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GLOBAL TERRORISM
Jeff Moses2015 GCC
“Courage is not the absence of fear, but being able to do what is right in the presence of it.”
Terrorism – Some definitions• Is an unlawful act of violence
• Intimidates governments or societies
• Goal is to achieve political, religious or ideological objectives
Arthur H. Garrison
“Kill one, frighten ten thousand.” Sun Tzu
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Defining terrorism
• ‘The pursuit of political goals through the systematic use of terror alone’ Townshend, Terrorism (2002)
• Fear that the terrorist act creates goes beyond physical damage caused
• Terrorism is (in part) ‘symbolic violence’ Law, Terrorism: A History (2009)
DISCUSSION POINTIn pairs consider the following statements:1.‘One person’s terrorist is another’s freedom fighter’
2.Michael Burleigh, Blood and Rage (2008): terrorists criminals, insane, ‘morally squalid’
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THE LONDON RIOTS - STREET TERRORISM?
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Questioning violence
• Violence provokes questions and judgements
• Are we living in a particularly violent age?• Political and religious ideologies,
austerity, economic injustice, new technologies; has violence taken on new forms in the modern age?
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Terrorism and Today
• New causes to fight for and against – nationalism, colonialism, communism, fascism, anarchism
• Role of modern technologies and communication networks
• Attacks on Western modernity (although groups like al-Qaida use modern technologies)
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AL QAIDAIn the 1990s a new strand of global terrorism emerged. Osam Bin Laden, son of a wealthy Saudi family established a fanatical cell of Islamic extremists.
Hatred of the USA, its Allies and other Arab regimes was unlimited. Their campaign of murder and terror started in 1998 with attacks on western embassies around the world.
Timeline• Feb 1995 the first bombing of
the World Trade Center. • Aug 1996 Declares war against
the United States. • Feb 1997 "If someone can kill
an American soldier, it is better than wasting time on other matters."
• Feb 1998 Announces International Islamic Front for Jihad Against the Jews and Crusaders.
• 11 Sep 2001World Trade Center bombing.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lKZqqSI9-s
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2002 Bali bombingsThe 2002 Bali bombings occurred on 12 October 2002 in the tourist district of Kuta on the Indonesian island of Bali. The attack was the deadliest act of terrorism in the history of Indonesia, killing 202 people, (including 88 Australians, and 38 Indonesian citizens).[1] A further 240 people were injured.
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The Madrid train bombings consisted of a series of coordinated bombings against the Cercanías (commuter train) system of Madrid, Spain on the morning of 11 March 2004 (three days before Spain's general elections), killing 191 people and wounding 1,800.[1] The official investigation by the Spanish Judiciary determined the attacks were directed by an al-Qaeda-inspired terrorist cell[2][3] although no direct al-Qaeda participation (only "inspiration"[4][5][6]) has been established.[7][8][9
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On the morning of Thursday, 7 July 2005, four Islamic homegrown terrorists detonated four bombs, three in quick succession aboard London Underground trains across the city and, later, a fourth on a double-decker bus in Tavistock Square. Fifty-two people, as well as the four bombers, were killed in the attacks, and over 700 more were injured.
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2011: KILLING BIN LADEN
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“For God and country – Geronimo, Geronimo, Geronimo.”
TERRORISM TODAY – THE NEW THREATS
•ISIS ISIS and ISIL:Islamic State of Iraq
and Syria (ISIS /or Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Estimated 50,000 in Syria / 30,000 in Iraq
Estimated $2 billion in net assets by mid 2014 private donors, robbing banks, etc.
Produces raw crude and sells electric power in Syria
Sophisticated in use of social media; cunning, brutal, well-funded.
ISIS is believe to have established foothold in Mexico in cooperation with drug cartels.
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ISIS ConquestThe speed and ruthlessness of the Iraq Northern Offensive caught the world off guard
Source: (Map) US Officials, Institute for the Study of War, The Long War Journal
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TUNISIAN TERROR: JUNE 26TH. 2015The murderous attack took place at one of Tunisia’s most popular
tourist resorts a few kilometres outside of Sousse.
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