Terrorism



Terrorism

Introduction

The term terrorism can be extenuated in number of ways because there is no particular legal definition to describe it. However, it can be defined as the use of violence or threats to inculcate fear with the intention of pursuing personal goals (Deen, 2005). Terrorism is basically an evil which is growing problem in the uncertain world. It has been the unremitting issue in numerous countries over the past fifty years. The new form of terrorism has come in front with the 9/11 attacks which merely shocked the entire world. The United States defines the terrorism as the deliberate or planned, politically aggravated violence carries out against the non combatant public which causes them to pay the cost for their lives and sometimes with serious physical or emotional wounds.

This study intends to describe the meanings of terrorism and highlight the domestic terrorism and homegrown terrorism in the United States.

Discussion

The terrorism is the act which intends to instill the fear which is primarily perpetrated to attain the goals pertinent to religious, political and ideological that deliberately disregards the safety of innocent non combatants or civilians (Jeffrey, 2003). However, the terrorism has radically increased in the United States since the last decade with the mass threats of violence which causes thousands of people to loss their lives every year due to these violent acts in United States (National Center for Victims of Crime, 2010).

Domestic Terrorism

The domestic terrorism can be described as the violent acts practiced in the own country against the own people. The legal definition of domestic terrorism provided by USA Patriot Act as the terrorism conducted by striking, assassination or kidnapping or by mass destruction that includes the intended acts dangerous to human lives that are against the criminal laws of United States. The primary purpose of this act is to threaten or intimidate the civilian population which occurs principally within the territorial jurisdiction of the country or within the territory of United States (USA Patriot Act, 2001). Hence, the domestic terrorists are the people who commit crimes or other delinquent activities within the homeland. According to the FBI report (1999) that majority of deadly terrorist attacks occurred during past thirty years in the United States have primarily been caused by the domestic extremists.

The FBI stipulates the two fundamental sources that extenuate the domestic violence. The first one includes the unlawful use of violence perpetrated against the public to coerce the government in the fulfillment of objectivity of social concerns. Secondly, the domestic terrorism is differentiated from the international terrorism and other delinquent activities with the aim of affecting the government through mass destruction (US Congress, 2005). The United States has increasingly been encountered through the numerous cases of domestic terrorism and caused around 300 million of people in 2006.

Homegrown Terrorism

The term homegrown terrorism constitutes the terrorism from within the target nation and it can specifically defined as the planned use, threatened use or violence by the group of people born, or raised within the United States ...