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What can motivate terrorism?

What can motivate terrorism?. Fan Yi (12) Phang Zheng Xun (26) Liu Fang Xu (22). General causes. Strong feeling of injustice: to seek revenge Extreme poverty: willing to do anything for reward out of desperation.

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What can motivate terrorism?

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  1. What can motivate terrorism? Fan Yi (12) Phang Zheng Xun (26) Liu Fang Xu (22)

  2. General causes Strong feeling of injustice: to seek revenge Extreme poverty: willing to do anything for reward out of desperation. Ignorance: believing radical Muslims that terrorism is about fighting a holy war.

  3. Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab

  4. Overview Attempted to blow up a plane headed to Detroit on 25 Dec 2009. Grew up in Kaduna, Nigeria Strongly religious, which translates into loneliness Farouk Father's banking career brought much wealth. Highly educated

  5. Highly educated Graduate business program in Dubai (2009) Mechanical engineering at University College London (2007)

  6. Birthplace Westernized families like Farouk's have had contact with clerics espousing anti-Western and anti-Jewish ideals. Sani (neighbour) said: Kaduna city has a long history of religious extremism and intolerance. For 30 years, there has been violence here. People like Farouk grew up in this atmosphere. I don’t think all his radical ideas came from Yemen. EG: Many were killed in religious violence incited by the Miss World contest in 2002.

  7. Strongly religious Criticised his father's profession for charging interest. A cousin said: An American classmate at the Sana Institute for Arabic Language said: He would tell his father he needed to quit banking because it was un-Islamic. He'd even leave class in the middle to go to pray at the mosque.

  8. Strongly religious His obsession with Islam was detrimental to his social circle. Mahmoon (uncle) said: Farouk's Internet postings in 2005: He doesn't do what his peers used to do. He is always indoors reading his Koran. I feel depressed and lonely. I do not know what to do. and then I think this loneliness leads me to other problems.

  9. Unprecedented example? Osama bin Laden's father was a rich contractor in Saudi Arabia. Second in command in Al Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahri, is a doctor who was born into a highly prestigious family in Egypt. John Walker Lindh, fighter for the Taliban in Afghanistan, was the son of a lawyer.

  10. Why strongly religious? – Hani Nesira, director at Al Mesbar Studies and Research Center Lonely: These people are usually different from their social surrounding and are unable to find themselves. Depressed: Family emphasises academic excellence at the expense of their moods, psychological and intellectual inclinations. Being lonely or depressed, they seek "religious utopia", a very radical one.

  11. Christmas surprise 24 – 25 December 2010 Northwest Airlines Flight 253 Pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN)

  12. Passengers Describe Flight 253 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kXuNQCWdDE Flight 253: What went wrong? http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=6045956n Videos

  13. Forewarnings Farouk's messaged his father saying that he has found "the real Islam" and that his family "should just forget about him". Farouk's father warned American authorities that his son is a security threat. Yet he was allowed to board the plane

  14. Pre-boarding Farouk was seen with a "sharp-dressed" man around 50 years old. The second man told the ticket agent that Farouk did not have a passport. Farouk was allowed onto the plane and was unnoticed until attempted attack.

  15. Pre-boarding The Dutch counter-terror agency said that Farouk presented a valid Nigerian passport and U.S. entry visa. Did not find any indication from camera recordings that Farouk had accomplices. It was believed that the unknown man played a role in ensuring Farouk "did not get cold feet".

  16. Failure to detect Hid explosives in his underwear Screening machines not high-tech enough Farouk only had to pass through a magnetometer.

  17. Failed attack Spent 20 min in the bathroom Claimed he had a stomachache and covered himself with a blanket after returning to his seat Attempt to ignite the explosive failed – Only foul odour and popping noises were observed.

  18. Failed attack Farouk's trouser leg and the wall of the plane caught fire as a result of the failed attempt. Fellow passenger Jasper Schuringa subdued Farouk. Flight attendants put out the flame. 2 people were injured, while Farouk suffered from first and second degree burn.

  19. Failed attack Farouk had a 80 g packet of explosive powder, PETN with acetone peroxide Which is a highly dangerous plastic explosive. Farouk claimed that he was directed by al-Qaeda, and obtained the explosives in Yemen However, tests suggested that even if the explosive was ignited successfully, the plane would not receive much damage.

  20. International Response

  21. References http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/17/world/africa/17abdulmutallab.html http://msnbcmedia3.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/100124-Abdulmutallab-vmed-1p.widec.jpg http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PETN.png http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umar_Farouk_Abdulmutallab#Attack http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8548021.stm

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