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