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    27 August 2015 Why It Matters How We Define Terrorism Why does the way we define terrorism matter? It matters because we can make wrong judgements of a group or individual and not have a clear vision of what is in store in the future. In the article “The Struggle to Define Terrorism” it says that chaos is that describes the state of things concerning definitions (Tuman 2). Academics, government, experts all have different definitions of what terrorism is. Even a terrorist has a different definition

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    Anti-terrorism policy has become a more important legislative issue since the September 11th incident in 2001. Prior to this event, North American countries felt the need to implement new policy that would protect their citizens from criminal activity associated with acts of terror. In Canada, anti-terrorism policy consists of three main components identified in the literature: 1) The criminal code and relevant violations; 2) Anti-Terror Legislation; and 3) policy in practice. In this briefing note

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    Zero Dark Thirty and Terrorism Introduction Zero Dark Thirty is an American action film written by Mark Boal an Academy Award winner for Best Original Screenplay and director by Kathryn Bigelow the first woman to ever win an Academy Award for Best Director. The film Zero Dark Thirty tells the story of the ten year manhunt for al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden after the nine-eleven attacks in the Unites States of America, and according to law researchers, shows how the different branches in the “government”

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    Article 421-1 of France’s Penal Code states that “all acts of terrorism are now autonomous offences liable to increased penalties . . . terrorist offences are subject to specific procedural rules which include the centralization of investigation, prosecution, and trial within a single jurisdiction made up of specialist members of the judiciary with competence for the whole of France,” (“Terrorism”). In 2006 France implemented the Anti-Terrorism Act which allows for any “persons or entities that commit

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    Terrorism is the systematic use of violence by a group of people in order to intimidate a population or coerce a government into granting its demands. There are different types of terrorism like, State, Foreign, and Domestic. State terrorism is the systematic use of terror by a government in order to control its population. Additionally, there is religious terrorism which is terrorism that is motivated by religious ideologies. Foreign terrorism is committed outside the US, while Domestic is committed

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    Name Professor Course Date Terrorism is a difficult concept to define because definitions are not intended to be true or false but a reflection of evident phenomena that have common properties that result from similar causes and effects. The oxford English Dictionary defines terrorism as a system of terror directed and carried out by those in power such as that in France during the revolution of 1789-1794, or a system aimed at striking with terror the individuals whom it is adopted. This definition

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    America should respond to threats of terrorism by collaborating with other countries to fight terrorism. There are two reasons why America should respond to threats of terrorism by collaborating with other countries to fight terrorism. One reason is that it could bring countries together to make a strong international community and have more military, finance, diplomatic, and intelligence tools necessary to address terrorism. The second reason is that it could get the U.S. more allies to help them

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    Primary Sources Bongar, Bruce, et al. Psychology of Terrorism. 1st ed. Oxford: UP, 2007. Print. Psychology of Terrorism, as stated in its title, focuses on analyzing the psychology of terrorism. It is in short a compilation of many essays that are conveniently separated under particular themes such as the psychology of terrorism, terrorism, and the psychological effects of it. The last two sections can be summarized on how to combat terrorism. I believe they will all be invaluable contributions

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    Annotated Bibliography Kingsley, Okoro. "Religion and Terrorism: A Socio-Historical Re- Consideration." Journal of Alternative Perspectives in the Social Sciences 2.2 (2010): 550-576. Academic Search Complete. Web. 26 Oct. 2015. This article give details on diverse scholarly observations on how western scholars, blame religion for terrorism. Another group of scholars suggests varied causes of terrorism. They concluded that though, socio-political demands are at the root, however, religion also contributes

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    you ever thought about what life was like before terrorism or what life would be like without terrorism and how much terrorism affects our daily lives? Terrorism is a big problem in the day and age that we currently live in. we are constantly developing new ways to fight terrorism. How does terrorism affect the world we live? What are the effects of terrorism, the war on terrorism, and the positives and negatives. The negative effects of terrorism in the U.S. is how people live in constant fear of

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