Bell Ringer:

Name 4 acts of terrorism.

Terrorism

Just the FACTS!

What is Terrorism?

1. the use of violence and threats to intimidate for political purposes.

2. the state of fear and submission produced by terrorism or terrorization.

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Modern society has been faced with acts of terrorism by bands of Terrorists who use violence to draw attention to their demands.�

Terrorist attempt to achieve their goals by . . .

1. the killing of civilians (mostly by bombing)
2. the taking of hostages
3. the hijacking of airplanes

Northern �Ireland

Since the early 1970s, the Irish Republican Army (IRA) terrorist group has killed thousands of people in Northern Ireland.�

• The IRA’s goal is to unite Northern Ireland, which is governed by Great Britain, with the Irish Republic.

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State-sponsored terrorism has been involved in international terrorism.�

• Militant governments have helped terrorist organizations with their attacks.

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One of the most destructive acts of terrorism occurred on September 11, 2001, in the United States.

The terrorist organization Al-Qaeda, led by Osama bin Laden, hijacked four commercial jet airplanes in Boston, Newark, and Washington, D.C.

• Two of the airplanes were flown into the World Trade Center towers in New York City; one airplane was flown into the Pentagon; and one airplane crashed in Pennsylvania.
• These terrorist acts killed thousands of people.

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President George W. Bush called for a war on terrorism.

• In October 2001, the United States led coalition forces in a War on Terror in Afghanistan to eliminate international Terrorism.
• The Taliban was forced out.

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The administration of President Barack Obama has discontinued use of the term "War on Terror" and instead uses the term "Overseas Contingency Operation".

• However, President Obama has stated that the US is at war with al-Qaeda.

War on Terror: “Fronts”

• Operation Active Endeavour
• Mediterranean Sea
• Operation Enduring Freedom
• Afghanistan
• Philippines
• Horn of Africa (Somalia)
• Trans Sahara
• Operation New Dawn [Iraqi Freedom]

“The Enemy”

• Main targets:
• Taliban
• Al-Qaeda
• Other targets:
• Al-Shabaab
• Islamic Courts Union
• Fatah al-Islam
• Lashkar-e-Taiba
• Jaish-e-Mohammed
• Jemaah Islamiyah
• Abu Sayyaf
• Iraqi insurgents

• Hamas
• Hezbollah
• Rajah Sulaiman Movement
• Somali Pirates
• Baath Party Loyalists
• Mujahideen Pattani Movement (BNP)

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Osama Bin Laden

• On May 1, 2011, in Washington, D.C. (May 2, Pakistan Standard Time), U.S. President Barack Obama announced that Osama bin Laden had been killed by "a small team of Americans" acting under Obama's direct orders, in a covert operation dubbed Geronimo in Abbottabad, Pakistan

Your Opinions

• Write a paragraph expressing your opinion of terrorism and what the United States government has done to prevent the potential threat of terrorist attacks on US soil. Is it working? What should be done instead?