What causes the success of terrorist organizations? Why can some seem to be successful in completing their organizations goals while others just seem to implode into themselves and reek more havoc on themselves than their targets? There have been several successful terrorist organizations throughout history such as the IRA in Ireland, the FLN in Algeria and the Lehi/Irgun in Israel who completed their organizations goals of establishing a free state. While on the opposite end the People’s Will of Russia and the Weather Underground in the USA were utter failures as terrorist organizations. The difference between a successful and unsuccessful terrorist organization is the achievability of their goal and the groups ability to focus on the primary
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Following this split the Lehi moved to a campaign of political assassinations in Ertez Israel, staring with the assassination of Lord Moyen, the “Minister resident of the Middle East” for Britain was assassinated outside of his home (Pedahzur, 18). This event caused a lot of world wide publicity of the terrorists groups operating in Ertez Israel, captured the worlds attention and helped to further the cause of the Lehi and Irgun in establishing a sovereign Israeli state (Pedahzur) . This publicity also caught the eye of America, where “the Jews there had influence” over America policy and the “British interests in America” in maintaining a good relationship with its partner in the West eventually made it necessary for the United Nations to step into the Israeli/Palestinian conflict following further media publicity of the terrorism plaguing Ertez Israel (Being, 31). In this sense the Lehi campaign of assassinations in “striking at…unmistakable and distinctive symbol[s] of the United Kingdom” was effective in bringing the attention of the international community to the plight of the Yishuv, the Jews in Ertez Israel and their quest for sovereignty (Pedahzur, 19-20). The terrorist acts committed by the Lehi and Irun furthered the publicity and quickened the end results of a sovereign …show more content…
After the attacks on Chicago and the “Days of Rage” though, the WU went underground, “into small, secret, action-oriented ‘affinity groups’ that were subject to the hierarchical command of the ‘Weather Bureau’” yet the disorganization of the “Weather Bureau” soon lead it its failure (Reich, 66-68). The focus of the WU soon became “not about revolution but about their hideouts, survival logistics, and internal group relations” totally shying away from their original goals the group lost national support as the internal disorganization of the group lead it to focus on itself more that the revolution (Reich, 77). The sudden open absence of the WU lead to the uprising of the SDS called for who called “student power….[dropping] its previous liberal identity and its commitment to nonviolence in order to become a militant antigovernment organization” still, this message did not generate public support for the group nationally (Reich, 74). Instead both groups lost popular support once their actions turned violent, such as “explosions…in the Capital, the Pentagon, and New York police headquarters” which actually created backlash for these groups (Reich, 77). This backlash
Following this split the Lehi moved to a campaign of political assassinations in Ertez Israel, staring with the assassination of Lord Moyen, the “Minister resident of the Middle East” for Britain was assassinated outside of his home (Pedahzur, 18). This event caused a lot of world wide publicity of the terrorists groups operating in Ertez Israel, captured the worlds attention and helped to further the cause of the Lehi and Irgun in establishing a sovereign Israeli state (Pedahzur) . This publicity also caught the eye of America, where “the Jews there had influence” over America policy and the “British interests in America” in maintaining a good relationship with its partner in the West eventually made it necessary for the United Nations to step into the Israeli/Palestinian conflict following further media publicity of the terrorism plaguing Ertez Israel (Being, 31). In this sense the Lehi campaign of assassinations in “striking at…unmistakable and distinctive symbol[s] of the United Kingdom” was effective in bringing the attention of the international community to the plight of the Yishuv, the Jews in Ertez Israel and their quest for sovereignty (Pedahzur, 19-20). The terrorist acts committed by the Lehi and Irun furthered the publicity and quickened the end results of a sovereign …show more content…
After the attacks on Chicago and the “Days of Rage” though, the WU went underground, “into small, secret, action-oriented ‘affinity groups’ that were subject to the hierarchical command of the ‘Weather Bureau’” yet the disorganization of the “Weather Bureau” soon lead it its failure (Reich, 66-68). The focus of the WU soon became “not about revolution but about their hideouts, survival logistics, and internal group relations” totally shying away from their original goals the group lost national support as the internal disorganization of the group lead it to focus on itself more that the revolution (Reich, 77). The sudden open absence of the WU lead to the uprising of the SDS called for who called “student power….[dropping] its previous liberal identity and its commitment to nonviolence in order to become a militant antigovernment organization” still, this message did not generate public support for the group nationally (Reich, 74). Instead both groups lost popular support once their actions turned violent, such as “explosions…in the Capital, the Pentagon, and New York police headquarters” which actually created backlash for these groups (Reich, 77). This backlash