Petrozavodsk State University The sources of terrorism Svetlana Skibina, Petrozavodsk State University The sources of terrorism

The problem of terrorism today Terrorism has become over a number of years the topic of ceaseless comment, debate, controversy, and search for roots and motives, and it figures on top of the national and international agenda.

What the terrorism is: The terrorism is hard to define; it is very difficult to separate It from acts of war, just or unjust.

How terrorism appeared: 1) terrorism in the past 2) the modern period

The common acts of terrorism: About two thirds of all acts of terrorism are against business, numbering five-fold more than attacks on diplomatic, military and government personnel or property, or civilians.

The most renowned acts of terrorism: On the examples of the events on September 11, 2001 in the USA, terrorist attacks on U.S. embassies in Africa and the USS Cole in Yemen.

The local element of terrorism: Nationalist, ethnic, religious, and tribal conflict.

Tackling supported sources of terrorism: The government of the Arab and some non-Arab Muslim countries

Islamic terrorism is based on fanaticism, religious- nationalism fervor.

Europe is the most vulnerable battlefield It has become over a number of years the main base of terrorist support groups.

Terrorist support groups in Western Europe

The fight against terrorism: There can be no final victory in this fight.

Danger that the terrorist groups bring: Terrorism cannot be defeated by weapons alone, but is a struggle for the hearts and minds of people, a confrontation of ideas (or ideologies).

Why terrorists hate us ?

The way to strike terrorism

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