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26 Nov 2016

Is Terrorism On The Rise? Here’s What The Data Tells Us

Produced annually by the Institute for Economics and Peace, the Global Terrorism Index (GTI) analyses and studies the direct and indirect impact of terrorism on 163 countries. This year’s results present a juxtaposition of the dynamics of terrorism in modern society. On one hand, they show a 10% fall (since last year) in the number of deaths attributed to terrorist incidents – the first decline since 2010. On the other hand, the overall score on this year’s index has deteriorated by 6%, due to many countries experiencing record levels of terrorism.

Read Here – World Economic Forum

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05 Jun 2016

The World’s Most Prolific Terrorists: The Taliban

Unsurprisingly, terrorism remains the preferred tactic of relatively weaker non-state actors who believe they can achieve their political objectives through violence. There has been a slight change in the perpetrators responsible for the most attacks. The Taliban replaced the self-proclaimed Islamic State as the number-one global perpetrator for terrorism attacks, with 1,093, which represents an alarming increase of 69 percent since 2013.

Read Here – The Atlantic

U.S. Department of State Country Reports on Terrorism

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21 Mar 2016

The Economics Of Terrorism And Political Violence

TThe indisputably courageous political activism of the Syrian people against a rather intolerant Assad regime, which has led to the Syrian civil war can be very well understood in the context of Syria’s economic situation.

Read Here – Market Mogul

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16 Nov 2015

The War Against Islamic Terror After Paris

The vacuums left by the United States have benefited the most violent and sectarian elements of the region, fueling civil conflict and allowing the Islamic State to expand its territorial reach. Although al Qaeda in Iraq was defeated, the failure to address the country’s underlying issues allowed IS — the son of AQI — to emerge.

Read Here – The National Interest

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11 May 2015

The Killing Of Osama bin Laden

It’s been four years since a group of US Navy Seals assassinated Osama bin Laden in a night raid on a high-walled compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. The killing was the high point of Obama’s first term, and a major factor in his re-election. The White House still maintains that the mission was an all-American affair, and that the senior generals of Pakistan’s army and Inter-Services Intelligence agency (ISI) were not told of the raid in advance. This is false, as are many other elements of the Obama administration’s account.

Read Here – London Review of Books

Posted in Terrorism and tagged Abbottabad, Afghanistan, Barack Obama, CIA, Death of Osama bin Laden, funding, General Ashfaq Kayani, ISI, Osama bin Laden, Pakistan, Politics, Saudi Arabia, Seymour Hersh, Taliban, United States, violence | Leave a comment

23 Jul 2014

Drone Troubles

As drones become more commonplace, what’s to stop terrorists from using them?

Read Here – Bloomberg

Posted in Terrorism and tagged aircraft, Drones, Iraq, ISIS, Israel, Middle East, Politics, rebels, suicide attacks, suicide bombers, Syria, technology, Terrorists, United States, violence | Leave a comment

08 Oct 2013

Here’s A Quiz To Challenge You

How much do you know about terrorism?

Find out at – The Christian Science Monitor

Posted in Terrorism and tagged 9/11, al Qaeda, Columbia, FARC, France, Germany, India, IRA, Ireland, Israel, Khawaja Nazimuddin, LTTE, Mumbai, Pakistan, Quiz, Religion and Spirituality, Spain, Sri Lanka, Syria, United States, USS Cole, Yemen | Leave a comment

21 Aug 2013

Terror Threats And People’s Rights

By the time Tony Blair left office in 2007, he had built a surveillance state unrivalled anywhere in the democratic world. Parliament passed 45 criminal justice laws – more than the total for the previous century – creating more than 3,000 new criminal offences. That corresponded to two new offences for each day parliament sat during his premiership.

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07 Aug 2013

The Third Wave

In case anyone needed reminding, the recent global terror alert illustrates that, 15 years after its first attacks on America, Al Qaeda is thriving. The coup in Egypt and the chaotic aftermath of the Arab awakening is only going to add more militants to this army of radicals. Failed revolutions and failing states are like incubators for the jihadists, a sort of Pandora’s Box of hostility and alienation.

Read Here – Daily Beast

Posted in Terrorism and tagged Afghanistan, al Qaeda, Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, Arab, Economy, Egypt, national security, Osama bin Laden, Politics, United States, violence, War on Terrorism, Warfare and Conflict, Yemen | Leave a comment

25 Apr 2013

The Boston Paradox

Whose fault is it that the Boston Marathon was bombed? Is Russia to blame for 250 years of trying to incorporate the Muslim North Caucasus nations, like the Chechens and Dagestanis, first into the czars’ Christian Orthodox Empire, then into the Soviet Union, and now into President Vladimir Putin’s all-controlling Russian state? Or is radical Islam the only explanation we need, both in Russia and the West?

Read Here – Project Syndicate

Posted in Terrorism and tagged Boston bombings, Boston Marathon, Chechen people, Chechens, Dagestan, Dagestanis, North Caucasus, Politics, Russia, Soviet Union, United States, violence, Vladimir Putin | Leave a comment

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Archive for the category “Terrorism”

Is Terrorism On The Rise? Here’s What The Data Tells Us

The World’s Most Prolific Terrorists: The Taliban

The Economics Of Terrorism And Political Violence

The War Against Islamic Terror After Paris

The Killing Of Osama bin Laden

Drone Troubles

Here’s A Quiz To Challenge You

Terror Threats And People’s Rights

The Third Wave

The Boston Paradox

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