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Who can practise Terrorism?
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Both the state and non state actors.
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What is a "terrorist group"?
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Generally used to describe a small organizations whose motivate is to achieve political goals through terror.
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What are some motives for terrorism?
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Although they vary some maybe to split off piece of a state (motivates are usually ethnics) eg. kalistan
It maybe due to ideology. for example: Communist terrorist groups in Western Europe. |
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What does "terrorists never win" mean?
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That terrorists do not win. This is not true as can be seen with the Brownshirts in Germany and the IRA.
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How did Peru deal with its communist terrorists in the 1990s?
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Fujimore took office in 1990 and took military action against the 'Shining Path'
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How is Al Qaeda different to most terrorist groups?
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Its goals are not local.
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How did Bush Administration react to Al Qaeda?
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Announced "Global War on Terrorism".
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What did Bush see GWOT as a struggle between? What concepts?
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Struggle between democracy and totalitarianism.
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Does the International Criminal Courrt have jurisdiction over terrorism?
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No.
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What are the structural problems with GWOT?
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Theory of victory is ambiguous
Many countries not on board. US collateral damage can create enemies. |
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What role does the media play in terrorism?
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Achieve maximum attainable publicity.
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What did Al Qaeda do before 9/11?
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Attacks against US embassies in Dar-es-salaam and Nairobi in 1998.
Osama Bin Laden issued a fatwa in 1998 to declare war on the United States. After 9/11 the impact on how the US views the danger that terrorism presents was challenged. |
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How is Al Qaeda different to other terrorist groups?
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Its goals do not relate to established political structures.
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How can a revolutionary order (French revolution) based on democracy be described as terrorism?
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political virtue is taken out of the hands of the citizen and turned in to an instrument of the sovereignty.
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What did Churchill say?
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He first captured the paradoxical role of terror in the age of nuclear weapons.
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