Terrorism

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

9-11-01 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

• Post

• 9/11 military operations to limit/eliminate terrorist attacks within the USA and on US targets abroad.

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 2001.

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