By: Jared Lee

Sometimes terrorists consider certain policies as intolerable and decide to oppose the policy. In order to materialize their thoughts and concepts they resort to violence and plan and attack selected targets to put psychological pressure on the government. The 9/11 incident manifests terrorism in its worst form and reminds us what terrorism can do to the civilized world.

Terrorism to a layman is injuring, torturing and killing innocent people by violent means. The U.S. Defense Department defines terrorism as “The calculated use of violence or the threat of violence to inculcate fear intended to coerce or intimidate governments or societies in the pursuit of goals that are generally political, religious or ideological.” Title 22 of U.S. Code defines terrorism as “Premeditated, politically motivated violence against noncombatant targets by sub-national groups usually with the goal to influence an audience.”

The 1996 Defense Against Weapons of Mass Destruction Act was enacted to provide terrorist response training in case of emergency. US PATRIOT Act of 2001 was enacted to provide appropriate tools required to intercept and obstruct terrorism. Financial Anti-Terrorism Acts have also been enacted to dry up the source of finance to terrorists.

Effective coherent steps are to be taken to reduce threat of terrorism to democratic societies by national governments and the international community. Advance proactive plans that can respond immediately in case of an emergency should be implemented. Frequent mock rehearsals could be conducted to test the nature of preparedness and capabilities to face and neutralize the challenge.

Throughout the world countries utilize vast economical resources for containing and eradicating terrorism which otherwise could have been used for more useful purposes like developing infrastructure, education and public health. It is a tragedy that some so-called civilized countries consider these terrorists as freedom fighters.

By: Mansi Gupta

What worse could have happened to the US economy then the 9th September 2001? Some perverted religious fanatics demolished the embodiment of the world trade. Terrorism is a threat to all the nations of the world. The human loss due to these activities cannot be condemned with words. The ruthlessness of the terror traders has an impact on each and every segment of life. The extent of these activities is extending by the day and the generally silent Europe too is feeling the cramps.

The world markets face the wrath of the terrorist activities in their faces. There is an overall loss to the business in many ways. The people suddenly fear traveling through air. The airline companies themselves are more apprehensive about continuing with their normal work. Apart from the loss in passengers, the security too has to be made very tight and the loss has to be born by the companies.

As a matter of fact, all sectors are put to a stand still due to these terror strikes. The direct effect of these is seen in the sudden drop in the markets. The stock prices do drop down and the trading comes to a stand still, however the business seldom stops and the markets show their cushioning effect by regaining the vigor. But at times the loss of even trading day can be fatal to a country’s economy.

Such attacks also incur a direct burden on the defense budget. It goes without saying that the governments do take desperate measures to minimize the losses and cover the country against the future threats. The new areas of defense research open up and thus fresh jobs are created. This brighter side of the attacks is over-shadowed by the loss of lives and panic that is created with in the country. The government, under such circumstances, looses the track of their priorities and the developmental works are sidelined. This causes damage to civic society.

The worst hit by terrorist activities is the third world countries. The terrorists make these vulnerable counties their bases and from here carry out the destructive activities. Their influence in such countries shows and threatens the developed world of their power and dominance. Thus such countries make an appropriate guinea pig. If a terrorists strike a big country or a city, the whole world knows about it. The tragedy with these countries is that their miseries are not broadcasted because of their non connectivity with the rest of the world. They are thus the breeding grounds of terrorism and worst hit areas by this destructive activity.

A joint effort by all the countries of the world, taking along the third world countries, is required to curb the growing tentacles of terrorism. Many big nations have joined hands against terrorism after major attacks in the world. They also need to include the most vulnerable victims of terrorism, the developing countries. Support to them, both economic and military, should be provided to them by the capable nations. Bodies like UN must pass resolutions and work upon them to uproot the cannibalistic practice of terrorism. Unless we don’t join our hands it would be very difficult to face these destructive forces and our economies will be victims of their activities.

Author: Jameson Geraldo

Even prior to the events of 911 Americans had been given dire warnings by certain government agencies assigned the task of protecting the public, that a new era was coming. Terrorism had been spiking up in countries that the U.S. was allied with and new trends in globalism meant that the U.S was no longer isolated by the two oceans on either side of it.

A Changed Landscape

However; no one could have ever imagined the type of wake up call that every citizen in the U.S. would receive on that fateful morning of 911. Not only did it change the landscape physically, but it also had a profound effect on the way the Americans think and go about their daily lives. Is our government and the citizenry of the U.S. over reacting, or is terrorism awareness something that every American should be implementing into their daily lives?

Domestic Terrorism

To find the answer to that question the best place to look would be to recent data that indicates that in fact the terrorism threat is on the rise. Domestic terrorism has been overshadowed in recent years by events that are occurring in the middle east but is domestic terrorism something that Americans should be on the lookout for? Who are domestic terrorists and where do they come from anyway?

Radicals Interpret the Constitution Litteraly

Domestic terrorism is just what it sounds like. Its a home grown brand of terrorism that is perpetrated by disenchanted U.S. citizens who have abandoned the democratic process in favor of accomplishing their political goals by force. While the vast majority of  domestic terrorists are radical constitutionalists who read and interpret the U.S. constitution in a literal sense, as it was written, a newer and even more sinister domestic threat is emerging.

Pot-Head Narco Terrorists

Narco terrorists are now crossing the southern border of the U.S. at will. They come well financed from money that Americans actually provide for them through their thoughtless and selfish habit of smoking marijuana, also known as “devil weed”. Can these pot and hashish crazed Latinos bent on mayhem be stopped? That is entirely up to each American and the level of terrorism awareness that each one practices.

Author: Dan Sommer

Terrorism has now reached the point that it has entered into every aspect of daily life. All over the world terrorist activities threaten the safety of civilians and military personnel alike.

Regardless of who commits these terrorist actions, whether jihadists or other types of violent extremists, the need for qualified individuals to combat and prevent them is increasing. Anti-terrorism officers are an example of qualified individuals who help protect national security.

Anti-terrorism officers (ATOs) are highly trained individuals that primarily hold policy advisory and planning positions in areas where terrorism is a critical threat. Unlike many operational counterterrorism roles, anti-terrorism officers must have a level of education and experience that goes beyond military field training.

An advanced education can open the door to many rewarding career opportunities, and provide a specialized and responsible alternative to conventional high security jobs.

Anti-Terrorism Skills An anti-terrorism officer must develop a deep understanding of threats to homeland security from non-state actors, and is responsible for advising senior leadership how to appropriately and effectively deal with all terrorism-related issues. For example, anti-terrorism personnel formulate and help implement far-reaching strategies to secure critical infrastructure like military bases, embassies and air/seaports to name a few.

Anti-terrorism training involves the broad study of international and local threats to national security posed by terrorism. Those charged with providing senior decision makers with the intelligence they need to implement appropriate security measures must understand how to offset and effectively manage emerging threats before they become a reality.

Anti-Terrorism Education and Anti-Terrorism Training Anti-terrorism officers need to have the knowledge used in every arena of the strategic security industry. Anti-terrorism officers will use knowledge of explosives, weapons of mass destruction, political and religious extremism, underground economies and terrorist techniques to combat terrorist threats and operations. A proper education gives those in the field of anti-terrorism the ability to develop a comprehensive picture of the global strategic security environment.

Anti-terrorism training focuses on pro-active strategies like planning, prevention and resolution. Playing a preventive and defensive (deterrent) role toward specific targets, an anti-terrorism officer helps reduce the vulnerability of possible terrorist targets and tactics.

Terrorist tactics are purposefully evasive; consequently, early warning and prevention lies in the ability to successfully detect potential indicators. With many countries introducing anti-terrorism legislation (ex: USA’s Patriot Act), the focus on specialty training has never been stronger.

By: Lance Winslow
If we are to beat international terrorism and rid this evil from the planet then we need to have a more clear definition of what international terrorism really is. Then and only then can we confront it and make a resolution of all nations of the world that international terrorism on civilian populations is unacceptable and it will not be tolerated.

We know that international terrorism often as nation state sponsors. For instance; Iran sponsors Hezbollah and Hamas. This is unacceptable and cannot be tolerated and yet the United Nations and the Security Council will not agree to do anything about, while innocent people are killed by suicide murderous bombers and its this goes on week after week.

Either the United Nations and all countries around the world stand up against international terrorism and confront it or the United Nations began to those nations that sponsor international terrorism and those nations, which sit by and let it happen live in the greatest hypocrisy of the present period. We owe it to ourselves not to allow this sham of humanity to thrust itself into future periods.

If we fail to address international terrorism, to define international terrorism and to confront international terrorism, then we have failed humanity. We must wipe out to international terrorism once and for all, has no human being to live in fear or fear of their family being killed for some crazy radical fundamentalist religious cause.

Either we respect human life or we’re living a lie. It is time for the United Nations and all nations of the world to prevent international terrorist attacks against humanity.