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What is Terrorism In your opinion what is the definition of terrorism Who are the people that commit terrorist acts List as many terrorist acts as you can In your opinion what are the goals objectives hopes of terrorists ID: 622016

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World Issues 120Slide2

What is Terrorism?

In your opinion, what is the definition of terrorism?

Who are the people that commit terrorist acts?

List as many terrorist acts as you can.

In your opinion, what are the goals (objectives, hopes) of terrorists?

How effective do you think terrorists are in achieving their objectives?

What should be done to counter terrorism

?Slide3

Trouble with the definition?

It is difficult to define because so much depends on your point of view

.

“One man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter

.”Slide4

Definition

“criminal acts that affect people beyond the original victim. The acts are planned to obtain great publicity, choosing targets that symbolize what they oppose.”

The effectiveness of a terror act lies not in the act itself,

but in the reaction of the public and/or the government.Slide5

Acts of Terror are:

criminal acts that influence an audience beyond the immediate victim.

Are usually on civilian targets.

premeditated

Intended to

create fear

and disorder

Done to draw the attention of the local populace, the government, and the world to their cause.

Planned to obtain the greatest publicity

Often on targets that symbolize what the terrorists oppose.Slide6

Where do terror attacks occur?Slide7

Causes of Terrorism

Why do people commit acts of terror?

Geopolitical disputes

Economic systems that promote big corporations over the needs of people

Nationalism

Religious/cultural conflictsSlide8

The Goal of Terrorism

The goal of the terrorist is to create

chaos and disorder –

it is out of the disorder that he hopes to instill fear, discredit governments, demoralize societies or alter national policies. Slide9

Types of Terrorism

Domestic

Nationalist

State-sponsored

Cyber-terrorismSlide10

Who are they?

Anyone

Educated/uneducated

Religious/non-religious

Rich/Poor

Often feel desperate

Feel that their cause is more important than laws and life

Many see themselves as freedom fightersSlide11
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Domestic Terrorism

Carried out against people/groups within a terrorist’s own country.

The terrorist expects people to change and/or leave the area.

Ex: Ku Klux Klan

Oklahoma City BombingSlide13

Oklahoma City Bombing

A domestic terrorist attack against the US government

1995 – a federal building in Oklahoma City was bombed

The bomb consisted of a rental truck filled with 5000 pounds of fertilizer & diesel fuel.

The truck was parked in front of the building and tore of the entire face of it when it exploded.Slide14

Oklahoma City Bombing

168 dead (19 children) and over 800 injured.

Until 9/11, it was the deadliest attack on US soil.Slide15

Why?

Timothy McVeigh planned and carried out the attack.

He was upset about the way the government handled the Waco incident, and he hated the government in general.Slide16

McVeigh

McVeigh was sentenced to death and executed by lethal injection in 2001.

He stated that his only regret was not completely levelling the building.Slide17

Nationalist Terrorism

Carried out when groups fight governments for control of their homeland.

They see the government as a foreign occupier that needs to be driven out for the good of the people.

Ex: the IRA in IrelandSlide18

Cyber-Terrorism

Carried out when threats and attacks are made on computers, networks, and the information stored in them.Slide19

Cyber-Terrorism

The aim is to steal secrets, disrupt banking and businesses, and make business dealings more difficult due to increased security measures.Slide20

State-Sponsored Terrorism

As the name implies, it is terrorism against a nation that is supported by the government of another nation.

This support may take the form of monetary support, weapons supply, training, and/or specific instruction.Slide21

Common Tactics of Terrorists

Agro-terrorism 

Aircraft hijacking

Bioterrorism 

Car bombing

Dirty bomb 

Cyber terrorism

Hostage-taking

Improvised explosive device

Insurgency

Kidnapping 

Letter bomb 

Piracy

Propaganda

School shooting 

Suicide attack

Rockets and mortarsSlide22

Protection vs.

Privacy

In response to terrorist threats, many Western countries have increased security in certain areas.

Increased use of passports, airport security, arrest procedures, gathering of information, etc. Have all changed.

This has led to great debates over the rights of the individual vs. the rights of the state.Slide23

Terrorist Success

Can you think of changes that have happened in the world and in the lives of ordinary people due to terrorist attacks?Slide24

Reactions to Terrorism

Statements condemning their actions

International cooperation to prevent terrorist acts and punish terrorists

Political or economic sanctions against the region of their home base and/or the nations supporting them

Criminal prosecution

Military action against the terrorists and their supportersSlide25

Counterterrorism

(counter-terrorism

)

is

the practices, tactics, techniques, and strategies that governments, militaries, police departments and corporations adopt in response to terrorist threats and/or

acts.Slide26

The U.S. Counterterrorism Strategies

Heightened Security

– bomb-sniffing dogs, more police, public awareness, airport security, video cameras…

Intelligence Gathering

– Cooperating with other agencies at home and world-wide to compile information on known or suspected terrorists ex. wire taps, surveillance

Border Control

– security at all entries and exits, No Fly listsSlide27

International Financial Cooperation

-

f

ollowing the trail of money used to finance terrorist activities

Drone Missile Strikes

- maintaining military presence without full-scale commitmentSlide28

Extraordinary Renditions

– Secret abductions of suspected terrorists, imprisoning them in a third country, and interrogating them often through torture.

Taken to « Dark Sites » - secret prisons

(

Technically this is not supposed to be happening.)

Guantanamo Bay, Cuba

U.S. owned and operated prison facility used to house and interrogate suspected terrorists

use of torture, such as waterboarding has been allowed

Rights to council and habeas corpus are suspended

http://www.amnesty.org/en

(Illegal detainees and torture)Slide29

Raids

– on known terrorist bases and training camps (U.S. will first support local gov’ts to carry these out.)

Development Aid

– Providing economic opportunity to reduce the appeal of joining a terrorist organizationSlide30

What about Canada?

Bill C-51 ~ Anti-terrorism

Act, 2015

An Act to enact the Security of Canada Information Sharing Act and the Secure Air Travel Act, to amend the Criminal Code, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service Act and the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and to make related and consequential amendments to other

Acts”

“Through this legislation, our Government is taking action to prevent terrorist travel, thwart efforts to use Canada as a recruiting ground, and prevent planned attacks on our soil.”

Received

Royal assent on June 18,

2015 which means it’s now law.

Rick’s Rant:

https

://

www.youtube.com/watch?v=kV17axjd9z0Slide31

Stopping the promotion of terrorism

Adds a tool for law enforcement to counter radicalization.

Allows for the removal of terrorist propaganda from websites located in Canada.

Improves witness protectionSlide32

Preventing terrorists from recruiting others

Allowing the government to quickly identify those with terrorist links and intentions.

Also stops them from travelling by air for terrorism purposes.Slide33

Disrupting terrorist plots and preventing planned attacks

Makes it easier for police to detain suspected terrorists before they can cause harm.

Prevents non-citizens who pose a threat from entering and remaining in Canada.

Gives the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) the ability to intervene against specific plots

.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjWguJtGZII&nohtml5=False

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At Issue with Peter Mansbridge:

https

://

www.youtube.com/watch?v=awTUohBboF0

Rex Murphy:

https://

www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHz6XWjkDQA

This Hour has 22 minutes:

https://

www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnG2qFkwK8ESlide35

Research one of the following terrorist organizations.Slide36

Shining Path (

Sendero

Luminoso

)

Irish Republican Army (IRA)

Falun Gong

Basque Fatherland and Liberty

Kurds (Kurdish Workers Party--PKK)

Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)

Hezbollah

Sikh Separatists

Tamil Tigers (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam--LTTE)

Zapatista National Liberation Army (

Ejercito

Zapatista de

Liberacion

Nacional--EZLN)

Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (

Fuerzas

Armadas

Rvolucionarias

de Colombia-- FARC)

Abu Sayyaf

Hamas (Islamic Resistance Movement)

Al Qaeda

Islamic State of Iraq (and Syria/the Levant) – ISIS/ISILSlide37

Some Things to Look For…

Size

Leadership

Membership composition (rural, urban, male, female, young, old...)

Organizational structure (cells or cadres, contained within one nation or global, a self-appointed?

Ideological background (Maoist, Marxist, other revolutionary movements, writings of founder/leader...)

Targets (governments, urban vs. rural, rich vs. poor, foreigners...)

Methods (hostages, bombings, assassinations...)

Immediate goals (publicity, create a bargaining situation, provoke the government into counter-terrorism, punish a guilty party, acquire land...)

Support (sympathy for the group from political parties, churches, or others, any political support, assistance from other nations, other terrorist groups, or international organizations...)

Results (accomplishment of goals, government repression, condemnation by other nations and/or international organizations, diminished influence or increased acceptance...)Slide38
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