modern history

Do you think your project is progressing well?
What have you found difficult so far?
What have you done to overcome any difficulties?
What has been the easiest part?
Have you corroborated and cross checked your information using a range of sources?
This is the time you need to think about how you group fits into the broader concept and history of terrorism.

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What new points about terrorism did you learn from this keynote?

In pairs, research the different types of terrorism and provide their definitions.

Examples: State-sponsored terrorism.

In the past fifty years there have been many large-scale terrorist attacks, undertaken by a wide range of groups, on a diverse array of targets all over the world. Some of the most devastating attacks include:
• The 1946 bombing of the King David Hotel in Jerusalem
• The 1972 attack on Israeli Olympians in Munich
• The 1985 bombing of the Greenpeace vessel Rainbow Warrior in Auckland harbour
• The 1988 attack on a Pan Am jet over Lockerbie, Scotland
• The 1995 Oklahoma City bombing
• The 1998 car-bomb attack in Omagh, Northern Ireland
• The 1998 Luxor attack on tourists in Egypt
• The 2000 bombing of the USS Cole in Yemen
• The 2001 attacks on the U.S. World Trade Centre and Pentagon
• The 2002 bombings of tourist venues in Bali
• The 2004 bombings of trains in Madrid
• The 2004 school siege in Beslan, Russia
• The 2005 London tube and bus bombings
• The 2006 attack in Sinai, Egypt

Terrorist tactics – new strategies in terrorism and possible cyber terrorism.
How is technology affecting terrorism? The WMD argument for the war against Iraq rested on assumptions about the possible ease that technology was having on the ability to make weapons. The WMD argument is now being used increasingly in the context of the development by North Korea of its nuclear program. What role does the UN and international law play in the anti-terrorism campaign?
Distinction between individual terrorism/state sponsored terrorism. Is it correct to attack countries that harbour terrorists? Can states be regarded as terror or rogue states? How should the world deal with “terror states”?

What is behind terrorism? When the planes hit the World Trade Centre towers, many raised the question, why do the terrorists hate the USA so? Many people were offended by this question. The mirror should be placed back on societies that spawn such hate filled individuals, they argued. Follow the Bali bomber trial to see individuals driven by hatred, ignorance, arrogance, bigotry, dogmatism, naivete etc, they argue.

Profile the groups involved in terrorism. Who are they? What are their goals?

List the terrorist incidents you know of.

Photo from: http://www.lib.uwo.ca/weldon/news/hottopics/archive2004/terrorism.jpg

Terrorism – Sam and Britto

Terrorism – Alex and Aaron

Alex and Simon: Jemah Islamiah
Alec and Jono: HAMAS
Cam and Sam: Combat 18
Tim and Jarrod: Kosovo Liberation Army
Chris and Brent: Irish Rebuplican Army
Pascal: Baader Meinhof/Red Army
Jessen/Harry: Abu Sayyaf
Aaron/Alex: KKK
Oscar/Jack: Tamil Tigers

PREP: Write 8 questions that will form the basis of your research by Tuesday.

This program records the events of September 5, 1972 when eleven Israeli sportsmen were taken hostage and massacred by Palestinian guerrillas during the Munich Olympic Games – a tragedy broadcast live around the world. There are two narrative lines: Ankie Spitzer, the Dutch widow of one of the murdered Israelis, fencing coach Andre Spitzer; and Amal Al Gashey, the sole surviving Palestinian guerrilla. Twenty-eight years later he still presents his absolute faith in the rightness of his mission. There is also comment from a variety of eyewitnesses and from German and Israeli officials.
Answer the following questions:
What demands did the terrorists make?
Write a paragraph explaining what motivated the terrorists.
Why do you think Golda Meir refused to give in to the terrorists demands?
In your opinion, should democratic governments ever negotiate with terrorists? Why? Why not?According to Amal Al Gashey, what motivated the terrorists? What justification does he give?
How might this source be used by historians (usefulness)? How reliable is it as an historical source?

There has been a long debate, for some years now, over how to define terrorism. Some groups have claimed that the label “terrorist” has been used to brand many legitimate groups struggling to change their societies. For example, Nelson Mandela was called a terrorist by the White Apartheid South African regime
According to the US Dept. of Defence , terrorism is: “the unlawful use or threatened use of force or violence against people or property to coerce or intimidate governments or societies, often to achieve political, religious, or ideological objectives.”
In other words, terrorism is violence designed to advance some cause by getting a government to change its policies or political behaviour.
However, some see this definition as “western”. Iranian religious scholar, Ayatulla Taskhiri in a paper delivered at a 1987 international terrorism conference called by the Organisation of the Islamic Conference, argued a definition of terrorism as “an act carried out to achieve an inhuman and corrupt objective and involving threat to security of any kind, and in violation of the rights acknowledged by religion and mankind.”
Countries, by this definition, can be guilty of terrorism [Source: http://www.al-islam.org/al-tawhid/definition-terrorism.htm]
Research and write a definition of “terrorism” in your own words.