what is a terrorism?

Question

what are they doing and why?i really want to know

Answer 1

To put it simply: a terrorist is the other guy.

When Jews were bombing Brits and Paleastinians in the 1930s/40s, they were called terrorists. Today, they are heroes.

Technically George Washington and the rest were traitors. They won, so to us they are heroes.

One person's "freedom fighter" is another's "terrorist".

Answer 2

Terrorism is a word that no longer has any true meaning, save for its use as a signal to the most simple minded that "this is someone we must hate." Think of Orwell's "four legs good, two legs bad". When someone uses the word "terrorist" lightly, know that that person cannot be trusted.

Think about the meaning of terrorism. Wikipedia says "Terrorism refers to a strategy of using violence, social threats, or coordinated attacks, in order to generate fear, cause disruption, and ultimately, bring about compliance with specified political, religious, or ideological demands." Was 9/11 an act of terrorism? YES. Was pimping out 9/11 to force an unwilling America to invade Iraq terrorism? By the above definition, maybe. Maybe Terrorism Lite.

Answer 3

Terrorism is thanatos in action...a strategy of the week,a propaganda of deed,a political communication by a group generally comprised of truants, heretics, dropouts, fanatics, psychopaths ,fantics and psychiatric recruits to subvert the legitimate socio-economic and political orders.Its a defiance against the established relation of controller and controlled. Terrorism is never an ideology nor a philosophy..though they always claim.Terrorism follow the simple doctrine..kill one and humiliate thousands.The dynamics of terrorism is such that its damage, trauma are disproportionately higher than the actual physical violence can do. in this process there is a terrorist group, the immidiate victims, the soft/hard target, the bystanders ..and the larger audiece to be humiliated through use of violence, kidnaps,destruction threats or propaganda etc .Why they r doing so require interdisciplinary focus. So far as i think its percieved unjustice, deprivation anxiety, realistic competition,psychiatric status, emotional whirlpool due to which wisdom is whiddled and reason routed. Misnterpretation of the notion of jihad is a well known reason of Islamic terrorism.

Answer 4

Terrorism is the use of terror to coerce someone to do what you want. And terrorist do many different things in acts of terror. Do a Yahoo! search for "acts of terrorism" too many different things to list in a post.

Answer 5

Extremism on religious belief creates terrorism

Answer 6

A person(usually an immigrant, alien, or foreigner) who uses terror to weaken a country/city/etc...

Answer 7

I THINK FLYING PLANES INTO BUILDINGS IS A START AT WHAT TERRORISM IS

Answer 8

Terrorism

The unlawful use of force or violence against persons or property in order to coerce or intimidate a government or the civilian population in furtherance of political or social objectives.

Terrorism is the systematic use of terror or violence to achieve political goals. The targets of terrorism include government officials, identified individuals or groups, and innocent bystanders. In most cases terrorists seek to overthrow or destabilize an existing political regime, but totalitarian and dictatorial governments use terror to maintain their power. In the United States, a series of terrorist actions in the 1990s led to the enactment of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (Pub. L. No. 104-132). This act sought to combat and prevent terrorism through the development of antiterrorism programs and the strengthening of procedures and penalties.

Terrorism has been used throughout human history and in every part of the world. Roman emperors practiced terror to maintain their regimes, the Spanish Inquisition used it to root out religious heretics, the French Revolution went through a period called the Reign of Terror, and in the post-Civil War southern United States, the Ku Klux Klan used illegal threats and violence to intimidate supporters of Reconstruction.

In the late twentieth century, terrorism became a tool of political groups in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. The growth of international terrorism led to kidnappings, hijacking of airplanes, bombing of airplanes and buildings, and armed attacks on government and public facilities. In the 1980s several countries including Libya, Iran, and Iraq were identified as supporting international terrorism by providing training, weapons, and safe havens.

In February 1993 the bombing of the World Trade Center in New York City, New York, killed six people and injured more than a thousand others. The bomb left a crater 200 by 100 feet wide and five stories deep. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Joint Terrorist Task Force identified and helped bring to trial twenty-two Islamic fundamentalist conspirators. The trial revealed extensive plans for terrorist acts in the United States, including attacks on government facilities.

In the 1990s the United States also became more concerned about domestic terrorist activities carried out by U.S. citizens without any foreign involvement. Beginning in 1978, a person who came to be known as the Unabomber targeted university scientists, airline employees, and other persons he associated with a dehumanized, technology driven society. The suspect killed three people and injured twenty-three others with package bombs. At his insistence major newspapers published his 35,000-word manifesto describing his antitechnology philosophy. In April 1996 a suspect, Theodore Kaczynski, was arrested for crimes associated with the Unabomber.

More than the Unabomber, however, the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, on April 19, 1995, galvanized concerns about domestic terrorism. The bombing killed 168 people and injured more than 500 others. The FBI arrested Timothy J. McVeigh and Terry Nichols, who were charged with murder and conspiracy. McVeigh and Nichols have been connected to the right-wing militia movement, which opposes the powers held by the federal government and believes that its members' right to bear arms is threatened. In June 1997 McVeigh was found guilty of murder and conspiracy and sentenced to death.

In the aftermath of the Oklahoma City bombing, President Bill Clinton and members of Congress proposed measures to address terrorism. The Antiterrorism Act was signed into law in April 1996. The law allocated $1 billion to fund federal programs to combat terrorism. The act also established a federal death penalty for terrorist murders and strengthened penalties for crimes committed against federal employees while performing their official duties. In addition, the act increased the penalties for conspiracies involving explosives and for the possession of nuclear materials, criminalized the use of chemical weapons, and required plastic explosives to contain "tagging" elements in the explosive materials for detection and identification purposes.

Under the law, the U.S. secretary of state can designate groups as terrorist organizations and prohibit fund-raising on behalf of these groups in the United States. The secretary of the treasury is authorized to freeze assets of these terrorist organizations and forbid U.S. citizens from conducting financial transactions with known terrorist states. In addition, any person who is a representative or member of a designated terrorist organization can be denied entry to the United States, and the U.S. attorney general can deny asylum to suspected terrorists.

Answer 9

Killing sensible people & going against a country

Answer 10

Dropping bombs on innocents like operation shock and awe.