2007-05-28 14:03:54 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
It's always been around. Whenever one group is not strong enough to overcome another, it uses terror to discourage others from going near them, or in leaving.
Terrorism is also used in time of war to make the enemy want to give up or not fight in the first place.
Terrorism is normally directed against civilians and other "soft targets".
Carpet bombing of cities is an example of terrorism in time of war. Earlier examples saw defeated armies having body parts removed like hands.
Modern terrorism tends to focus on placing bombs in populated areas; sometimes warnings are given (the IRA used to warn about bombs where civilians might get harmed), sometimes they're not. In particular, muslim suicide bombers are happy to die and kill as many non-muslims as possible.
2007-05-28 14:48:18 · answer #1 · answered by cernunnicnos 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The start of modern terrorism is usually considered to be the actions of the Irgun and Stern Gang formed in Palestine by illegal jewish immigrants after WW2. They carried out numerous atrocities against the Christian and Muslim Palestinians. They bombed the King David Hotel In Jerusalem killing 90 people, They took British hostages and killed them . They invented the letter bomb.
Their campaign of terror was so successful that the UN was forced to divide Palestine into two parts against the wishes of the majority of the people and so the State of Israel was born.
All terrorist groups since have modelled themselves on the jewish terror in the hope of achieving the same outcome.
2007-05-29 00:42:12 · answer #2 · answered by brainstorm 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Terrorism existed even in the Pre-Modern World. Violent acts on behalf of political change are as old as human history. The Sicarii were a first century Jewish group who murdered enemies and collaborators in their campaign to oust their Roman rulers from Judea. The Hashhashin, whose name gave us the English word "assassins," were a secretive Islamic sect active in Iran and Syria from the 11th to the 13th century. Their dramatically executed assassinations of Abbasid and Seljuk political figures terrified their contemporaries. Zealots and assassins were not, however, really terrorists in the modern sense. Terrorism is best thought of as a modern phenomenon. Its characteristics flow from the international system of nation-states, and its success depends on the existence of a mass media to create an aura of terror among many people. The beginning of modern day terrorism is generally considered to be the acs of violence the Palestinians committed towards the Isrealis after losing control of their nation in 1948 (Organizations such as Hamas and Hezbollah, which are still active today, were the major terrorist groups.)
2007-05-28 21:49:03 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
It originated as soon as one group thought their way of life was "proper". Ironically, the peace and love that most religions are supposed to teach are the primary sources for violence and terror in history and today.
2007-05-28 21:39:17 · answer #4 · answered by SupaDupaWoman 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
With Cain & Abel
2007-06-01 16:21:39 · answer #5 · answered by SainTtothEeVE 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When the US was formed.
2007-05-28 21:10:53 · answer #6 · answered by zipps1986 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Islamic principle of "Jihad." It basically states, "Sin is justifiable if it is done in the name of Allah."
2007-05-28 21:08:31 · answer #7 · answered by Charlie Brown 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋