Terrorist Tactics

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What are the various reasons for the use of terrorist tactics? Freedom is obviously a very strong motivation for using all means at their disposal for that freedom. A fight to recover what has been taken from them is often another great incentive for using unorthodox means if the group is not a traditional government. But what of those involved in a struggle simply to have access to power? In Afghanistan there are a large number of foreign fighters from many countries, operating under the guise of Al Qaeda. They are here to take control and impose its own style of oppression in the country. However, there are foreign fighters here from the international military side may have the same goal. Who is the terrorist? The need for absolute integrity …show more content…

If a government is imposed through the use of terrorism, which can be credible? And once installed as a recognized government, how do they approach terrorism? They should not forget where they came from. There are many cases where rebel fighters, terrorists, freedom fighters have become viable governments. One of the problems with identifying whether terrorist groups have "won" is that the definition of terrorism is so unclear. In some American revolutionaries definitions they could have been considered terrorists. In the American Revolution guerrilla tactics they were used against British forces, including snipers, sabotage and others. However in most traditional definitions they are not terrorists but freedom fighters or revolutionaries. As for other countries, is more a clear picture of the terrorists have won. Yassir Arafat of being a terrorist sought to become a respected or at least credible political player, Palestine came to have with the terrorist group Hamas won parliamentary elections in January 2006. He has won the terrorists? No. However, they have gained respectability. Ironically, Israel itself is most likely the result of terrorist organizations fighting for a piece of Palestine. Using terrorism, including bombings and assassinations, terrorist Jewish organizations Irgun and Stern Gang, pressed the British to relinquish its control over the territory. As for the Arabs in the territory, who were killed? David Ben …show more content…

It was a time when a number of colonies that fought on behalf of their colonizers, expects would be given the right to autonomy. Algeria and Cyprus were two of these nations that could become independent after bloody wars, terrorism. In Cyprus, General George Grivas developed his organization EOKA in small cells of about ten people each of the cities. His strategy was to tie the security forces in cities, while their other "troops" were able to take control of the rest of the country. His actions finally got the Cyprus issue has been on the international scene, because until then was considered an internal matter. Over time, Archbishop Makarios, leader of the political wing of EOKA, became president of Cyprus (Hoffman, 2006). The conflict against French rule in Algeria by the National Liberation Front (FLN) became a standard that looked at other freedom fighters as Yassir Arafat and Nelson Mandela. Once the FLN in Algiers focused its strategy, seeking to get the problems of Algeria on the international stage. After the death at the guillotine of two of its fighters, their leader Abane, unleashed a wave of terror against the city with the aim of places frequented by the French. Unfortunately for the French army, his brutal response only served to further alienate the population turned to support the FLN further. Although this campaign is not

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