[Terrorism]

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Abstract

Terrorism can be defined as an activity of violence to scare the population of a particular territory. Terrorist may have different reasons for their activities. Their motivations may include hatred, religious extremism or sect difference. American societies are the worst hit by terrorist organizations. After the 9/11 the life in America changed completely. Terrorism is not restricted to a few states. Terrorist activities create panic in society and scare people. Due to terrorism people fear enjoying their lives. The major reasons for terrorism in America are racial discrimination. In other words, despite enormous variation in terrorism's expression, domestic terrorism in the United States can often be explained as a violent claim over what or who is authentically American. This distrust has had various forms of expression by different groups, in different periods. After the harrowing events of September 11, 2001, the world is a very different place in many contexts. Unfortunately, they want to make the general population feel unsafe and thereby bring attention to their cause, fighting these enemies requires efforts on many fronts. However, terrorism is not a new phenomenon. Here is a brief look at some of the major terrorist events in American history.

Contents

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTII

DECLARATIONIII

ABSTRACTIV

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION1

Background1

Homeland Security Arguments1

Stereotyped societal view2

Ideological and theoretical2

Radical Terrorist Researchers2

Statistics4

Percentages of male terrorists4

First known terrorist5

United States citizens-Terrorists5

Osama Bin Laden5

Al Qaeda6

Muslim Brotherhood7

Theories8

Social Mobility Theory8

Thoughts on 9-119

Motivations for the Terrorist9

Hatred9

Religion10

Oppose Foreign Policy10

Ideology10

Methods of Killing10

Suicide bombing11

Poisoning11

Plane crashes11

O'Ballance's Classification of terrorist11

Marital Status11

Age12

Gender12

Appearance12

Motivational Typology13

Actor based typology14

Purpose based typology14

Motivation-based typology14

Future research in terrorism15

Adaptive Capabilities of Terror Groups15

Increasing Capabilities of Terrorists16

Case studies of U.S. terrorism16

The Lockerbie Air Disaster17

The Waco Siege17

The WTC Bombing17

The Oklahoma City Bombing18

The Freemen of Montana19

The Centennial Olympic Park Bombing19

Interviews19

REFERENCES26

Chapter 1: Introduction

Background

In the last few years a number of terrorist activities took place in United States and it has become a serious concern for the authorities in the United States. The U.S. foreign policy reflects this idea.

In recent years terrorism has been seen by the United States primarily as an international issue and has dictated their foreign policy to a great extent. While citizens and U.S. interests are prime targets of international terrorists - according to the State Department in 2000, approximately 47% of all terrorist incidents worldwide were committed against citizens or property of the United States - - the vast majority of those acts were committed on foreign soil. The public perception of the United States on terrorism was primarily an overseas issue which dramatically changed by the attacks of September 11, 2001.

Homeland Security Arguments

Edgar O'Ballance believes that our Government officials seldom ask the question of “What causes terrorist attacks”, nor do they question the fact that our Government's participation in the ...