terrorism
What drives individuals to resort to such violent acts as hi-jacking a plane, bombing a building, and/or assassinating a religious or political figure? How do individuals and organizations justify these acts of terror? These acts can be described as terrorist actions. Terrorism is a growing international problem. During the last twenty years, new terrorist groups have sprung up all over the world. Governments have had little success in their attempts to resolve issues in which terrorism is used. In the following report I will be discussing extensively problems of religious terrorism within the United States, a focus on the religious terrorist group al-Qaeda and their primary victims and perpetrators, the types of punishments given for acts of terrorism. A major problem in discussing terrorism is establishing a generally accepted definition. Terrorism can be described as," the unlawful use of fear or force to achieve certain political, economical, or social aims." (Blain, pg. 417) A broad legal definition of the word terrorism is found in the American Law Institutes Model of the Penal Code which states, "a person is guilty of
There are also prophetic sayings that list Jihad among the highest religious duties, higher even than performing the pilgrimage to Mecca, which is one of the five pillars of the Muslim faith. of supporting terrorism they are; Iraq, Iran, Syria, Libya, Sudan, North Korea, Cuba and now Afghanistan. At this point in time, US intelligence believes that Bin Laden was financing at least three terrorist training camps in North Sudan, where half-dozen nations received their training. had officially changed its policy to a more offensive approach called "counter-terrorism," that focuses on the "sources of violence," the terrorists themselves, and those who harbor them. This organization was created to organize the funds and channel fighters to the Afghanistan resistance. Together al-Zawahiri and bin Laden got al-qaeda off its feet. In Mogadishu Somalia on October 3rd and 4th 1993, eighteen US troops were ambused in an urban attack. Americans gave over $600 million to New York City relief found. This is seen in the attacks of September 11 by the randomness of victims. For Qutb and later Bin Laden the jihad was always associated with conquest and a war sanctioned by Islamic tradition. (Mayer, 2002)Osama bin Muhammad bin Awad bin Laden was born in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia in 1957, his family originally came from Yemen. (Corbin, 57) Al-Fadl later explained that al-Qaeda was split into fur communities' military, religious, financial, and media. It is unlikely that we will ever see an end to terrorism. John Ashcroft was in charge of the investigations and possible trails of people connected to 9/11.
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