defeating transnational terrorism abroad is apparent. Because of Posse Comitatus, the military’s domestic responsibilities remain contentious. To defeat this threat, the Department of Defense (DoD) must contribute by maintaining aggressive direct action on foreign soil, while the United States Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) assists other agencies on domestic soil. In doing so, the USNORTHCOM should consider adding additional organization depth by forming a counter terrorism (CT) functional team within
escalated their reactionary statements condemning the events first as “acts of terror” and later as “acts of war”, they unknowingly catapulted the American consciousness into a strange obsession with “suicide terrorism”. Aside from ethical concerns, new questions arose such as what is religious terrorism? How exactly do Christian and Islamic ideals become implicated in killing, dying, and war itself? To help address these concerns, Talal Asad’s On Suicide Bombing is a collection of lectures he presented
States is in warfare as in Syria? In the current society, the world continuously changes and people must quickly adapt to the dangerous survival. They are being affected by terrorisms, wars, and disease. Terribly, these influences bring their friends and family members away. As in Paris, over a hundred citizens died in the terrorism that recently happened. Nobody could imagine that he would be attacked when he was enjoying his weekend. In a blink of an eye, a teenager lost her friends, the parents lost
Islamic terrorism, the overly highlighted headline of every newspaper article. It usually corrodes the meaning of Islam and spreads a fear of Muslims in communities, increasing Islamophobia. First and for most, Islam is the religion of peace and Muslim belief is based on tranquillity. Terrorism is not peaceful and framing Islam is just history repeating itself, remember the Ku Klux Klan (KKK), didn’t they misrepresent Christianity? Nevertheless, whether terrorism has a religion or not is definitely
they have indulged in aggressive measures such as killing of innocent citizens and suicide bombing of UN building in Abuja in 2011.For this reason, unemployment, poverty and inequality are all one of the socio-economic conditions behind Boko Haram terrorism in Northern Nigeria. With regard to Northern Nigeria, one of the main
Haram increasing presences, the issue is constantly growing daily and people’s lives remain under threat. One argument suggests that any attempt to successfully label Boko Haram as a terrorist group may be difficult to achieve, given that terrorism is “intended to be a matter of perception and is thus seen differently by different observers”(Cronin, 2004, p.40). More importantly, a group becomes a terrorist organization particularly when the state or even the international communities brand
What Causes Terrorism? In a discussion of analysis of factors causing terrorism, it is often argued that economic deprivation is a key factor. Both Political Economists and Scientists have conducted research, keeping in mind this factor and many have arrived at surprising conclusions. Blomberg, Hess & Weerapana (2004) analyzes the significance of standard economic parameters like GDP growth per capita, investment on occurrence and severity of terrorist acts. They report that high income and democratic
and population patterns, through unanticipated crises and to protect the national borders. Many countries in the world today, faces security threats from international terrorism, foreign subversion and espionage. For instance, the government has the power to check private communications between individuals as part of anti terrorism measures. It even has the right to detain without trial so that suspected terrorists do not have any opportunity to inflict substantial harm. For example, Internal Security
Columbus Day: A Mistake Why should this day be celebrated in the first place? Columbus Day should not be celebrated, but should be removed. Although it might be nice to have the day off of work or school, the meaning behind this holiday is completely immoral. Technically, Columbus did not even discover the Americas because the lands were already inhabited. Columbus was guilty of the genocide of many Native Americans, or “Indians”, as they were commonly known as during that time. Columbus also did
Crime has become a major topic in Malaysia. Formerly one of the safest nations in South East Asia, Malaysia has become one of the most dangerous states in the area. According to the government, there is actually doubled actually doubled from the year 2000 to 2009 of violent crime before declining. In the years 2013, the crime rates rise after the repeal of tough security laws which made it easier for police to confine people. Besides that, that are also the threat of kidnappings for ransom and violence