Terrorism - What The Law Says
Posted on April 17, 2008
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Sometimes terrorists consider certain policies as intolerable and decide to oppose the policy. In order to materialize their thoughts and concepts they resort to violence and plan and attack selected targets to put psychological pressure on the government. The 9/11 incident manifests terrorism in its worst form and reminds us what terrorism can do to the civilized world.
Terrorism to a layman is injuring, torturing and killing innocent people by violent means. The U.S. Defense Department defines terrorism as “The calculated use of violence or the threat of violence to inculcate fear intended to coerce or intimidate governments or societies in the pursuit of goals that are generally political, religious or ideological.” Title 22 of U.S. Code defines terrorism as “Premeditated, politically motivated violence against noncombatant targets by sub-national groups usually with the goal to influence an audience.”
The 1996 Defense Against Weapons of Mass Destruction Act was enacted to provide terrorist response training in case of emergency. US PATRIOT Act of 2001 was enacted to provide appropriate tools required to intercept and obstruct terrorism. Financial Anti-Terrorism Acts have also been enacted to dry up the source of finance to terrorists.
Effective coherent steps are to be taken to reduce threat of terrorism to democratic societies by national governments and the international community. Advance proactive plans that can respond immediately in case of an emergency should be implemented. Frequent mock rehearsals could be conducted to test the nature of preparedness and capabilities to face and neutralize the challenge.
Throughout the world countries utilize vast economical resources for containing and eradicating terrorism which otherwise could have been used for more useful purposes like developing infrastructure, education and public health. It is a tragedy that some so-called civilized countries consider these terrorists as freedom fighters.
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