Chapter 34 Terrorism

1. Chapter 34Terrorism How should we respond?

2. Anarchist Cell Cyberterrorism Fanatical Hijack Idealist Infiltration Martyr Nationalist Revolutionary Commando Concessions Counterterrorism Extradite Hard-line Passive Preemptive Chapter 34 Vocabulary

3. Read pages 463-464 • Based upon this timeline what do all of these incidents have in common? • In your opinion what is terrorism. • Read pages 464-465. • How does the textbook define / describe a terrorism?

4. Discussion questions • In your opinion why do many of the people whom we label as “terrorist” refuse to call themselves by that label? • (It is a derogatory term: these people may have more positive labels for themselves, such as “Freedom Fighters.”) • What are some of the goals of terrorist? • (Revolution to take control of a state, creation of a new nation, and anarchy) • (Goals of a terrorists can sometimes be inferred from the labels we apply to them) • (Revolutionary terrorists, Nationalistic terrorist, and Anarchistic terrorist)

5. Read pages 466-468 • Who are terroristthrough toWhat are the best antiterrorist measures • Describe the social profile of a typical terrorist as sketched on pg. 466. • (A typical terrorist is male in his early twenties, single, college educated, and from a middle-class to upper-class home) • In your opinion do you think terrorists usually fit this profile?

6. Discussion questions • Describe the organization of a typical terrorist group. • (It consists of small cells of 4 to 5, secrecy is maintained by having only one cell member, -the leader- make contact with other cells.) • (No membership list is maintained. Most ties with friends and family have been broken.)

7. Look at the picture on pg. 467 • In your opinion why does this picture depict a terrorist act? • Is there an international network of terrorists? • (The authors describe contact among various terrorist groups and the help that they give one another)

8. Discussion questions • What is meant by the term “state sponsored terrorism”? • (Some governments sponsor terrorist groups or even engage in actions themselves that could be labeled “terroristic.”) • (Libya and North Korea for example allowed terrorists to live and train within their borders.) • (Some governments have provided money, arms, and advice to terrorist groups.) • (Iraq was accused of terrorism when it allowed oil to spill into the Persian Gulf from occupied Kuwait in 1991.) • (Even the U.S. was accused of terrorism when its agents mined a Nicaraguan harbor in the mid-1980s.)

9. Discussion questions • In your opinion “Is Terrorism always wrong?” Explain your reasoning

10. Fighting Terrorism • In your opinion what should be done to combat terrorism? • Who should be responsible for carrying out the responses to terrorism? • Read pages 468-472 • What are the best antiterrorist measures all the waythrough Terrorism in the media • Why are proposals to fight terrorism sometimes expressed in extreme terms such as the idea of assassinating terrorists or leaders of countries that sponsor terrorist groups? • (People often react emotionally to terrorism)

11. Discussion questions • In your opinion which of the following actions do you think is the best method in dealing with terrorism? Explain why. • Military Force • Security Measures • Law Enforcement • Economic Measures • Diplomatic Efforts

12. Quote • “…terrorism wins, even where it loses. Its victory comes not when it blows an airliner out of the sky or sends an innocent tourists to a watery grave but when it eggs the democracy into actions that undo sacred liberties and corrupt the devotion to justice that is democracy’s finest achievement.” • In your opinion what does this mean? • Do you agree or disagree with it and why?

13. Final thought question • “Do you think that the hard-line approach in responding to terrorists’ demands is better than a more flexible one? Why or why not?”

14. Cyber terrorism • http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=5578986n&tag=cbsnewsMainColumnArea.5 • 60 minutes 11-8-09 Sabotaging the system.