CROSSCURRENTS: THE NEW TERRORISM
Tags: TERRORISM; TERRORISTS; HIJACKING; INTERNATIONAL relations; TERRORISM & mass media; STATE-sponsored terrorism; BOMBINGS; ASSASSINATION; POLITICAL violence; VICTIMS of crimes; KIDNAPPING; MURDER
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- NO END IN SIGHT. // National Review Bulletin;10/6/1972, Vol. 24 Issue 39, pB156
The article states that politically motivated stories of violence are presented in all forms of media such as political kidnapping, hijacking and bombings. Some countries and organizations have gone along with the demands of the terrorists which have not proven effective in stopping anarchic...
- I survived: stop asking questions. O'Keeffe, Alice // New Statesman;7/18/2005, Vol. 134 Issue 4749, p17
Relates the experience of a London bombing survivor who, after being trapped in a train for half an hour, was surrounded by reporters. Reaction to the callous nature of the encounter; How survivors were coerced into giving interviews seconds after emerging from the wreckage of the trains or the...
- Hostages. Rose, Elihu // Reader's Companion to Military History;1996, p212
A hostage is a person held as a guarantee that certain actions or promises will be fulfilled. The practice of taking hostages dates back to antiquity. In ancient Rome, the sons of allied monarchs were required to live in the metropolitan capital as a guarantee of the ally's loyalty. Indeed,...
- Indian media, gov't clash over terror info. Frater, Patrick // Daily Variety;12/1/2008, Vol. 301 Issue 39, p4
The article reports on the case against the Indian broadcasters after the terrorism attacks in Mumbai, India. It says that the broadcasters were summoned by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting due to charges that the live coverage had helped the terrorists in gaining tactical...
- PRESIDENT'S FORUM. Rempt, Rodney P. // Naval War College Review;Winter2002, Vol. 55 Issue 1, p5
Focuses on the need to eliminate state-sponsored terrorist attacks. Necessity of stop states from harboring terrorists; Efforts to ensure a greater harmony between military strategy and policy goals; Difficulty in governing postwar Afghanistan.
- Invitation to September 11. Timmerman, Kenneth R. // Insight on the News;1/6/2004, Vol. 20 Issue 2, p18
Investigates the implications of the failure of the U.S. government to retaliate for the bombing of a Marine barracks in Beirut, Lebanon on October 23, 1983 for terrorism. Link between the bombing and the basic assumptions on the war on terrorism; Speculations about the role of Iran in the...
- The Terrorists' Leverage. Buckley Jr., William F. // National Review;9/2/1996, Vol. 48 Issue 16, p102
The article reflects on the leverage of violence being enjoyed by terrorists. It criticizes the failure of the U.S. and the West to combat terrorism effectively as evidenced by the TWA high jacking incident in 1985. It calls for the leadership of the U.S. in combating state-sponsored terrorism....
- The Terrorists' Leverage. Buckley Jr., William F. // National Review;9/2/1996, Vol. 48 Issue 16, p102
The article reflects on the leverage of violence being enjoyed by terrorists. It criticizes the failure of the U.S. and the West to combat terrorism effectively as evidenced by the TWA high jacking incident in 1985. It calls for the leadership of the U.S. in combating state-sponsored terrorism....
- War in Pieces: AMIA and The Triple Frontier in Argentine and American Discourse on Terrorism. Greenberg, Nathaniel // A Contracorriente;Fall2010, Vol. 8 Issue 1, p61
An essay is presented discussing the July 18, 1994 terrorist bombing of the Asociaci�n Mutual Israelita Argentina building in Buenos Aires, Argentina, exploring two major contrasting accounts of the events and their causes. The author highlights the "official" and "Syrian lead" versions of the...
