What are some of the goals of terrorist acts?

Question

What are some of the goals of terrorist acts?

Answer 1

In America the goals are to sway public opinion by fear, to trick the people into laying down their liberities for security.

In the middle east it's the only way people who have lost everything can fight back. See they can't terrorize with expensive air raids and tanks like America does.

Answer 2

Kill non-Muslims.

Spread fear by killing lots of people.

Earn money for poor family members by volunteering to blow oneself up in a crowded non-Muslim place.

Be welcomed by 52 virgins for blowing self up along with hundreds of other non-Muslims.

Slaughter non-Muslims.

Behead Muslims who are not meeting their killing quota.

Shed innocent... I mean, infidel blood.

And generally kill, slaughter, and destroy.

Answer 3

To kill anyone who doesn't bow to Islam.

Answer 4

To change political power or policy.  Tamil tigers and ETA kill in the name of creating their own country.  Janjawed troops in Sudan release terror of genocide to maintain control.  The most numerous acts of terror from India, Iraq to Israel are done in the name of killing infidels(religion).  Even other muslims are considered infidels it seems.

Answer 5

Terrorism is a name used for violant blackmail.

Answer 6

Get news coverage.

Answer 7

These are goals terrorists (NOT ME) believe in.

1. Killing the Christian infidel.

2. Scaring America into abandoning Israel and thereby forcing Jews to give land back to Palestine.

3. Ending globalization of U.S. corporations, especially in Arab markets.  This one is huge.

Answer 8

#1 - Achieving political goals that they've failed to achieve via other means.

Answer 9

They think by killing innocent people governments will bow down to their whims.

Answer 10

that's good question and I also wonder what terrest attacks have happened here in our country