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20 th Century Terrorism
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Terrorism Pre and Post 20 th century Pre 20 th centuryBothPost 20 th century Anarchists-Archduke Ferdinand killed Marxist Russia- workers overthrow capitalists Individuals were often targeted [powerful and wealthy] Liberate colonies- Ireland-India Small Secret Mainly carried out by young men Politically motivated Objective to overthrow political regimes Desire to advertise injustices Sectarian extremists- claim affiliation with mainstream religions or sub-nationalists groups such as Basques and Ireland Interethnic civil wars- Lebanon, Cyprus, Bosnia, Sri Lanka Radical environmentalists- oppose IMF and WTO Indiscriminate assaults on civilians Technological advantages
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Extremist Groups Al Qaeda— Multinational extremist unit goal "unite all Muslims and to establish a government which follows the rule of the Caliphs." Osama Bin Laden has stated that the only way to establish the Caliphate is by force.
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Nationalists Palestine/Israel –Palestinian Liberation Organization [PLO] –Hamas Basque Separatists Kurdish Separatists
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Religious Ireland—IRA [Irish Republican Army] vs. Protestants India/Pakistan—Muslim vs. Hindus Indonesia—East Timor Catholics vs. Muslim majority
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Ethnic Rwanda—Hutu vs. Tutsi Balkans—Bosnia Herzegovina [former Yugoslavia] –Slobodan Milosevic “ethnic cleansing” of non-Serbs
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Eco-Terrorists Animal Rights Activists Whale killing Environmentalists
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Genocide Definition--systematic killing of a racial or cultural group Different from war Want to know more?? Go to Human Rights Watch http://www.hrw.org/
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Armenia
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Final Solution 6 million killed Why didn’t world leaders do something? Nuremberg trials—crimes against humanity –Turning point in international justice Adolph Eichman captured in Argentina televised— “I was just following orders”
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Cambodia Pol Pot and Khmer Rouge The Killing Fields Trained and armed by North Vietnamese
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