"Terrorism" may be the most significant, commanding word in the world right now. In the name of doing away with terrorism, the United States is bombing Afghanistan and talking about possible attacks elsewhere. Political leaders from many countries are at once declaring support for the new U.S. war and seeking to re-name their own enemies as "terrorists." According to polls, many people in the U.S. believe that war on the al'Qaeda network is justified in retaliation for the September 11 attacks on New York City and Washington, D.C. The defined enemy of the U.S. military campaign has not, however, been just the people responsible for the September 11 attacks, but "terrorism" in general. The U.S. has declared a "War on Terrorism" a war which also includes as enemies, as President Bush has made clear since his first public address on the afternoon of the 11, "all those who harbor terrorists."
Terrorism is the intentional conception and operation of dread for bringing about biased transform. All terrorist acts involve violence or equally important the threat of violence. Nongovernmental groups or individuals that is commit these violent acts, by those who are neither part of nor officially serving in the military forces, law enforcement agencies, intelligence services, or other governmental agencies of an established nation-state. Terrorists attempt not only to sow panic but also to undermine confidence in the government and political leadership of their target country. Terrorism is therefore designed to have psychological effects that reach far beyond its impact on the immediate victims or object of an attack. Terrorists mean to frighten and thereby intimidate a wider audience, such as a rival ethnic or religious group, an entire country and its political leadership, or the international community as a whole.
Terrorist groups usually have few members, limited firepower, and comparatively.......
