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2006-08-21 19:23:55 · 16 answers · asked by Jacks036 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
To kill infidels (that's you and me), to establish an Islamic caliphate worldwide, and to find favor with Allah and obtain a place in heaven. Interesting article in the current Atlantic magazine about how well the bad guys are doing.
2006-08-21 19:31:31 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Terrorism as we know it began as Palestinian peoples' uprising against Israel (funded and armed by the USA). Israel's army has occupied Palestinian lands since the 1967 war with its Arab Muslim neighbors, including Egypt and Syria.
Since then, Israel has conducted systematic destruction of Palestinian culture, society, and life, in order to force its residents to leave (or die) so that Israel can claim the land for itself. The people already living on that land have no army and no heavy weapons with which to fight against the overwhelmingly superior forces of Israel, so they fight with their fists and rocks and, yes, terrorism.
Keep in mind that the UN has declared the Israeli army an "occupying force", which means that the Palestinians have the legal right to resist the occupation. It doesn't give them the legal right to kill civilians in Israel proper, though.
Israel has been the subject of at least 65 UN resolutions condemning its actions against the Palestinian people and Lebanon.
The government of Israel wants a Jewish state on all of the land it occupies. The Palestinians want to stay in their homeland and govern themselves. That's the basic issue.
It's like what the USA did to the Indians. The Palestinians don't want that to happen to them.
2006-08-22 02:42:25 · answer #2 · answered by Baxter 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Terror is the point. Peace.
2006-08-22 03:35:47 · answer #3 · answered by wildrover 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.cfr.org/issue/135/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorism
2006-08-22 02:30:01 · answer #4 · answered by nice guy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
to force a political message the deaf western ears refuse to listen to.
2006-08-22 02:31:18 · answer #5 · answered by Mustafa 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Please read the definition of "Terrorism" in your dictionary. When you do, remember Al Qaeda is not a Government. (You'll see)
2006-08-22 02:31:09 · answer #6 · answered by pickle head 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Terror, of course.
2006-08-22 02:28:54 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's bloodthirsty idiots who are killing innocent women and children using religion as an excuse.
2006-08-22 02:45:50 · answer #8 · answered by Nut B 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ummm - read Orwell.
2006-08-22 02:52:34 · answer #9 · answered by Magnaminus Mister Boo 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To terrify.
2006-08-22 02:29:05 · answer #10 · answered by Jeff P 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋