Terrorism
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The act of terrorizing, or state of being terrorized; a mode ofgovernment by terror or intimidation. Jefferson.
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Terrorism is unlawful use of violence or the threat of violence to attain goals that are religious, political, ideological, economic, etc. in nature to inculcate fear; intended to coerce or to intimidate governments or societies in the pursuit of said goals.
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Acts, primarily violent or destructive,
intended to engage international media and achieve one or both of the following goals:
Create a politically useful climate of fear, uncertainty, and mass panic
Exact revenge on an opponent that cannot be harmed via traditional means of warfare due to power imbalances
Terrorism does not necessarily result in the loss of human life, but often does.
The history of political violence that can be described as terrorism can be tracked as both a media phenomenon and the use of a potent tool of manipulation by parties of widely varying motiviation, such as religious extremism, national liberation, and attempts to foment coups. Some acts of terrorism are committed by what are termed hate -
The [cheapskate]’s way of harming one’s enemies, by using radicalized believers to carry out the barbaric attacks, because one doesn’t have the sophisticated weaponry to do it remotely.
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The unlawful use of violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims.
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A violent act to be carried out for religious and/or political reasons. The government usually uses terrorism to cause fear of the populace to take away [civil liberties] even create false terror or even fund certain radical terrorist [factions] to [instigate] terror attacks to create a panic atmosphere. Also the terrorism label gets applied to those that dont always agree with the policies of the government.
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