1. AIM: Can anyone win a “war on terror”?
Do Now: What is the difference between a terrorist and a freedom fighter?

2. Terrorism
The systematic use of violence by a group in order to intimidate a population or coerce a government into granting it’s demands.
Key Criteria
Violence
Psychological impact and fear
Perpetrated for a political goal
Deliberate targeting of non-combatants
Unlawfulness or illegitimacy

3. Was the firebombing of Dresden during World War II an act of terrorism
Was the firebombing of Dresden during World War II an act of terrorism? Between civilians were killed

4. Details
The Bombing of Dresden was a military bombing by the British Royal Air Force (RAF) and the United States Army Air Force (USAAF) as part of the allied forces between 13 February and 15 February 1945 in the Second World War. In four raids, 1,300 heavy bombers dropped more than 3,900 tons of high-explosive bombs and incendiary devices on the city, the Baroque capital of the German state of Saxony. The resulting firestorm destroyed 39 square kilometres

5. What are some examples of historical terrorist actions?

6. American instances of the 20th Century
1993- Underground garage bombing of World Trade Center
12/21/1988 – Pam Am flight 103 over Lockerbie
4/19/1995 – Oklahoma City Bombing
6/25/1996 – Truck Bomb in Dhahran Saudi Arabia kills 19 U.S. soldiers.
4/7/1998-Kenyan and Tanzanian U.S. embassies bombed
10/12/2000-U.S.S. Cole bombed off the coast of Yemen

7. 1993 Underground garage bombing of the WTC

8. 12/21/1988 – Pam Am flight 103 over Lockerbie

9. 4/19/1995 – Oklahoma City Bombing

10. 6/25/1996 – Truck Bomb in Dhahran Saudi Arabia kills 19 U.S. soldiers.

11. 4/7/1998-Kenyan and Tanzanian U.S. embassies bombed

12. 10/12/2000-U.S.S. Cole bombed off the coast of Yemen

13. More Recent
Pulse Nightclub Shooting
Boston Marathon Bombing

14. Until recently, movies often depicted terrorists as money hungry robbers – Die Hard

15. Or bumbling fools
True Lies

16. What does a terrorist look like?
Theodore Kaczynski

17. Joseph Stack

18. Tokyo subway sarin attack
The Tokyo subway sarin attack, usually referred to in the Japanese media as the Subway Sarin Incident (地下鉄サリン事件 Chikatetsu Sarin Jiken?), was an act of domestic terrorism perpetrated on March 20, 1995 in Tokyo, Japan by members of the religious movement Aum Shinrikyo.

19. Osama Bin Laden

20. Is it a fight against terror or are they legitimate freedom fighters?
Israel – P.L.O./Hamas
United Kingdom – Irish Republican Army
Russia – Chechen Rebels
Spain - Euskadi Ta Askatasuna or ETA (Basque Separatists)

21. Al Qaeda Decentralized cells.
No one in the organization knows much about anyone else.
Use sleeper cells.
Intent on creating a Pan-Muslim Sunni caliphate from Western North Africa to Indonesia.
Want to remove Western influence from the Muslim world.

22. Boko Haram

23. ISIS

24. Seung-Hui Cho – Virginia Tech Massacre
April 16, 2007
Killed 32
Wounded 17

25. Elliot Roger (2014 Isla Vista massacre)
Killed 6
Wounded 14
Was apparently angry that girls would not date him.

26. Dylan Roof – Charleston Church Shooting
June 17, 2015
Murdered 9 African Americans
Wounded 3

27. Las Vegas Shooter Killed 58 October 1, 2017 Caused 851 injuries
Shot into a music festival crowd.

28. Westgate
On 21 September 2013, unidentified gunmen attacked the upmarket Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya. The attack, which lasted until 24 September, resulted in at least 67 deaths, including four attackers. Over 175 people were reportedly wounded in the mass shooting, with all of the gunmen reported killed.

29. In what ways does Al-Qaeda, its religious and political views, and its methods pose a challenge to;
Muslims
2. Americans

30. State Supported Terrorism
In what ways do states support terrorism?

31. Can we win a war against terror?