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Title: Terrorism


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Terrorism
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What is it?
  • The systematic use of violence by a group in
    order to intimidate a population or coerce a
    government into granting its demands.
  • KEY WORDS
  • - systematic
  • - intimidate
  • - coerce

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What makes something terror?
  • Terrorism differs from assassinations and other
    acts of political violence because attacks are
    aimed at ordinary people rather than a military
    targets or political leaders.
  • Rubenstein

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Is it terrorism?
  • Sometimes it can be hard to distinguish!

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Al-Qaeda
  • Founded by Osama bin Laden
  • Jihad DOES NOT MEAN HOLY WAR!
  • Jihad striving
  • Al-Qaeda follows a corrupted version of Islam
    that is REJECTED by 99.9 of Muslims.

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State Sponsorship of Terror
  • Libya
  • Afghanistan
  • Iraq
  • Iran
  • Pakistan
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