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The definition of terrorism has became a hard term to define in the current world. Out of curiosity I searched the term on the Internet and found thousands of different results all with different definitions. Many people will have different views on what terrorism means, such as people in the United States hear the word and immediately think of the Middle East, while someone living in the Middle East may hear the word and think of America or even Russia. Although many people will agree that terrorism involves a person or group getting injured either physically or mentally.

The common definition of terrorism is the use of violence and intimidation in the pursuit of political and cultural aims. It can be tricky though to have an actual definition that everyone will agree on, being that what some people see as terrorism, the person being called a "terrorist" in their mindset think that they are doing a good thing for their religion, culture, beliefs, or family. When defining terrorism I think that a main thing that should be taken into account is the deliberate act of one person or group that intends to harm other human beings for any type of reason. While those called "terrorist" view that they are doing as an okay thing for their cause it is still an act of terrorism do to the fact that they intentionally plan to harm other people.

There are many different motivations for terrorism that include such things as religious terrorism, state terrorism, dissident terrorism, criminal terrorism, cyber terrorism and international terrorism. Religious terrorism is when acts of terrorism are carried out based on motivations and goals that have a religious character or influence. State terrorism is when a person or group conducts acts of ter...

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On September 16 Zazi turned himself in and was interviewed with members of Joint Terrorism Task Force in Denver at the FBI office. During the interview he denied all of the evidence that had been found about him including the backpacks and the bomb making pages. On September 19 Zazi was arrested and was charged in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado for being involved in international and domestic terrorism. On February 22, 2010 Zazi pleaded guilty to conspiring to use weapons of mass destruction, conspiring to commit murder in a foreign country, and providing material support to a terrorist organization. New charges were filed against Zazi in the Eastern District of New York on September 23, 2009 with the prior charges dropped. Zazi was charged by a federal grand jury with conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction.