Terrorism

Question 1

Quote from Fydor Dostoevsky

Answer 1

“It is easy to denounce the evil doer, but it is much more difficult to understand”

Question 2

Samuel Huntington

Answer 2

CLASH OF CIVILIZATIONS

Question 3

Terrorism in Canada

Answer 3

Toronto 18 Case
-June 2006 CSIS foiled an alleged homegrown terrorist cell in toronto
-arrested 18 young men - who were inspired by Al-Qaeda’s violent ideology
-they had three tons of ammonium nitrate
-3times the amount used in the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995

Question 4

Toronto 18

Answer 4

-Wanted to behead the PM; blow up the parliament buildings
-blow up the CN tower

Question 5

Radicals

Answer 5

pursue far reaching change in society
0not all radicals are violent (Mahatma Gandhi)

Question 6

Extremists

Answer 6

hold radical ideas but decide to use violence as a means to an end

Question 7

Terrorism defined

Answer 7

-commit premeditated violence
-threat to commit such violence
-intent- to destroy human lives/ serious material damage
-disrupt social, economic, political processes
-inculcate fear in the general population
-main goal: to force changes in society and/or influence decision making

Question 8

Two positions in terrorism

Answer 8

One mans terrorist is another’s freedom fights
-Nelson Mandela
Terrorists can change
-Menachem begin; gerry Adams; col Myanmar

Question 9

Manddelas four options

Answer 9

1. Open revolution
2. Terrorism
3. Guerrilla warfare
4. Sabotage

Question 10

Mandela chose… why?

Answer 10

SABOTAGE
-Because it is a form of violence that inflicts the least amount of harm to individuals
He served 27 years in prison

Question 11

Mandela as freedom fighter

Answer 11

After he was released from prison, he became first president in South Africa to be elected in a multiracial, democratic election
1993 won the Nobel peace prize
Treated as an international rock star

Question 12

Yasser Arafat

Answer 12

He justified the right of Fatah - militant wing of the PLO - to engage in a just cause war with Israel - to liberate the Palestinian people from zionist occupiers
-considers himself a revolutionary

Question 13

Louise Richardson viewpoint on Osama Bin Laden’s view on terrorism

Answer 13

He says: a terrorist is a terrorist no matter what his/ her goal is; no matter what he/she is trying to achieve; no matter whether he/she thinks that the government needs to be changed

Question 14

Terrorism is both radical and extreme

Answer 14

Radical- because the goal is to bring about far-reaching change in the society
Extreme- because its method focuses on premeditated violence that can result in indiscriminate deaths

Question 15

Terrorist Methods

Answer 15

Mortar attacks, ambushes, kidnappings, hijackings, bombings, assassinations, crashing planes into skyscrapers