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    The document discusses terrorism and whether it can ever be eradicated. It notes that terrorism is a brutal form of political violence that uses fear as a weapon and is often a response to political suppression. While counter-terrorist measures can curb organized terrorist groups, they may also fuel further radicalization and fail to address the underlying political grievances that drive terrorism. The proliferation of new media also allows terrorist groups to more easily spread their messages and radicalize others. The document concludes that due to its complex and varied causes, terrorism cannot be viewed simplistically and eliminating it fully may not be possible.

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    The document discusses terrorism and whether it can ever be eradicated. It notes that terrorism is a brutal form of political violence that uses fear as a weapon and is often a response to political suppression. While counter-terrorist measures can curb organized terrorist groups, they may also fuel further radicalization and fail to address the underlying political grievances that drive terrorism. The proliferation of new media also allows terrorist groups to more easily spread their messages and radicalize others. The document concludes that due to its complex and varied causes, terrorism cannot be viewed simplistically and eliminating it fully may not be possible.

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    The document discusses terrorism and whether it can ever be eradicated. It notes that terrorism is a brutal form of political violence that uses fear as a weapon and is often a response to political suppression. While counter-terrorist measures can curb organized terrorist groups, they may also fuel further radicalization and fail to address the underlying political grievances that drive terrorism. The proliferation of new media also allows terrorist groups to more easily spread their messages and radicalize others. The document concludes that due to its complex and varied causes, terrorism cannot be viewed simplistically and eliminating it fully may not be possible.

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    Terrorism

    a. Can terrorism ever be eradicated?


    Intro:
    September 11 2001 was indubitably an epochal day in the lives of
    our generation. People all around the globe were glued to their
    television screens, shaking with fear as they watched the tragic
    fates of the World Trade Centre and thousands of innocent people
    unfold before their very eyes
    Merely marked the start of a series of similarly unforgiving attacks
    Terrorism greatest threats plaguing the international community
    Brutal, relentless form of political violence that uses fear as a key
    weapon
    Asymmetrical warfare often born out of political aims that have
    been constantly suppressed or denied by governments, forcing
    many disillusioned citizens to take up arms and seek to deliberately
    create violence and fear, disrupting the delicate harmony and social
    fabric of society so that their demands will be heard
    Counter-terrorist measures effective at quelling terrorists, doubleedged sword that fuel and further radicalize many to become
    terrorists
    Counter-terrorist measures crack down on terrorists and terrorist
    organizations
    Increase in information sharing and intelligence both within and
    between countries
    Patriot Act in USA: government passed legislation allowing wire
    tapping on phone conversations
    UN member countries agreed to freeze the bank accounts of
    suspected terrorists in their country to deny these terrorists a
    safehaven
    Success of mutual cooperation is exemplified in the way the multiintelligence sharing among Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia
    enabled the Indonesian government to find and arrest key leaders
    of the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI)
    Overpower using military might
    Hillary Clinton: imperative that we refuse to legimitise terrorists
    Obamas support for General McChrystals counterinsurgency
    measures in Afghanistan: reinforce domestic security force, employ
    state-of-the-art military weapons and air drones
    Taliban and Al Qaeda key leaders have been killed
    To jaw-jaw is always better than to war-war
    Negotiations between the government and terrorist groups are
    instrumental in successfully weeding out terrorism
    Terrorist groups, such as the Irish Republican Army in Northern
    Ireland, are disenfranchised groups that seek political freedoms of
    equality in treatment or an autonomous region and have only
    resorted to terrorism because the government has constantly
    refused to acceded to their requests and marginalized them
    Grant political consensus less need to adopt violence

    ONLY CURB ORGANIZED TERRORISM, not self-radicalised terrorists and


    state-sponsored terrorism by rogue states or autocratic dictators
    Terrorism is about wining the hearts and minds of the people
    Harsh counter-terrorist measures often serve to create breeding
    grounds for further radicalization
    Nietzsche in dealing with a monster, be careful lest you turn into a
    monster yourself
    Patriot Act: Highly contentious as it infringes upon a persons right
    to privacy which is enshrined in the American Constitution
    Atrocities committed in Guantanamo Bay and the Abu Graib prison
    in Iraq go against Geneva Conventions, provide further fuel for
    terrorist groups such as Al Qaeda to characterize the USA as a
    power-hungry and hypocritical. Shifting moderate Muslims towards
    radicalization
    Fail to address the political grievances and aims of terrorist organizations
    Creating situations termed negative peace
    Simmering tensions still brew and threaten to erupt, destroying the
    fragile peace
    Sri Lanka governments vicious destruction of the LTTE not only
    violated international human rights, but led to growing discontent
    and protest from the Tamil diaspora worldwide that would provide a
    fertile ground for the LTTE to regroup and re-emerge.
    Rajapaksas government refuse to acknowledge the political
    marginalization and deprivations of these groups
    Some are politically-driven, others are purely terror driven
    Rise of Islamic fundamentalist terrorist groups such as the Jammu
    Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF)in Kashmir and Hamas in the
    Palestinian Israeli conflict
    Fundamental nature: fervently believe they are fighting a holy war,
    or Jihad, against foreign influences in their land, based on a
    distorted interpretation of the Quran
    State-sponsored terrorism
    While most countries have recognized international cooperation as
    paramount to achieving their political self-interest
    Some radical dictators continually fund militant terrorist groups in
    fulfillment of realism
    Al Qaeda, product of Saudi Arabia and the USAs funding of the
    mujahideen during the Soviet-Afghanistan War
    Pakistan funds the Laksha-e-Tobia (LeT) responsible for the Mumbai
    bombings in Nov 2008
    Proliferation of new media:
    New platforms for terrorist groups to send their message to other
    users
    Inciting many to be influenced by such subversive messages and
    self-radicalising
    Easy instructions on creating bombs

    Few thousand Americans perished in Sept 11 attacks, effects of


    attacks were transmitted globally by media coverage of the events,
    inciting fear in the entire global community
    Death count not biggest weapon. Rather, harrowing and dramatic
    images of destruction
    Use fear and propaganda as main weapon: presence and influence
    even more pervasive than before

    Conclusion:
    Terrorists are a multifaceted, complex group of people supported by
    states or groundswells of disenfranchised people and cannot be
    viewed simplistically as homogenous groups.

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