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Terrorism in the World
Introduction
Terrorism involves the intimidation of an organization, nation, or person by individual or group of people who are vulnerable and defenseless through the use of threat and or violence to get economic, political, or social objectives (Enders and Sandler 9). Terrorisms occur due to social and political motives, as well as its essence of violence. Terrorists use violent acts, especially the use of bombs in public places to attack public areas with many people who attend their daily activities. Other terrorists behead victims, as well as downing commercial airlines, among others, as forms of intimidation to people at the public places in unpredictable ways. Such terrorists ensure total circumvent of the normal channels forcing nations to heed to their demands and diverting a public fund to their coffers or potential targets. The high rates of terrorism continue to derail many nations of their resources; thus, nations need measures to curb terrorism. Proactive techniques prove to be the best countermeasures to terrorism, especially those that take the form of retaliatory raids against the other sponsorship nations providing financial resources, training, logistic support, sanctuary, and training to the terror groups.
Terrorism and Incidences of Terrorists Attacks
Controversies about terrorism arise from discussions and researches. Experts affirm the causes of terror incidences, such as outlining the motives of the terrorists, the causes, and grievances.
The most recent terrorist attacks in the world include the August 17, 2017 terror attack in Spanish that left 13 people dead and more than 100 people injured in Las Ramblas Barcelona. Police officers later shot dead five terrorists with fake suicide vests in Cambrils in Barcelona (Foster 1).
Separately, on June 19, 2017, and attacked happened in Finsbury Park with a van driver mowing down Muslim worshippers on the Seven Sisters Road near Finsbury Park Mosque. The incident led to the death of one person and eight people injured. Darren Osborne was the suspect at the scene and got charged with murder and attempt murder (Foster 1).
Also, a terrorist attack happened on June 3 2017, in London, whereby a terrorist at the London Bridge killed eight people, with many people getting injuries near the Borough Market. The police officers at the rescue area shot dead people with knives after mowing down pedestrians on the bridge and proceeded with their killing spree (Foster 1).
Other terror attacks included the Manchester terror incident on May 22 2017. The incident happened when a suicide bomber detonated different explosives among fans killing 22 people and causing 59 injuries at the Ariana Grande concert at Manchester Arena. Other attacks include the Paris shooting in April 2017, the Westminster attack, and the Stockholm terror incident (Foster 1).
On other occasions, deaths arising from terrorism yearly are more than 18,000 with the militia groups such as Islamic State, Al-Shabaab, the Taliban, and Boko Haram being the perpetrators. The Global Terrorism Index 2018, revealed by the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP), noted that the terror organization killed 10,632 people in 2017 alone. The re...