Terrorism+Resaerch

__**2 COLUMN NOTES ON TERRORISM READING**__

> 1972: During the Munich Olympics, Palestinian group Black September kidnapped and killed 11 Israeli athletes. > 1970s - 1990s: The Irish Republican Army caused millions of dollars worth of damage in the 1994 bombing of the London Atlantic Exchange building. > 1995: Aum Shinrikyo, a Japanese religious movement, released poisonous sarin gas on the Tokyo subway, killing 13 people and causing temporary vision problems for thousand others. ||
 * **Main Idea:**
 * CCQs (a minimum of 5 for full credit)**
 * **9/11**
 * Olympics
 * French Revolution
 * Treaty of Versicle
 * Aghganistan
 * Other parts of middle east
 * Terroism in Sudan for about 7 years now || **MI: Terrorism has been around for 100s of year and continues to be a main issue around the world. There are a lot of factors in terrorism **
 * Definition of Terrorism:**
 * **Terrorism is undefined**
 * **No agreement on definition**
 * **there is a common understanding**
 * **violence used to create fear for the purpose of political/social change**
 * **motivated by political, religious and ideological motivations**
 * **UN Resolution officially takes a stand against terrorism**
 * State-Sponsored Terrorism:**
 * **statelessness = power **
 * purpose is to undermine government power
 * among many types of violent non-state actors
 * some = state sponsored
 * Methods of Operations:**
 * objective accomplished by threats, bombings,assassinations,intimidation, coerce, and create fear among public
 * cause = limited resource
 * effect = violent acts to attract attention
 * attacks are specific in order to get big attention
 * attacks affect victims and other people
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 70%;">attacks are usually around busy places
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 70%;">airline hijackings, bomb scares, car bombs, building explosions, threats or actual assassinations and kidnappings, mailings of dangerous materials, and agro-terrorism computer-based attacks chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) weapons or even weapons of mass destruction
 * Human Rights Violation:**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 70%;">**terrorism = human right violation**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 70%;">attack on innocent= threat to freedoms
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 70%;">denies right to security
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 70%;">promotes racism
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 70%;">non-victims may still be victimized
 * Historic Examples of Terrorism:**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 70%;">Reign of Terror - firts historical "terror" period.(French Revolution)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 70%;">9/11 - Most famous. (US)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 70%;">Madrid Train Bombing - bombing of busy train in Spain. 192 killed, 1800 injured.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 70%;">1946: Zionist Israeli military group Irgun bombed the King David Hotel in Jerusalem of the British Mandate of Palestine, killing 91 people.

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 * <span style="font-family: 'Times','serif';">Research Guide: Terrorism and Your Country ****<span style="font-family: 'Times','serif';">Directions: Use the questions below to guide your research on your country’s experience with terrorism. **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times','serif';">Have any acts of terror occurred in your country? (Include the date, perpetrators, and their motives **
 * Sudan rebel front claims first attack in South Kordofan []
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times','serif';">What has your country done to combat terrorism? (Have they created new laws, organizations, campaigns etc. to deal with terrorism?) **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times','serif';">they retaliate
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times','serif';">What actions has your country taken on the issue on an international level? Does you country help other countries who are victims on terrorism? If so, how do they? **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times','serif';">My country does not help other countries who are victims of terrorism. UN has a terrorism watch on Sudan
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times','serif';">Is you country a member of any international organization and/or coalition currently working to stop terrorism? **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times','serif';">Other than the UN, no
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times','serif';">What role would your country like to see the international community take to address the problem of terrorism? **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times','serif';">Find terrorist leaders and stop them. Also, come to and agreement with South Sudan