Submitted by fjmmemon on November 7, 2007

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Terrorism

1. Terrorism has been defined as the sub-state application of violence or threaten violence intended to sow panic in a society to weaken or even overthrow the incumbents, and to bring about political change”. To elaborate it a bit more, “Terrorism consists of a series of facts intended to spread intimidation, panic, and destruction in a population. Individuals and groups opposing a state, or acting on its behalf can carry out these acts. The amount of violence is often disproportionate, apparently random, and deliberately symbolic to hit a target, which would convey a message to the rest of the population. Violence perpetrated by the state or by right wing terrorist groups is...

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