State-sponsored terrorism

violated firsthand by a drone, it is an invasion of privacy, it can be violating, to an extent. Drones can be good and bad. Drones are vital in search and rescue as well as combating terrorism. Which side are you on? Military personnel as well as law enforcement praise the use of drones when it comes to fighting terrorism and crime. There are many successful outcomes in the use of drones here and overseas. Take for instance, a top Al Qeda leader that was killed by a drone attack in the Zabul…

So far this paper has looked at the definitions of terrorism from scholars and official bodies. These definitions are wide and different, but they seem to include similar themes. Next, the paper explored the current state of affairs in Mexico and how cartels continue to operate. There are more than half a dozen large cartels working within the country, and a brief background on each has prepared for a thorough examination. To fully determine if cartels are terrorist organizations, the paper will…

Terrorism is a crime with an intent for a political outcome. Common acts of terrorism that are familiar to most are airline hijackings, suicide bombings, rocket/missile attacks, IEDs and anthrax letters. What is the motive of most of most terrorists who choose their target? It depends on the benefit they are seeking. Several different outcomes include the following: media sensation, fear, mass destruction and death, and humiliate officials and governments (Newman & Clarke, n.d). Terrorists…

Upon the majority of wars, acts of terrorism and mass shooting happening in today’s society, there has always been a sense of revenge to satisfy happiness and or social status on one side or another. Mass media and propaganda have led to an increased interest in coalitions, religious views, and political interest. The belief that an individual’s actions determine what good things and bad things happen in the future is correlated to how they preserve life. While karma can be an uncontroversial…

role in the presentation of aggression in today’s world; aggression can be displayed in the form of terrorism, school violence, or as individual emotional processes. This paper will review three articles representing three uniquely different aspects of aggression, and will show how aggression is molded in to many social functions we encounter on a daily basis. Understanding Terrorism Terrorism is one of the most violent acts of aggression that can be displayed in today’s culture, it is a…

as punishment. Statman believes that war on terror is much different than conventional war and must be dealt with differently, and that the West is not adequately prepared for these means of threat. Statman immediately catches my attention when he states “… tanks, jets, and submarines are helpful when confronting other tanks, jets, and submarines, not hijackers carrying knives…

message being sent. Much has been written about the special nature of terrorism as performative violence. This idea that terrorism is a conscious effort to engage an audience through violence that contains “symbolic expressive” features - such as destroying a national symbol, or by asserting a fearful presence in a previously safe location (Matusitz, 23). Like any captivating performance that requires audience input, terrorism requires the audience to both recognise that a performance is…

Hannibal uses symbols to give the series a deeper more complex meaning. The first symbol we are introduced to is the orange line flashing across the screen as Will prepares himself to enter the mind of the murderer. The orange line represents a shift in mind for Will. He is no longer a detective, instead a killer. In addition, the orange line can represent the thin line separating good and evil, as all that separates morally good Will and a killer is that thin line. A frequently used,…

HATRED: A GATEWAY TO VIOLENCE “Let no man pull you so low as to hate him.” (Martin Luther King). Hatred is an inner feeling or emotion that takes birth when a person develops an extreme dislike for someone. This hatred, if not directed correctly, can transform into vengeance which would further lead to viciousness/violence. As the above quote explains, a person should not pull another so low that the other person develops a spark of hatred in his/her heart. This hatred causes humanity to…

A suicide bomber is a person, a man or woman, who execute bomb attacks in different areas, and they know that they will kill themselves in the process of doing so. Suicide bombers are also called homicide bombers. In the history of suicide bombing, people have been used by other people as a building block of their success and are thought and treated to be living tools (Lewis, 2013). They usually target places where there are numerous people and then blow themselves up, causing mass panic all…