Paramilitary

as the War on Terror and the War on Drugs, these paramilitary units are here to stay for the foreseeable…

decisions within Australia and abroad (Belasco 2010). The United Nations defines terrorism as ‘the act of violence that targets civilians in the pursuit of ideological or political aims’. Traditional policing methods characteristically depend on a paramilitary like structure, which promotes the distancing of police form the community. On the other hand however, community-policing…

same time of the FARC incident, paramilitary soldiers gathered at a courthouse to await the trial of their AUC leader. Nobody batted an eye because of the FARC incident covering it up. The public also has a very warped perception of the war. 32% of Colombians say that FARC is responsible for the war, but experts say otherwise. These people are also blaming themselves for their civil war, which could also be a reason they voted no. In the articles on the paramilitaries, the writers dull their…

The FARC had a two-pronged public component: public service and political participation through the Patriotic Union. By offering public services including education, health care, and other necessities that the Colombian government could not provide the FARC gained both legitimacy and following, drawing peasants and urban youth to the communal lifestyle espoused by FARC propaganda. The FARC acted like a state in some departments, especially in rural areas with little government presence. In these…

covert actions in the Cold War have included a wide range of operations, with different levels of violence involved and plausible deniability: (a) propaganda; (b) political activities; (c) economic activity; (d) sabotage; (e) coups d’état; and (f) paramilitary activities. Speaking in 1999, former DCI Robert Gates highlighted that the Intelligence history of the Cold War experienced large success with covert actions, such as the cases of Iran in 1953 and Guatemala in 1954. Most notably, the…

Explain to what extent conflict in northern Ireland has now been resolved. Thy Good Friday agreement Northern Ireland has been subject to much conflict throughout the 20th century, the Good Friday agreement of April 10th 1998 was the latest attempt at bringing peace to the troubled nation. Its aim was to set up a power sharing assembly to govern Northern Ireland, by cross community consent; so essentially, Ireland could run itself again. It was reached after two years of talks, because the key…

agencies like MI5 (Irish Republican Army And Censorship). In 1969, the IRA split into the Official IRA (OIRA) and the Provisional IRA (PIRA). The OIRA gave up paramilitary actions and chose a political and peaceful route and became The Worker's Party of Ireland (Toolis). The PIRA adopted the original IRA style and stayed a paramilitary organization. The…

discussion, analysis The results of this analysis have revealed three themes; how propaganda influenced peoples thinking, how framing was used by media organisations throughout the troubles, how newspapers where bias when reporting and also how paramilitary groups used the media as a self-serving tool. The author will back these themes up with quotes from the transcripts and newspaper articles. The authors aim in this research was to gather information from journalists who reported during the…

and Tactics and SWAT teams are usually involved in situations which require aggressive tactics (“SWAT team” 2011). According to Peter Kraska, writer of “Militarization of American Police”, police paramilitary units can be described as a SWAT team or a special response team (2005). A police paramilitary unit can be described as a police unit bearing a military like structure. The…

There are several aspects of the cognitive approach that can be analyzed in the context of the Bay of Pigs intervention. I will first highlight some of the events leading up to the decision to intervene, then I will examine the particular aspects of the debates that led to the failure of the invasion and the capture of the U.S. forces. In the 1950s, Cuba was a popular tourist and business destination for Americans. The U.S. had a strong trade relationship with Cuba, especially regarding the…