Terrorism. The use of violence to create fear in a population to achieve a political, social, religious, or geographic goal.

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Terrorism

The use of violence to create fear in a population to achieve a political, social, religious, or geographic goal.

Why use terrorism? Terrorists can disrupt superior forces using minimal resources. Belief in martyrdom---religious faith

Attacks The attacks on Sept. 11, 2001 were focused on disrupting and destroying the American icons of political, military and economic success.

US Military Icon--Pentagon

Economic Icon—World Trade Center

Political Icon

War on Terror

Dept. of Homeland Security Secure the state from outside threats 240,000 jobs: aviation, border security, emergency responders, cyber security analyst, chemical facility inspector, etc… KEEP AMERICA SAFE

TERRORIST ORGANIZATION RESPONSIBLE FOR THE 9/11 ATTACKS AND OTHER US TARGETS ABROAD.

Osama Bin Laden Leader of Al-Qaeda at the time of the 9/11 attacks; killed by navy seals in 2011.

Taliban Fundamentalist Islamic oligarchy that controlled Afghanistan from mid 90’s to ANY IDEAS WHAT LIFE WAS LIKE UNDER TALIBAN RULE?ANY IDEAS WHAT LIFE WAS LIKE UNDER TALIBAN RULE?

Afghanistan Located in SW Asia(middle east) US invaded after 9/11 because the Taliban were harboring terrorists and refused to give up Osama Bin Laden.

ISIS/ISIL Islamic State of Iraq and Syria Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

Boko Haram--Nigeria

El Shabab--Somalia

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