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| Pregunta | Respuesta |
| What is terrorism? | An act designed to hurt or kill innocent civilians and to intimidate or influence a government to do something. |
| What were the 2 most important motivations for the PLO? | Political - wanted to get control of Palestinian territory. Moral - wanted to get back their 'rightful' home as they believed Israel had stolen it. |
| What was the main motivation for the PIRA? | Political - they wanted to create a United Ireland. |
| What were the 2 main motivations for al-qaeda? | Political - they wanted to counter American influence in the Middle East Religious - wanted to get rid of Islamic non believers. |
| Osama bin Laden's leadership qualities | Clever - went to the most prestigious high school Rich - helped set up al-qaeda Military experience - joined Afghan resistance as he believed it was his duty as a Muslim to fight. Powerful - used aid from the US to train a group of Islamic jihadists. |
| Yasser Arafrat's leadership qualities | Military - smuggled weapons to Palestine to use against British + Jewish, left uni to fight Jews (1948). Strength and planning - organised uprisings (2000). Willing to negotiate - public speech gained peace by declaring his enemies had rights. |
| Gerry Adams' leadership qualities | Determined - as a child he was a Catholic civil right freedom fighter Political Attributes - became leader of Sim Fein Negotiation - got Good Friday agreement signed helping to establish self-rule in N. Ireland |
| Get tough or talk? What happened with the IRA when the government got tough? | British sent in troops to try and find leaders of the IRA. Dragged Catholics out of their homes Torched houses Captured Catholics - no trial before imprisonment |
| Why is terrorism hard for governments to deal with? | Difficult to find and stop. When terrorists are in your country many people want the government to get tough but this can restrict human rights and freedoms. |
| Give some reasons that say terrorism is justified with examples. | Gain land (political) and home (moral) - PLO wanted their 'rightful' home back. Fighting for rights - PIRA - unite Ireland Protect their people - PLO attacked to protect Palestinians Only choice they have Retaliation |
| Give some reasons that say terrorism is not justified | Kills many innocent people - 9/11 Creates fear Gives religion a bad name - al -qaeda Only leads to more violence - Israeli government have built a wall on the West Bank which causes suffering to stop Palestinian people |
| How can governments respond to terrorism? | Negotiation Military Action Infiltration |
| How did the government respond to the PIRA? | Infiltration - British never knew when the next bomb would come. Began to infiltrate the PIRA Gave them valuable info which led to arrests of high up PIRA figures. |
| How did the government respond to al-qaeda? | Military In response to the embassy bombings in East Africa. US launched cruise missiles on targets in Sudan and Afghanistan |
| How did the government respond to the PLO? | Negotiation PLO were suffering as funding had been cut off. Led to signing of the Oslo Accords PLO would acknowledge Israel + reject violence. Israel would recognise PLO as the official Palestinian authority. |
| Government response to al-qaeda | US ask for bin Laden Say no, start to negotiate USA join forces with British PM USA and allies lead attack on Afghanistan (Oct 2001) |
| Government response to PIRA | Internment - imprisonment if anyone had any possibility of being a terrorist 1972 - agreed to have secret talks with IRA leadership 1980's - used undercover officers + informers British gov talked to Sim Fein - Good Friday Agreement signed - 1998 |
| Government response of PLO | Get tough - targeted assassinations Negotiation - Oslo Accords in 1993 Agreed to Palestinian authority |
| PIRA responses | Negotiation - talks with Sinn Fein - GFA (1998) Military - Bloody Sunday, British troops shot protesters Intelligence - censorship, infiltration |
| PLO responses | Negotiation - Oslo Accords Military - Get tough policy, curfews in Afghanistan, targeted assassinations, bombing suspected terrorist targets Intelligence - checkpoints to search people entering or leaving Palestinian areas |
| Al-qaeda responses | Negotiation - no public talks, demands for Taliban leaders Military - Missile attacks, invasion of Afghanistan, killing of bin Laden Intelligence - torture of terrorist suspects |
| 'Religion is the cause of Terrorism' | YES PLO - opposed to Jewish 'zionism' (Jews who believed they shoudl get their own state) PIRA - Catholic V Protestant Al - qaeda - get rid of non believers NO PLO - gain control of Palestinian state PIRA - united Ireland al - qaeda - rid Western influence |
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