Terrorism

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This paper examines terrorism. It notes how terrorism is an act carried out as a form of perverse theatre by malcontents who are, whatever their shortcomings as individuals, very systematic and methodical in the execution of their grim designs. The paper suggests that terrorism comes in more than one form and many terrorist organizations have as common features only their brutality and their willingness to attack the vulnerable.

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"The Nature of Terrorism Since the events of September 11, 2001, terrorism has become an issue on the minds of most, if not all, Americans. Interestingly, it could be argued that this preoccupation with terror, which in the contemporary sense means targeting the innocent and vulnerable for attack so as to facilitate a change in the policies of the nation enduring the attack (or a similar change in the policies and postures of other nations bearing witness to the violence), is not something entirely new. For instance, the brutal murder of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Games as well as the large number of grim hostage-taking and terrorist events of the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s should have made Americans keenly aware of just how unpredictable and volatile terrorism is; it should also have impressed upon them a sense of their own vulnerability."

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