Terrorism - What The Law Says
Posted by Goody on 03/24/08 in Legal and Law
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.”
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