Terrorism is a problem which India has been continuously facing for more than two-three decades. Now, terrorism has emerged as a global problem against which an internationally united battle has to be fought incessantly. Violent Behaviour in order to create an atmosphere of fear in society or a part of it for political ends is generally termed as Terrorism. It is an organized and systematic use of violence to achieve an end. Many a time words like terrorism, insurgency, civil war, revolution, guerilla war, intimidation and extremism are often used interchangeably. Though they differ in kind and meaning, one thing is fundamental to all the words – i.e. violence.
Moreover violence used for personal gains like dacoity or robbery cannot be termed as Terrorism. Terrorism, as understood in the simplest sense, will always include a target group death and destruction of property through acts of violence and a perverted political purpose. It is also illegal and unlawful in nature with a purpose of creating fear and panic in the minds and psyche of people at large to make the masses feel helpless, to discourage rational thinking and to lead to a reactionary tendency in the people.
Terrorists resort to various ways to accomplish these goals like planting crude home-made bombs hand grenades or other explosives in a shopping centre or a crowded place like a railway station or a bus stand or even a bus train or airplane kidnapping assassination or hijacking. Different terrorist activities all over the world may have different aims but a few goals common to all may be underlined. It may be because they want a regime to react or they intend to mobilize a mass support through fear to eliminate opponents or enemies or to magnify their cause.
Saturday, August 7, 2010
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