State-sponsored terrorism

1. Fire scenes are different than the regular crime scenes because as for the evidence of a fire scene was most likely destroyed or burned, the person who committed the crime does not usually the crime scene. This makes it a little more difficult to piece together the suspect and convict someone of their crimes. 2. The blast effect is what happens when a rush of gasses from the source of the bomb blows outward. 3. Two types of high explosives are both primary and secondary. Primary explosives…

Following the events that occurred on September 11, 2001, Muslims have been subjected to the vile stereotype that projects all Muslims as terrorists. In Brent Staples’ essay “Just Walk on by: Black Men and Public Space,” he argues that black men are victimized because of society's perception of them. This can be compared to the victimization of Muslims due to society’s image of them as well; however, this stereotype is incorrect based on statistics, evidence, and my personal experience. In…

The term '”terrorism” was first used in English during the French Revolution, when the Jacobins, rulers of the revolutionary state, employed violence, including mass executions by guillotine, to intimidate regime enemies. Back then, the definition of a “terrorist” was: “an adherent or supporter of the Jacobins, who advocated and practiced methods of partisan repression and bloodshed in the propagation of the principles of democracy and equality” (oxforddictionaries.com). It was in this context,…

Christian numbers have declined from 1.5 million to 200,000. Conjointly, thousands of Syrian Christians have been tortured and killed (1). The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, better known as ISIS, is held accountable for these madhouse exterminations. ISIS is a callous terrorist organization that has rounded themselves on the inception of Islam terrorism, or witnessed as the Muslim Brotherhood. They domineer over Muslims and want to be explicated as "top-notch" to the entire Muslim turf. All…

Terrorism remains an ever present threat in the U.S. Critical infrastructure and key resources (CI/KR) will continue to be enticing targets for terrorist activities for a number of reasons, including their economic impact (e.g. 9/11), symbology (e.g. U.S.S. Cole) and their psychological impact to a surrounding city or nation. Asymmetric in nature, terrorist seek to cripple their enemies by attacking components of a larger system. For example, in her 2002 report for Congress, Gail Makinen…

Bad, the product of good. Science is evolving. Each day, new inventions, discoveries are made. Most of them is good. Great in fact. Until something is not. Some of the new medical discoveries cure some diseases. However, the coming generations, will suffer from the long-term side effects of these discoveries. In this course’s reading, I got the chance to be surrounded by discoveries that I hope one day will be true. Reading “The Evening and the Morning and the Night” by Octavia Butler (spring…

In addition to educating the citizens, the Congress has established monitoring systems and surveillance against terrorism attacks. Monitoring is achieved by the use of advanced cameras in public places to monitor any suspicious activities within a given region (Cameron and Trivedi 189). The public is also advised to report, in case they feel threatened by an individual…

clearly. They can be martyrs or pouring out their anger/frustration/rigid beliefs on people through violence. The governments are failing on these fronts as this becomes very difficult to invent counter solutions to seize terrorism. This is the reason why researchers and scholars state that this should be taken as disease management which should include prevention/control rather than counter measures…

In the article written by Kareem Shaheen titled: “Isis fighters destroy ancient artefacts at the Mosul museum” It details about ISIS activities of destroying ancient artifacts from museums. ISIS had posted a video of its members destroying artifacts from the Mosul museum under religious “right”. The main target of the video was the artifacts of Assyrians and Akkadians, all very valuable and dating back to even the 7th century. ISIS has destroyed many artifacts as they advanced in the region…

WHAT IS A HYBRID THREAT? CPT RUSSELL GREENFIELD MICCC 17-005 3RD SQUAD March 30, 2017 A hybrid threat is the diverse and dynamic combination of regular forces, irregular forces, and criminal elements all unified to achieve mutually benefiting effects . While an exact agreed upon definition is a current a topic of debate, it is essentially the blending of multiple types of warfare to exploit the weaknesses of a stronger adversary. Hybrid threats, regardless of the…