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Understanding Terrorism and Its Types

Terrorism aims to spread violence and terror through tactics like guerrilla warfare. There are differences between terrorism and guerrilla warfare - terrorism has no boundaries and does not aim to seize military or political power. In response to terrorism, the US passed the PATRIOT Act in 2001 to improve detection and prevention, though it was controversial. There are various types of terrorism including civil disorder, political, non-political, religious, and state-sponsored. Solutions include stopping militant groups, promoting independent economic development, restricting terrorist funding, and helping those in need.

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Understanding Terrorism and Its Types

Terrorism aims to spread violence and terror through tactics like guerrilla warfare. There are differences between terrorism and guerrilla warfare - terrorism has no boundaries and does not aim to seize military or political power. In response to terrorism, the US passed the PATRIOT Act in 2001 to improve detection and prevention, though it was controversial. There are various types of terrorism including civil disorder, political, non-political, religious, and state-sponsored. Solutions include stopping militant groups, promoting independent economic development, restricting terrorist funding, and helping those in need.

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Terrorism

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Terrorism:

Terrorism is the act whose objective is to spread violence and to create terror in the specific
community or in the world order (Sönmez & Sönmez, 2017). The terrorism is a tactic or a
strategy which has been used to achieve a specific end.

Difference between Terrorism and Guerrilla Warfare:

There are several differences between the terrorism and in the Guerrilla warfare. In the
terrorism it can bet termed as the global terror which has no boundaries. However in the
guerrilla warfare it is done in the specific area by a specific group. In terrorism there is no
chance of having the military or political seizure of the power. But in the case of Guerrilla
warfare there is always a possibility of military and political seizure of power.

Terrorism Act in the United States:

The main law which has been established in the United States is known as the “PATRIOT
ACT” which was passed in 2001 to improve the abilities of the Law enforcement to detect
and to eliminate the terrorism (Sönmez & Sönmez, 2017). The Act was modified in the year
2015 as the law is considering as controversial.

Types of Terrorism:

There are few types of terrorism which are as follows:

1. Civil Disorder
2. Political Based terrorism
3. Non Political Terrorism
4. Religious Terrorism
5. State sponsored Terrorism

Solutions for terrorism:

1. By stopping the militant groups which exists


2. By supporting the independent economic Development
3. By restricted the funding of the terrorist groups
4. By helping the person who are in need or support.
Reference:

Sönmez, S. F., & Sönmez, S. (2017). TOURISM, TERRORISM, AND POLITICAL


INSTABILITY. Anatolia: Turizm Arastirmalari Dergisi, 28(1), 110-137.

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