Terrorism Articles Analyzed

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This paper discusses and compares several articles on terrorism in the world today. It examines two articles by A. Silkie ("The Devil You Know," 2001, and "Courage in Dark Places," 2004), S. Atran's "Mishandling Suicide Terrorism," 2004, and R. Pape's 2003 "The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism". "The Devil You Know" talks about how research about terrorism and terrorists is a problematic field because there is a lack of basic scientific research assumptions about cause and effect when dealing with terrorism. Silkie's second article also deals with the issue of defining terrorism accurately. Both articles by Atran and Pape deal with the specific phenomenon of suicide bombers.

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"If the judiciary can be seen in a democratic society as a middle-ground in which fairness, duality, and moderation are held in esteem, the terrorist is the diametrical opposite of this system: s/he is extreme and single-minded, and often seeks to ignore and/or eliminate this middle ground, as is clearly shown in the phenomenon of suicide bombing focused upon by Atran. In passing laws to protect citizens against terrorism, the judiciary must be careful not to take on an equally extremist attitude in reaction that would possibly curtail the natural rights of its citizens."

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