Compare And Contrast The Fourth Wave Of Terrorism

The fourth wave is based on the 1979 Iranian Revolution, the beginning of the 15th century in the Islamic Calender (Hijri) and the USSR invasion of Afghanistan simultaneously.5,7 This wave targeted and opposed western regions such as the US, Israel and Secular regimes within Islamic communities.4,8 Additional features of this wave include the use of suicide bombers and casualty escalation especially among civilians.4The fourth wave was significantly different to the first wave because the terrorist targets weren’t political figures and the main tactic wasn’t assassination but rather suicide bombers.8 Terrorism in the first wave was based on an aspiring liberation movement and the future goal of an anarchist utopia.7 Whereas the fourth wave was based on a predominately Islamic millenarian movement that sought the elimination of Western populations rather than high profile figures. 6,7 The Second wave was fought for independence within national geographical boundaries 7,8 The colonial wave introduced positive connotations for terrorism under the title of “freedom fighters” Their main tactics were assassinations however they were directed towards the police and their families. …show more content…
1,9 The third wave introduced international terrorism similar to the fourth wave. 1 There were many hijackings using prominent people and as technology excelled, the terrorist tactics improved with many publicities propagating fear among the people inflicting a higher amount of fear in people because of the wider audience reached. 7 In comparison to the fourth wave the third wave is similar in the use of more sophisticated technologies, more publicity and new transnational scopes of terrorism.