Poverty - most of the members of the IRA came from
poor Catholic communities.
Attacks
Birmingham Pub Bombings. Timed
bombs that went off in two different pubs
killing 21 and injuring 182 people.
Achieved the Good Friday Agreement in 1998.
The Good Friday agreement was a commitment by all parties
to exclusively peaceful and democratic means.
Tactics
They took hostages, carried out bombings, shootings and bank robberies. They
used propaganda to show the Irish community that they were being treated
unfairly by the British.
Motive
They felt they had no independence and that they
were treated unfairly by Britain
Al Quaeda
Leader
Osama Bin Laden
Tactics
Gain support and awareness by carrying out attacks. They
were a hardcore Muslim organisation, and belonged to a
network with other groups, sharing their views, so they
could inspire and influence them. They provided finance
training to support terrorist attacks.
Motive
They did not like the power that the West
had over them
Grievances
Al-Quaeda were affected by the
dominance and power the West had
over them
Aims
Reduce foreign influence
in Muslim countries
Destroy the State Of isreal
Attacks
The 9/11 attacks - Planes were flown by suicide bombers
into targeted buildings (the world trade center) on an
attack on the US
Success
They raised a lot of awareness and inspired
other groups to fight for what they believed in.
However they were unable to achieve any of
their aims.
PLO
Motive
They believed that Pakistan was
originally theirs
Leader
Yasser Arafat
Aims
Destroy the state of Israel and gain
the land they had been disputing
over - Pakistan
Tactics
Attacked innocent civilians
with underground warfare
Hijacked planes to free PLO prisoners
They attacked Israel using artillery fire
Attacks
Munich Olympic Games attack - they took
hostage and killed 11 Israel Olympians. They
demanded the release of 234 prisoners.
Black September in 1970 where
there was a civil war in Jordan
between the PLO and the Jordanian
armed forces.
Grievances
Poverty - Many recruits came from the bad conditions of
refugee camps to join the PLO as this gave them status
and importance
Disputed land - Palestinians lost what they thought
of as their land. They also had a powerful enemy in
the Jews.