What is the basic reason of terrarisum?

Question

What is the basic reason of terrarisum?

Answer 1

Often the government won't recognize them as simple criminals, and the government won't recognize them as a state.

The key to terrorism is to move to attack a state. If another state did that, it would be an act of agression and a causi belli for war.

When criminals do this it is called breaching the peace - but they are still provided the basic tenants of the law - and are not tried under martial law.

In the US the military cannot be used as a police force (more or less) due to its laws -Posse comitatus act While the military is "fighting terrorism" militants that pose a threat to national security, not policing criminals who pose a threat to general civil order.

Hence terrorism is an attack against martial order in some respects  - while in reality "terrorism / terrorist" is an umbrella word that encapsulates a variety of activities. In principle it is use of militant force in a manner which has some grandeour cause, rather than a simple act.

In some countries terrorism is a criminal charge which may encapsulate other crimes also. Basically the government doesn't like terrorists because they are a threat - while criminals often seek simple ends which involve the general public or a part of it, such as to gain some type of personal beneifit at the cost of another - while terrorists seek to damage society in an ideological struggle.

However, the media spin and the reality and the application of the word are very blurred, and may vary from state to state - since some places are recognized by some states but not by others, so the status or view of the "terrorist party" may differ.

Eg. the CIA could be seen as terrorists if it wern't a US Agency - in regard to their clandestine operations - in the case of kidnapping etc..

or Mossad could be seen as terrorists in their operations to murder people extrajudicially  

Eg. HAMAS could be seen as terrorist because their militant arm has been linked to attacks agains Israel -but is not an official government military and palestine - may or may not be at war with israel or a state - as that s questionable based on who is answering the question -eg. is autonomy a state? or is it a government within a larger state etc...

Basically for the US a terrorist is a subnational who has militant aims directed against a state (although that may be wrong) it depends who you ask.

Basically militants that arn't classed as government, and arn't simple criminals - that is they have objectives that go beyond personal endevours and arn't specific to an act such as exists within law statutes.

I think the national security thing should be key - poses a risk to government - rather than to civil activity.

Although specific acts are viewed as terrorism such as suicide bombing in general - rocket attacks in general etc.. while also things like bombing places, or shooting at civilian transport vehicles like airplanes. Often reserved or "extreme acts" that target society. A terrorist is someone who carries on for a cause and uses militant means to obtain it and is either directed against society in general or against government.

Basically terrorist / terrarisum is a word so as to allow government to break laws (that would normally exist for regular citizens or residents of another country) on how to deal with criiminals in line to what is allowable during a state of war but they arn't fighting against " a government" rather an "organization"  - that is likely when there is no "civil war" going on in an area - but there are still people they'd like to extrajudicially attacked (kidnap, murder, blow up, shoot, etc.. perhaps for those very reasons)

It could be me!! It is us or them...

Answer 2

Religious fanatics that are as stupid as dirt.  

Answer 3

You mean terrorism?

It's a form of war. Killing in the name of.......

Answer 4

Like the terrorists in the middle east? They are killing people who don't have the same beliefs as them.

Answer 5

Nowadays, people who are defending themselves and fighting for their property and rights are being labeled as terrorists.  In this scenario, the basic reason is the oppression of people.

But the truth of the matter is, the real terrorists are their aggressors.

Answer 6

T-e-r-r-o-r-i-s-m

Reason for Terrorism: Intimidate and coerce another to accept another person or groups often socially deprived views.

American Heritage Dictionary:

The unlawful use or threatened use of force or violence by a person or an organized group against people or property with the intention of intimidating or coercing societies or governments, often for ideological or political reasons.

Encyclopedia: terrorism

the threat or use of violence, often against the civilian population, to achieve political or social ends, to intimidate opponents, or to publicize grievances. The term dates from the Reign of Terror (1793�94) in the French Revolution but has taken on additional meaning in the 20th cent. Terrorism involves activities such as assassinations, bombings, random killings, and hijackings. Used for political, not military, purposes, and most typically by groups too weak to mount open assaults, it is a modern tool of the alienated, and its psychological impact on the public has increased because of extensive coverage by the media. Political terrorism also may be part of a government campaign to eliminate the opposition, as under Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, and others, or may be part of a revolutionary effort to overthrow a regime. Terrorist attacks also are now a common tactic in guerrilla warfare. Governments find attacks by terrorist groups difficult to prevent; international agreements to tighten borders or return terrorists for trial may offer some deterrence.

Terrorism reaches back to ancient Greece and has occurred throughout history. Terrorism by radicals (of both the left and right) and by nationalists became widespread after World War II. Since the late 20th cent. acts of terrorism have been associated with the Italian Red Brigades, the Irish Republican Army, the Palestine Liberation Organization, Peru's Shining Path, Sri Lanka's Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, the Weathermen and some members of U.S. "militia" organizations, among many groups. Religiously inspired terrrorism has also occurred, such as that of extremist Christian opponents of abortion in the United States; of extremist Muslims associated with Hamas, Osama bin Laden's Al Qaeda, and other organizations; of extremist Sikhs in India; and of Japan's Aum Shinrikyo, who released nerve gas in Tokyo's subway system (1995).

In 1999 the UN Security Council unanimously called for better international cooperation in fighting terrorism and asked governments not to aid terrorists. The Sept. 11, 2001, attacks by Al Qaeda on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon�the most devastating terrorist attacks in history�prompted calls by U.S. political leaders for a world "war on terrorism." Although the U.S. effort to destroy Al Qaeda and overthrow the Afghani government that hosted it was initially successful, terrorism is not a movement but a tactic used by a wide variety of groups, some of which are regarded (and supported) as "freedom fighters" in various countries or by various peoples. So-called state-sponsored terrorism, in which governments provide support or protection to terrorist groups that carry out proxy attacks against other countries, also complicates international efforts to end terror attacks, but financial sanctions have been placed by many countries on organizations that directly or indirectly support terrorists. The 2001 bioterror attacks in which anthrax spores were mailed to various U.S. media and government offices may not be linked to the events of September 11, but they raised specter of biological and chemical terrorism and revealed the difficulty of dealing with such attacks.

See B. Hoffman, Inside Terrorism (1998).