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Modern Terrorism. “The unlawful use of, or threatened use of violence to inculcate fear, intended to coerce or intimidate governments or societies as to the pursuit of goals that are generally political, religious, or ideological.” DOD.
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“The unlawful use of, or threatened use of violence to inculcate fear, intended to coerce or intimidate governments or societies as to the pursuit of goals that are generally political, religious, or ideological.”DOD
“a political rather than a military victory”Matthew Carr“One man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter”
A History of Terrorism *** Trailer for The Battle of Algiers
Battle of Algiers Trailer • What did you notice about the “terrorists” in the video (who participated)? • Why did the US government want a copy of the trailer to study in 2003? • Why bombing?
“Hell-hounds called Terrorists”Reign of Terror in France, 1793-94
The Terrorist Decades1960s-1990s *** “The Rifles of the I.R.A”
IRA1919 • Use guerilla tactics to gain independence, 1921 • Surprise, hit-and-run attacks • British still rule N. Ireland; Collins assassinated
The Troubles1966-1998 • Protestant unionists want to remain under UK control • Catholic nationalists, IRA want a united Ireland • Negotiate Peace 2001 • “This can work for you”
Black September1972 • Kidnapped 11 Israeli athletes at Munich • Olympics; detonate bomb killing all athletes
Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) • Want to liberate Palestine from Israeli occupation • Leader = Yasser Arafat • Currently do not have a state
Hezbollah continued • Lebanese-based group • Allowed PLO to operate in Lebanon; Israel occupies land • Goal: eliminate all non-Islamic influences in Muslim countries • 1982-84 Beirut bombings – 240 marines killed
Libya – The beginning • Gaddafi (Libya) comes to power in a bloodless coup • Amassed billions via oil industry • Sponsored various anti-western terrorist organizations, esp. any against the US • Policies were pro-USSR • Reagan launches air strikes to eliminate him; unsuccessful
Libya – The Conflict Continues • 2011 protests in Tunisia & Egypt spread to Libya • Gaddafi vows to kill anyone rebelling against the government; civil war ensues • UN intervenes; begins air strikes against Gaddafi and his supporters; eventually killed by rebels
Al Qaeda • Loose alliance of jihadist groups founded in 1988 • Dominated by Zawahiri • Funded by bin Laden
The February 1998 fatwa:the “ruling to kill the Americans and their allies—civilian and military—is an individual duty for every Muslim who can do it in any country in which it is possible to do it.” August attacks on embassies in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam
“Here is America filled with terror from north to south and from east to west, and we thank Allah for that.”Osama bin Laden, November 2001
Terrorism in theTwenty-First Century *** Tomorrow’s Pioneers Al-Aqsa TV
Rise of the FedayeenBorder Incidents between Israel and Jordan1967: 916 1970: 2,432