What's your definition of terrorism?
Tags: WAR on Terrorism, 2001-2009; RIGHT & wrong; HUMAN rights; STATE-sponsored terrorism; FEAR
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- A COUNTRY GUIDE TO THE WAR ON TERRORISM. // National Journal;10/27/2001, Vol. 33 Issue 43, p3346
Presents a guide to the countries connected to the war on terrorism in 2001, either as United States coalition members, states that sponsor terrorism or as neighboring countries to the conflict. Form of government; Name of leader; Ethnic groups and faiths.
- Chapter 3 -- State Sponsors of Terrorism Overview. // Country Reports on Terrorism;2007, p8
The article provides an overview of the countries that sponsor terrorism. State sponsors of terrorism provide critical support to non-state terrorist groups. Sudan continued to take significant steps to cooperate in the War on Terror. Cuba, Iran, and Syria, however, have not renounced terrorism...
- terror, state. Mason, Mike // Globalization & Development: A Glossary;2005, p127
An encyclopedia entry for "state terror" is presented. The term "terrorists" is defined as those who victimize civilians in pursuit of their political objectives. In a broader context, it includes state terrorism, the activities of death squads, government hit men and so on. The U.S. government...
- Ayatollah Attitude. Takeyh, Ray // National Review;11/5/2001, Vol. 53 Issue 21, p22
This article discusses the reasons for which Iran may not fully support the United States during its war against Afghanistan. Information is presented on the hard-liners, who have found a patron and ally in the stern and forbidding figure of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's spiritual leader. There...
- You're Not Wrong. // Esquire;Nov2006, Vol. 146 Issue 5, p91
The author looks at popular opinion and arguments purported by the media, and the United States at large, and suggests that there is no true or false solution, but that everyone is right and just expressing one element of an overall truth. Discussed to back up the point is the war on terrorism,...
- Other People's Mail. Barbour, Ronald; Leverton, Tracy; Laingen, Bruce; Fatemi, Fariborz S.; Ahmed, Sardar; Wickersham, Bill; Schanck, Peter; Barber, Barry; Kovach, Yugo; Huber, Richard L.; Nader, Ralph; Leff, Samuel // Washington Report on Middle East Affairs;Sep/Oct2010, Vol. 29 Issue 7, p69
Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles in various publications including "A Show of Force for Iran," by U.S. Senator Charles S. Robb and retired General Charles Wald in the July 15, 2010 issue of "The Washington Post," "Worse Than a Nightmare," by Bob Herbert in the...
- Amnesty says human rights have been eclipsed by "war on terror" Eaton, Lynn // BMJ: British Medical Journal (International Edition);5/27/2006, Vol. 332 Issue 7552, p1237
The article reports that the 2006 annual report of Amnesty International warns that the war on terror waged by the U.S. and Great Britain has diverted the attention of the world from human rights violations in other parts of the world. The report describes such violations in 150 countries. The...
- Human Rights in Retreat. // Future Survey;Jan2007, Vol. 29 Issue 1, p1
The article discusses reports which reveal a decline of global human rights. Growing inequalities and fading commitments are reported by the United Nations (UN). Two books suggest that human rights have been marginalized by the war on terrorism. A worldwide survey reveals that many countries...
- The Wrong Way to Combat Terrorism. Roth, Kenneth // Brown Journal of World Affairs;Fall/Winter2007, Vol. 14 Issue 1, p263
An interview with Kenneth Roth, the executive director of Human Rights Watch, is presented. He describes the impact of news on U.S. human rights abuses during the war on terror on the work of human rights organizations. When asked about the Bush administration's abuses that led to the loss of...
