GUERRILLA WARFARE AND TERRORISM

Phenomena of Guerrilla Warfare and Urban Terrorism

Phenomena of Guerrilla Warfare and Urban Terrorism

Introduction

Guerrilla War is a term that defines a defined pattern of fighting, carried out by a small group of warriors. It is a military tactic of armed groups of men, consisting of harassing the enemy in its own grounds with irregular detachments, rapid and sudden attacks, sabotage of facilities, bridges and roads or capture of weapons and supplies. This method of warfare is often used in situations of asymmetric warfare, because its mobility, easy dispersion in small groups and ability to disappear into the civilian population is very difficult to neutralize (Arnold, 2009, pp. 304-207). This exploits the natural terrain of the guerrillas in attacks and enforced in areas beyond the reach of the regular forces such as forests, hills, lakes and rivers. Guerrilla wars take places in cities in order to take the form of urban terrorism. The most important methods used in guerilla warfare include throwing explosives, hostage-taking and the different forms of violence. It is also called the guerrilla movement, the underground resistance or Fedayeen (Corum, 2008, pp. 209-235).

Discussion and Arguments

In today's world of high technology and universal integration, a single nation cannot fight terrorism on an individual basis. Every nation needs a coalition with other states, interested and committed towards fighting against terrorism and other collective, social vices. The blow should be struck in the point immediately in all areas of terrorist activity, and this attack must consist of not only a military action, but also economic and political counterattacks. The question is not only to destroy the military forces of bandits, but also a complete end to terrorism activities once and for all (Hamilton, 1998, pp. 186).

In contemporary times, guerrilla warfare was used to fight the government (Chaliand, 2007, pp. 216). Characteristically, the idea to organize a guerrilla and the clandestine movement in the occupied territory of the enemy appeared just after the start of World War II and the first defeat of the Red Army. This is because in the 20's - early 30's the Soviet military authorities quite reasonably believed that in the event of enemy invasion was really necessary to deploy guerrilla warfare behind enemy lines, and to this end have already been preparing the organizers of the guerrilla movement, providing a certain tools for guerrilla warfare. However, during the mass repressions of the second half of the 30's such a precaution has been regarded as a sign of defeatism, and almost all of those who engaged in this work, were repressed. If you follow what was then the concept of defense, which was to triumph over the enemy "and a little blood on its territory", the systematic training of the organizers of the partisan movement, according to Stalin and his entourage could morally disarm the Soviet people, to sow defeatism. It cannot be ruled out in this situation, and painful suspicions of Stalin against the potentially well-organized structure of the underground apparatus of the ...