Terrorism



-September 11, 2001 -USS Cole -British Bus bombings -Madrid Subway -Mumbai attack

All of these pictures have a similary to them. They have to do with killing others, bombing important places and having it be a religious thing that these people did it.Every target that these terriost have attacked are an important place and it shows that terriosts are on the move and will do anything to get what they want ( religiously )

Terrorism : is when a group of people or one person themselves do something reglious to gain respect from their religion. that means that they want to gain something from it, and to do that you must kill/bomb places to get where you want. Ex 9/11/01 - Terrorist attacked the twin buildings because in their religion it said if they did do what they did ( attack another place ) they would get virgins. It is all basiced on religious views that "terrorism" become what they are.

__**Terrorist**__ - A //terrorist// may be motivated by religious fervor, politics, or just plain old-fashioned greed. Great fear is exactly what terrorists hope to create so they can manipulate the situation to their benefit. Ex : Osama Bin Laden ; Arab terrorist who established al-Qaeda (born in 1957). News Ex : "Clinton said yesterday there was no evidence Pakistan’s leaders knew of the **terrorist**leader’s whereabouts." - BusinessWeek May 27, 2011

Ex : Terrorist ; a radical who employs terror as a political weapon; usually organizes with other terrorists in small cells; often uses religion as a cover for terrorist activities News Ex : " After **Osama bin Laden**'s death, Malik said, al-Qaeda elements and the Pakistani Taliban convened somewhere in Waziristan to plot a series of revenge attacks." - Time May 23, 2011
 * Osama Bin Laden** - Arab terrorist who established al-Qaeda.

Ex : Terrorist attack ; a surprise attack involving the deliberate use of violence against civilians in the hope of attaining political or religious aims News Ex : "And on **September 11**, 2001, bin Laden struck again." - Newsweek May 5, 2011
 * September 11 ** - the day in 2001 when Arab suicide bombers hijacked United States airliners and used them as bombs.

Ex : At 9:30, the terrorists announced that they were Palestinians and demanded that Israel release 200 Arab prisoners and that the terrorists be given safe passage out of Germany.
 * Munich Olympics - 1972**- officially known as the **Games of the XX Olympiad**, were an [|international] [|multi-sport event] held in [|Munich], in what was then [|West Germany], from August 26 to September 11, 1972. After Hitler time.

Ex ; the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature News Ex : " And we must not be driven from our objectives for peace in Lebanon by **state-sponsored terrorism**." - Reagan, Ronald
 * State sponsored terrorism -** terrorism practiced by a government against its own people or in support of international terrorism

Ex : [|foreign terrorist organization] ; a political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve its goals News Ex : " An IDF drone launched a missile at a car carrying **Islamic Jihad**militants, killing all four." - Time Mar 23, 2011
 * Islamic Jihad -** an Islamic extremist group active since the late 1970s; seeks to overthrow the Egyptian government and replace it with an Islamic state; works in small underground cells

Ex :[| foreign terrorist organization]; a political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve its goals News Ex : " He accused **al-Qaeda**of fueling protests in the country and said the group has stepped up attacks on domestic targets over the past four months." - BusinessWeek May 25, 2011
 * Al-Qaeda -** a terrorist network intensely opposed to the United States that dispenses money and logistical support and training to a wide variety of radical Islamic terrorist groups; has cells in more than 50 countries

Ex:[| Mashriq]; Arabic name for the Middle East News Ex : " Opening as the **Middle East**is experiencing the same political convulsions that brought down the Soviet Union, "My Perestroika" is also astoundingly timely." - Seattle Times May 26,2010
 * Middle East -** the area around the eastern Mediterranean; from Turkey to northern Africa and eastward to Iran; the site of such ancient civilizations as Phoenicia and Babylon and Egypt and the birthplace of Judaism and Christianity and Islam; had continuous economic and political turmoil in the 20th century.

New words : Ex : Present ; being or existing in a specified place News Ex : Syria's **ubiquitous**secret service has always been effective at tapping calls, employing neighbors to spy on each other and reading emails. - Time May 18, 2011
 * ubiquitous -** The word, comes from the Latin //ubique//, meaning — you guessed it — "everywhere."

ex: traditional ; consisting of or derived from tradition news ex : Disputes between these **nontraditional**couples are also on the rise. - BusinessWeek Apr 26, 2011
 * non-traditional -** not conforming to or in accord with tradition


 * CCQ'S :
 * That "terror" isn't an army, it's just someone that does it.
 * "mass mobilization" - ?
 * "But in the war on terror, sacrifice is voluntary." - that is VERY true

Basically I think this article is trying to explain that Terrorism is real, and it can't be stopped like a war. It will continue on because more and more people will join in it. This all has to do with " **Poverty, Drugs, Cancer, Illiteracy, Christmas, and Terra" .**