POL114H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Archduke Franz Ferdinand Of Austria, Osama Bin Laden, State Terrorism
Document Summary
9/11 began the security increase in airports etc. Terrorism is far from a recent phenomenon. Zealots- jewish sect that assassinated people to force the roman empire out of palestine. Muslims known as hashashin-carried out religious killings on behalf of their political and spiritual leaders. Ww1 began with an act of terrorism- assassination of archduke franz ferdinand- by the. Definitions are difficult to construct for terrorism. State sponsored terrorism- which is the support of international terrorist individuals or groups by a government. State terrorism is designed to eliminate political opposition and the killers and torturers who engage in it are paid for their work. 9/11: hijackers took two planes and deliberately crashed it into the twin towers, third into the pentagon, fourth into a field in pennsylvania, planning and prep by al-qaeda. Already isolated from the international community for its harsh imposition of islamic law and its treatment of women: bush admin began a war against afghan on oct 7, 2001.
