Terrorism+Research

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

> power= > state sponsored=
 * **Main Idea:**
 * CCQs (a minimum of 5 for full credit)**
 * when i think of terrorism i think of 9/11.
 * Munic Olympics
 * to me afghanistan seems to be the country that carries out the most terrorism.
 * does Sudan have a lot of terrorists acts?
 * what terrorist act in all of history had the biggest impact?
 * || **Definition of Terrorism:**
 * **Terrorism is undefined, no agreement on a definistion**
 * **Common understanding of what "Terrorism" is, terrorising civlians with violence for change.**
 * **Motivated by political, religeous, & ideological motivations.**
 * **UN Resolution officially takes a stand against terrorism. 65/34**
 * State-Sponsored Terrorism:**
 * =**statelessness **=
 * =**statelessness **=
 * =**purpose is to undermine government power **=
 * =**among many types of violent non-state actors **=
 * =**some **=
 * 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
 * attacks are usually around busy places
 * Human Rights Violation:**
 * **terrorism = human right violation**
 * attack on innocent= threat to freedoms
 * denies right to security
 * promotes racism
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">non-victims may still be victimized
 * Historic Examples of Terrorism:**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">Reign of Terror - firts historical "terror" period.(French Revolution)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">9/11 - Most famous. (US)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">Madrid Train Bombing - bombing of busy train in Spain. 192 killed, 1800 injured.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">1946: Zionist Israeli military group Irgun bombed the King David Hotel in Jerusalem of the British Mandate of Palestine, killing 91 people.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. ||


 * <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';">- the attack targeted westeners.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times','serif';">1. Have any acts of terror occurred in your country? (Include the date, perpetrators, and their motives.) **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times','serif';">Terrorist recieve military training at secret terrorist camps.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times','serif';">May 16, 1988, Khartoum, Sudan was attacked by 3 men w/ Lebanese passports, they attacked a hotel, killing 7, wounding 21, 3 were American.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times','serif';">1993, attempted terrorism attack in New York, leader Sidik Ibraham Ali were from Sudan. Several terrorist were arrested and confessed to being Sudanese and being trained at Sudanese Terrorist Camps.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times','serif';">Sudan trains Egyption terrorist and in the city of Khartoum, Sudan plans to attack Egypt.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times','serif';">2. 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 and fight back against terrorism.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times','serif';">3. 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';">The UN has a terrorism watch on Sudan. They do not do anything to help out other countries with terrorism.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times','serif';">4. Is you country a member of any international organization and/or coalition currently working to stop terrorism? **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times','serif';">The only one they are apart of is the United Nations **<span style="font-family: 'Times','serif';">. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times','serif';">5. What role would your country like to see the international community take to address the problem of terrorism? **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times','serif';">They would like to find terrorist leaders and stop them, al;so come to an agreement with South Sudan.