The Paris and Nice attacks caused economic damage, equivalent to damage caused by the 2008 Great Recession (Alderman, 2016). On a global scale, the global tourism industry demonstrated 3 percent growth prior to the 2015 Paris attacks (LaGrave, 2016). Moreover, the global tourism industry employed 7.2 million people more in 2015 alone, providing income for about 284 million people all over the world. Global tourism generated about one-tenth of the ...

Essay #2

Introduction There are different portrayals of the same character in the story “The last days of Muhammad Atta” and the film “The Hamburg Cell.” The report below examines both the text and the film and provides a comprehensive comparison of the portrayal of characters and terrorist motivations. This is achieved by examining the different perspectives used by the author, as well as, the filmmaker in telling the story of America’s 9/11 attack and the individuals behind its planning and execution. Furthermore, the report examines the different character traits portrayed in both sources. It is clear from the analysis ...

There is a controversial question whether it is possible to justify torture. A similar question arises in the debate on whether it is possible to justify the use of torture during interrogations of suspected terrorists. Arguments in favor of torture starts with utilitarian calculation. Torture is causing the suspect suffering that dramatically reduce his/her happiness or favor. From the utilitarian point of view, it can be argued that the infliction of suffering is morally justified if torture prevent death and suffering on a massive scale. The arguments of the former US Vice-President Richard Cheney, who claimed that the use ...