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This is a 5 page paper which discusses the definition of terrorism, how terrorists justify their acts, Samuel Huntingtons cultural paradigms, and the potential future of terrorism.
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Defense, terrorism is the "unlawful use of - of threatened use of - force of violence against individuals or property to coerce or intimidate governments or societies, often to achieve
political, religious, or ideological objective" (Definitions, 2006). The FBI defines terrorism as "the unlawful use of force or violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government, the
civilian population, or any segment thereof, in furtherance of political or social objectives" (Definitions, 2006). If terrorism is defined strictly in terms of attacks on non-military targets, a number of
attacks on military installations and soldiers residences could not be included in the statistics. A. Schmid, a terrorism expert suggested in 1992 that to define terrorism it might be a
good idea to consider the core of war crimes. If the core of war crimes which are deliberate attacks on civilians, hostage taking and the killing of prisoners -
is extended to peacetime, then terrorism could simply be defined as peacetime equivalents of war crimes (Defining Terrorism, 2006). To be all inclusive as a definition of the crimes against
mankind both in wartime and in peacetime, terrorism needs to be defined simply as put forth by A. Schmid above as war crimes which take place during peacetime. JUSTIFICATION OF
TERRORIST ACTIONS AND THE STRUCTURE OF TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS Terrorists have the same social and psychological motivations of all other people, and they therefore tend to behave in predictable manners. Terrorists
place an emphasis on some of the factors that motivate normal behavior. Politics and religion are more have more significance to many terrorists. Terrorists feel that they are able
to justify their actions. Since they have no legitimate social structure such as a nation, country or state or any official organization, the role of group support and the groups
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