Terrorism
The term 'terrorist', first came during the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror, (1793-94). This witnessed a wave of mass executions, carried out by the Jacobins under the leadership of Maxmillian Robespierre, in which up to 40,000 alleged 'enemies of the revolution' lost their lives. In so far this was the first time the term terrorist was used. After the attacks on Newyork and Washington, dated September 11 convinced many people that terrorism has been reborn in a new and dangerous form, now at this time, people realise that terrorism is a threat for the world and also for peaceful organizations, which works for the establishment of peace and harmony on a global level.
The broadest and central feature of terrorism is that it is a form of political violence that aims to achieve its objectives by creating a climate of fear and apprehension. The aim of the terrorist is to exploit civilian to create fear in public by using the techniques of assassinations, bombings, hostage seizures and plane hijacks, etc. In fact, terrorism is the weapon of weak people and it is most often embraced by those who have no realistic possibility of prevailing against their opponents in a conventional armed contest. They cannot engage in open conflict, they rely on strategies of provocation and polarization. Sometimes terrorism also classified as 'state terrorism', actually state terrorism means, terrorism carried out by government bodies like the police, military or intelligence agency to counter the terrorist plans.
Second, increased international migration flows have often helped to sustain terrorist campaigns, as diaspora communities can become an important source of funding. Third, globalization has generated pressures that have contributed to a growth in political militancy generally. This has either occurred as a backlash against cultural globalization and the spread of western goods, ideas and values, or it has been a consequence of imbalances within the global capitalist system.
There are three methods or strategies by which terrorism can be countered. First, by strengthening state security, can deploy (ATS) anti-terror squad and by using modern technology, the state can be better secured. Second, by using military repression, force-based or repressive countering terrorism can be used to counter-terrorism. Third, by political deals, political solutions can be found to terrorist problems. In a sense, most terrorist campaigns have political endings. They can be satisfied by political men, by fulfilling their demands concerning constitutional politics.
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