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Terrorism and Terrorist Acts by: Trevor Ans

What is Terrorist Activity? The Canadian Gov’t defines Terrorist Activity as: “An action that takes place either within or outside* of Canada that is an offence under one of the UN anti-terrorism conventions and protocols; or is an action taken for political, religious, or ideological purposes and intimidates the public concerning its security, or compels a government to do something, by intentionally killing, seriously harming or endangering a person, causing substantial property damage that is likely to seriously harm people or by seriously interfering with or disrupting an essential service, facility or system.” In English…?

9/11 September 11, 2001, two American Airlines flights were high-jacked and piloted into the twin towers of the World Trade Center. 2,819 people killed $105 billion in economic damages 422,000 people diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Planes taken over by members of terrorist organization headed by Osama bin Laden

Why is This in Place? Since the effects of September 11, 2001, the Canadian government worked with the UN to sign 14 anti-terrorism conventions. These include: Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Internationally Protected Persons International Convention against the Taking of Hostages International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism Convention on Offences and Certain Other Acts Committed on Board Aircraft And many more

Along with those conventions, Canada has also instated new laws and regulations to deter this activity. Government has the right to publish the names of individuals and groups, called entities , accused of being involved in terrorist activity. Made it an offence to knowingly collect or provide funds, directly or indirectly, to support terrorist organizations and activity. Can freeze property and assets that is being used to assist terrorist entities. Financial institutions must report to the government any business dealt with a listed entity. Made it a criminal offence to commit any indictable offence under any Act of Parliament for the benefit of, under orders of, or in association with a terrorist group. Made it an offence to purposely damage religious property based on bias, prejudice, or hate.

Terrorist Motivation Most terrorist activity is motivated by hate towards a particular group. Most cases, an extremist sect of a religion takes action to bring about dramatic change based on their interpretation of their faith. Some examples include: Al Qaeda Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) African National Congress Irish People’s Liberation Organization See in-depth list at List of designated terrorist organizations - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Question? From what you just learned, would the following be considered terrorist activity? Explain.