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  Terrorism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Those accused of being "terrorists" rarely identify themselves as such, and instead typically use terms that refer to their ideological or ethnic struggle, such as: separatist, freedom fighter, liberator, revolutionary, vigilante, militant, paramilitary, guerrilla, rebel, jihadi or mujaheddin, or fedayeen.
For instance, the FBI asserts that for an act to be considered terrorist, it must be perpetrated by a like-minded group, and not a single individual acting alone.
Terrorists also attack national symbols to show their power and to shake the foundation of the country or society they are opposed to.
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 Terrorism - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Groups that sponsor or engage in the use of terrorist tactics tend to use more neutral or positive terms to describe their own actions, such as freedom fighters, patriots, or paramilitaries; the targets of their activity are more likely to use negative terms like terrorism.
The use of the terms terrorism and terrorist are politically weighted, and are often used for a polarizing effect, where 'terrorism' becomes simply a relativist term for the violence committed by an enemy, from the point of view of the attacked.
Threat- and violence-based communication processes between terrorist (organization), (imperilled) victims, and main targets are used to manipulate the main target (audience(s)), turning it into a target of terror, a target of demands, or a target of attention, depending on whether intimidation, coercion, or propaganda is primarily sought," (Schmid, 1988).
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Terrorist   (3891 words)

  
 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Independent terrorist actor
An independent terrorist actor works outside a command structure, unaccountable to the claimed collective cause of a group.
Domestic terrorism is the commission of terrorist attacks in a state by forces inside or originating from that state, as opposed to terrorist attacks by forces external to the state.
An independent terrorist actor works outside of a command structure, and is unaccountable to the claimed collective cause of a terrorist group.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Independent-terrorist-actor   (567 words)

  
 Lone-wolf terrorism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Lone-wolf terrorists may be motivated by personal gain or vendetta, or may prefer to act as an individual covert cell within a movement practising leaderless resistance.
Timothy McVeigh, an American domestic terrorist convicted and executed for the April 19, 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, which killed 168 people and injured hundreds with a bomb-laden truck.
Baruch Goldstein, previously associated with Kach, who on February 24, 1994 opened fire inside the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron, killing 29 people and injuring at least 100.
www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/independent_terrorist_actor   (537 words)

  
 The Ultimate Terrorism Dog Breeds Information Guide and Reference
For example, the Jewish organization Etzel (considered by some to be a terrorist group, and often equated with contemporary Palestinian groups such as Hamas), preceded many (but not all) of its attacks on civilian targets with warnings to the British occupation authorities in Palestine, as in the bombing of the King David Hotel, 1946.
Terrorist groups sometimes arrange for secondary devices to go off at a slightly later time in order to kill emergency response personnel attempting to attend to the dead and wounded, or to delay their response out of concerns that such a device exists.
Terrorists are most easily created when a person with a genetic predisposition to violence and to unquestioning acceptance of authority comes into contact with an ideology that dehumanizes another group of people.
www.dogluvers.com /dog_breeds/Terrorist   (3109 words)

  
 1997 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
January 16 - Ennis Cosby, the only son of actor Bill Cosby, is killed by a gunman while changing a flat tire in Los Angeles, California.
June 2 - Timothy McVeigh is convicted on 15 counts of murder and conspiracy for his role in the 1995 terrorist bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
October 2 – UK scientists Moira Bruce and John Collinge, with their colleagues, independently show that the new variant form of the Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is the same disease as Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) or "mad-cow disease".
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 Strategic Insights -- US and International Responses
Terrorist organizations relied increasingly on other means, licit and illicit, to fund their activities.[17] Terrorists had long been involved in drug trafficking and organized crime, but until 1999, the international community had not explicitly linked the two.
While terrorist acts had been gradually incorporated into these efforts, after the 1998 bombings, the U.S. led the Security Council in focusing on transnational terrorism.[21] The Council passed Resolution 1267 in 1999, requiring states to impose sanctions on and freeze the assets of the Taliban because of their hosting of Al Qaida.
Knowledge of how terrorist financed their operations was ill-founded and slow in coming.[54] The CIA was aware that Bin Laden had provided funds to several terrorist organizations but not that he was at the heart of a terrorist network.
www.ccc.nps.navy.mil /si/2005/Jan/clunanJan05.asp   (6631 words)

  
 Insufficient Response to Terrorism: Newsroom: The Independent Institute
A terrorist with a crude nuclear bomb or a sprayer containing chemical or biological agents could cause massive casualties in a U.S. city.
Targeted U.S. retaliatory action in response to particular terrorist acts is probably necessary and can be justified as self-defense, but the swaggering attitude that such attacks must not be allowed to deter a superpower like the United States from acting as the world’s policeman is a dangerous and foolish conceit.
Terrorists commonly despise the United States as a Goliath standing in the way of their causes; they see themselves as David and may be perfectly willing to use weapons of mass destruction to attack us where we are vulnerable.
www.independent.org /tii/news/xx24Eland.html   (968 words)

  
 Independent terrorist actor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Saudi Arabia would be a constructive actor with regard to the world’s oil markets...
Derivation of the word "terrorist" A terrorist is, strictly speaking, one who is personally involved in an act of...
Casting Calls took viewers to the set of the independent film, T for Terrorist, starring Sayed Badreya, an Egyptian actor who in real life has...
www.logicjungle.com /wiki/Independent_terrorist_actor   (311 words)

  
 Independent terrorist actor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
An independent terrorist actor works outside of a command structure, and is unaccountable to the claimedcollective cause of a terrorist group.
This was true in the case of Vietnam, where the US government undertook a large terrorist operation to exacerbate thepre-existing civil conflict in Vietnam, unbeknownst to the larger American public (the cause which the public was led to supportwas " anti-communism ").
Also the Omagh bombing in Ireland, where the" Real IRA "—a splinter group from the more conciliatory IRA, killed 29 people in a bombing attack against Ulster Loyalistfamilies—a completely radical action, according to the mainstream Republican view.
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 ANNIVERSARY SUPPLEMENT   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The terrorist attack on 11th September has dealt a terrible blow to America's pride, the financial and material loss being a matter of marginal consideration.
The American response to the terrorist attack is aimed primarily to rehabilitate her wounded pride.
But the thing that America needs to take into account seriously is that the terrorists' handling of pace and violence has the capability to break through all security checks and hit a target of their own choice with perfect immunity.
independent-bangladesh.com /31072002an.htm   (19279 words)

  
 Is That Legal?: In Defense of Worrying About The Word "Terrorist"
"Terrorists" are people we "hunt down and kill." They are people we can spy on, can subject to interrogation methods just a whisker short of "organ failure or death," and can "disappear" into secret and unreviewable detention.
And from an interactionist labling perspective, does labeling the lone actor a terrorist mean that we are creating a label that can be used/misused by others that might be disturbed, lonely and/or newly radicalized seeking a fantasy in which to validate themselves.
Posted by: Paul Jones at March 8, 2006 10:23 AM Under Eric's definition, George Bush is a terrorist for the random violence that he has authorized against his (mostly innocent and therefore random) victims in Guantanamo and other prisons.
www.isthatlegal.org /archives/2006/03/in_defense_of_w.html   (2120 words)

  
 Independent terrorist actor - TheBestLinks.com - Anti-communism, Irish Republican Army, Real IRA, Terrorism, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Independent terrorist actor - TheBestLinks.com - Anti-communism, Irish Republican Army, Real IRA, Terrorism,...
Independent terrorist actor, Anti-communism, Irish Republican Army, Real IRA...
This was true in the case of Vietnam, where the US government undertook a large terrorist operation to exacerbate the pre-existing civil conflict in Vietnam, unbeknownst to the larger American public (the cause which the public was led to support was "anti-communism").
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 Background Information on Foreign Terrorist Organizations
In the last several years the GIA has conducted a terrorist campaign of civilian massacres, sometimes wiping out entire villages in its area of operations and frequently killing hundreds of civilians.
Operates terrorist training camps in eastern Afghanistan and suffered casualties in the US missile strikes on Bin Ladin-associated training camps in Khowst in August 1998.
Seeks to establish an independent Kurdish state in southeastern Turkey, where the population is predominantly Kurdish.
www.state.gov /s/ct/rls/rpt/fto/index.cfm?docid=2801   (5850 words)

  
 Another Century of War?: The Independent Review: The Independent Institute
Although China was considered briefly for this important role, the threat of terrorism has displaced China since 9/11, providing an ideal justification for bigger defense budgets: to fight an almost endless war against an enemy that transcends geographical boundaries.
The U.S. government has consistently defined terrorism as the use of violence against civilian populations by nonstate actors, such as al Qaeda, attributing such behavior to religious fundamentalism or to a hatred of Western freedoms.
Under such a regime, where the powers to write the rules, to judge guilt, and to prosecute offenders are vested in (or, more accurately, usurped by) a single hegemonic actor, the United States, it is difficult to imagine what strategies small, relatively powerless nations might pursue that would guarantee their safety against that actor.
www.independent.org /publications/tir/article.asp?issueID=39&articleID=465   (1317 words)

  
 WJLA - 'Brokeback' Named Best Independent Film   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The supporting-actress prize went to Amy Adams for "Junebug," who is nominated for an Oscar for her role as a sparkling Southern waif.
Presented by the nonprofit group Film Independent, the Spirit Awards honor movies showcasing original, provocative subject matter shot on relatively modest budgets, with financing at least partly from outside the Hollywood studio system.
Winners were chosen by the group's 6,000 members, who include actors, directors, writers and other film professionals.
www.wjla.com /headlines/0306/307987.html   (669 words)

  
 The Santa Barbara Independent :: cover story :: By George, He’s Got It!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
We asked Roger Durling β€” an occasional contributor to The Independent who, as director of the Film Fest, has unique insight into why the actor was selected for the Modern Master Award β€” to chat with Clooney.
There are some actors out there who are very politically active, but their voice becomes strident.
In fact, I talked to Elliott Gould about how they shot M*A*S*H and whether it was the actors adjusting the volume of their performances or was it done in the mix.
www.independent.com /archives/2006/02/by_george_hes_got_it.html   (1677 words)

  
 Adrian Grenier
It was during his studies that he was cast as the titular lead in the independent film The Adventures of Sebastian Cole (1998).
His natural, unaffected portrayal of a young man growing up with his pre-op transsexual stepfather in 1980s upstate New York was a hit among critics, and Grenier was soon being touted as one to watch.
That same year, the young actor -- who had made his film debut in the 1997 independent film Arresting Gena -- also gained a significant amount of exposure playing a member of Leonardo DiCaprio's entourage in Woody Allen's Celebrity.
www.djangomusic.com /actor_bio.asp?pid=P263351   (231 words)

  
 News - 2006 | Nicolas Cage | cagefactor.com
Terrorist attack survivor JOHN MCLOUGHLIN was so touched by the actor's performance in the OLIVER STONE movie, he gave Cage a cross made from steel salvaged from the rubble of the Twin Towers.
Actor Nicolas Cage paid as much as $25 million in July for a Newport Bay home on Lido Channel near John Wayne's former estate, according to estimates from High and Ditullio.
Actor Set to Star in and David Carson to Direct The Dresden Files Pilot from Lions Gate Television NEW YORK (Nov. 9, 2005) — SCI FI Channel has cast Paul Blackthorne (24, Presidio Med) to star as Chicago-based wizard and detective Harry Dresden in The Dresden Files.
www.cagefactor.com /news.html   (1813 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - O-Factor
The win also comes for being genuinely liked; Haggis is a quiet, unassuming guy who gives more credit to his actors than most filmmakers do.
With his win for best actor (and his great nod to his mother), Philip Seymour Hoffman completes what has been a two-month winning streak.
And that could mean good news for actors like Clooney and Weisz, who have both publicly stated that they do commercial films to give them the clout to do smaller, more vocal films.
blogs.usatoday.com /ofactor   (1848 words)

  
 U.S. Senate Republican Policy Committee
The KLA has been explicit in its determination to not only achieve an independent Kosovo but to "liberate" Albanian-inhabited areas of Montenegro (including the Montenegrin capital, Podgorica), Macedonia (including the Macedonian capital, Skopje), and parts of northern Greece; most of these areas were in fact annexed to Albania under Axis occupation during World War II.
Terrorist organizations motivated by the ideology of radical Islam, including assets of Iran and of the notorious Osama bin-Ladin -- who has vowed a global terrorist war against Americans and American interests.
And it is precisely there that at least a part of the sea of money that the Albanian drugs traffickers have amassed is reported to have ended up, to support the families and to fund both certain political personalities and the anti-Serb movement.
www.senate.gov /~rpc/releases/1999/fr033199.htm   (6295 words)

  
 International   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Cruise had been nominated for worst actor for "War of the Worlds," though he lost to Rob Schneider for "Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo." But Cruise did win in a new category for most tiresome tabloid target, for the public spectacle of his romance with Katie Holmes.
Hilton was named worst supporting actress for "House of Wax," a prize "I could have told you she would win as soon as I heard she was going to be in the movie," Wilson said.
Hamas, considered as a terrorist organization by the United States and the European Union, has 74 of the 132 seats on the PLC compared with 45 for Fatah, the party of president Mahmud Abbas.
independent-bangladesh.com /news/mar/06/06032006ap.htm   (10052 words)

  
 S.1510: To Deter and Punish Terrorist Acts
Sarbanes): S. A bill to deter and punish terrorist acts in the United States and around the world, to enhance law enforcement investigatory tools, and for other purposes; read the first time.
Terrorist attacks and other acts of violence against mass transportation systems.
Sense of Congress on the establishment and maintenance of intelligence relationships to acquire information on terrorists and terrorist organizations.
www.fas.org /sgp/congress/2001/s1510.html   (4233 words)

  
 'Squid And Whale' Leads Indie Nods, Divorce Tale Picks Up Six Nominations For Independent Spirit Awards - CBS News
Daniels was nominated for lead actor and Linney for lead actress as parents going through a caustic divorce in "The Squid and the Whale," inspired by writer-director Baumbach's own parents' breakup in the 1980s.
The nonprofit group Film Independent, which sponsors the awards, will announce winners March 4, the night before the Academy Awards.
The lead actors in the latter two movies — Tommy Lee Jones in "Three Burials" and Bill Murray in "Broken Flowers" — were shut out of the nominations.
www.cbsnews.com /stories/2005/11/30/entertainment/main1086370.shtml   (386 words)

  
 The New York Arab-American Comedy Festival (Aljazeerah Info Center)
T for Terrorist, a new and timely short film that explores one possible - and darkly comedic - ramification of typecasting Arab actors in Hollywood.
His 28-minute T for Terrorist, starring Tony Shalhoub (Arab-American Emmy and Golden Globe winner for the TV series Monk) and Badreya, recently won the Best Narrative Short category at the Boston International Film Festival.
Although T for Terrorist has been banned in Egypt for inexplicable reasons, it will be screened at the California Independent Film Festival November 2nd, and at the New York Arab-American Comedy Festival on November 17.
www.100megspop2.com /presca/zoomin.html   (1249 words)

  
 Movie News | New 911 Film | cagefactor.com
The three best-known actors are Cage, Maria Bello as McLoughlin's wife and Maggie Gyllenhaal as Jimeno's wife.
Many independent films have turned their lens to downtown New York, and in the 2002 film "The Guys," Anthony LaPaglia played a fire captain who lost eight men in the towers' collapse.
In the aftermath of 9/11, the director was excoriated by members of the press for suggesting that the attacks were a revolt against multi-nationals, "a rebellion against globalization, against the American way," he said at the time.
cagefactor.com /photos/world-trade-center.html   (7548 words)

  
 The Terrorist
American actor John Malkovich was so impressed by Santosh Sivan's striking directorial debut that he personally made sure the film was released in the United States.
THE TERRORIST tells the story of Malli (Ayesha Dharker), a 19 year-old Sri Lankan girl who is overjoyed to be hand picked for a suicide mission that calls for her to assassinate a prominent Indian politician by approaching him bundled up in explosives.
Malli must make a two-day trip through the lush Sri Lankan jungle to carry out her mission, and during the journey she begins to have doubts.
www.rottentomatoes.com /m/1101040-terrorist/about.php   (405 words)

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