Terrorism is just a word in English, but it is a hazard for mankind.

India faces the problems of

poverty, population, hunger and literacy. But spread of terrorism is the most frightening of all. Be it
in the small countries like Ireland and Israel, or in the big ones life Russia and USA, terrorism has
become the main challenge to most of the governments today.
Terrorism has been described as the use of international violence by group or individuals to achieve
political goals, by the experts in U.S.A. In simple words, it is the spread of terror. It has to be
remembered that if destruction of people is taken by the behalf of an established government against
another country, then it is known as war, not terrorism. It consists of a series of act planned to
spread pressure, panic and destruction in a population.
Terrorism is not unthinking violence. Terrorist are very specific for what they want. Terrorist poses
the greatest threats to mankind. They know no friends and recognize no rules. Although explosions
and stray shooting are terrorist acts, flight hijacking has come to be their most preferred target of
spreading terror among the masses of the countries. Previously it was assumed that terrorism in
India would be limited to Kashmir only. But this belief has been proved baseless as terrorism has
nearly spread all over India. There are many types of terrorist groups depending on what their
objectives are.
Terrorism is usually of two kinds: political terrorism which creates panic on a large scale and
criminal terrorism which deals in kidnapping to take ransom. Political terrorism is much more
dangerous than criminal terrorism as they are well-trained and its become difficult for law enforcing
agencies to arrest them in time. For example- hundreds of terrorist are being trained at the Pakistan
occupied Kashmir (POK). And in Punjab, there is no doubt that the terrorist are receiving training
and weapons from Pakistan. Assam has been the most unstable state in the last few decades. Assam
remains the only state in the northeast where terrorism is a major issue. Terrorism is also spread at
national level. But the Regional terrorism is the most violent of all. This is because the terrorist think
that dying in a terrorist act is sacred and holy, so they are willing to do anything. All the terrorist
groups are made with different purposes.
Terrorism is a world-wide problem. By now, the governments throughout the world are realizing that
terrorism is a serious threat to dealt with. They believe in the power of bombs and guns over
dialogue. Terrorist acts are well-planned. Every terrorist acts usually takes days and even months of
preparation. Terrorist are usually young, but the brain behind them are old, seasoned politicians.
Terrorists mostly recruit younger people in their group as it is easy to brainwash them. Freedom is
the right to every individual. Our freedom is taken from us when terrorism strikes.
In the recent years, the most powerful country, the USA was shocked when Afghanistan-based based
terrorist organizations attacked on it. On September 21, 2011 a disaster took place in the New York
City when two hijacked planes were flown straight into the World Trade Centre. 6000 people were
killed. The bombing of the World Trade Centre is one of the most deadly terrorist episodes in the

world. This violent act of terrorism was mastermind by Al-Qaida leader Osama Bin Laden. After this
attack, many challenges took place in front of us. Like- the old security systems were replaced by new
and more complicated (also costly) security systems in airports. And in India, government developed
many security measures like making more strict laws (like POTA Prevention of Terrorist activity
Act), cracking down on their centres and keeping an eye from where terrorist receive money. POTA is
an anti-terrorism legislation enacted by the Parliament of India in 2002. This act replaced the
Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance (POTO) of 2001. There measures hardy had any effect. These
security measures had no effect on political terrorism but they had decreased criminal terrorism by
ten percent. Due to these risks from terrorism, the security at various places like airports, railway
stations and government offices are kept tightenen.
One of the deadliest terrorist attacks in India was the 1993 Bombay Bombings. It was a series of
thirteen bombs that took place in Mumbai. The attacks were the most destructive bomb explosions in
the history of India. It is believed that the explosions were in coordinate of Dawood Ibrahim, the
leader of a terrorist group which stood in opposition of India.
It takes months and sometimes years for the government to demolish a terrorist group. The best
example for this can be the operation Neptune Sphere. It took months of planning and investigation
for the U.S.A. to kill Osama. Finally on May 2, 2011 at night in Pakistan he was dead shot. The plan of
this operation was not shared with Pakistans government. The saddest thing is that India not only
faces terrorism from outside but also from within. In many cases, the leader of a terrorist group was
once in favour of that country. For example- Osama Bin Laden who was once promoted by the U.S.A.
against Russia later became the greatest threat to the U.S.A. Terrorism is like a war, which is neither
openly fought nor in a fair manner.
Terrorism has become a global threat and needs to be controlled from the grass root level to the
international level. It is also called that One persons terrorist, another persons freedom fighter.
This can be explained with the example of Osama Bin Laden. Terrorism cannot be controlled by the
law enforcing agencies alone. The world has to unite in order to face this growing threat of terrorism.
Let us hope that the world would be free from this hazard very soon. Without terrorism, the world
would become a better place to live in.

What do terrorists really want? Money? Power? Publicity? Many researchers have concluded that a
free media helps perpetuate terrorism in a society; without publicity, the actions of terrorist groups
may ineffective and counterproductive in achieving their end goals. Thus, there is a relationship
between the free media and the reporting of terrorist attacks.
While there are many reasons why terrorist acts are executed in contemporary society, this sample
essay focuses specifically on the causation between terrorism and the free media, and
acknowledges the most prudent steps that can be taken to limit these attacks from occurring in the
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Terrorist Intentions
Acts of terrorism are significantly higher in countries with a free media that report and publicize
terrorism regardless of the trauma inflicted on victims compared to the prevalence of such attacks in
countries with a state-controlled media (Gause 2005). Therefore, a free press will almost always
assure maximum returns for terrorism and in turn will overestimate the relationship between
democracy and terrorist activities. Terrorists want to spark fear within an existing population and
generate publicity for their actions. This can be accomplished by large and rare dramatic attacks
such as 9/11, but also smaller attacks in countries even where the media is not so prevalent,
creating uncomfortable conditions for the target group.
With the continuing expansion of the free media, it is imperative for contemporary governments to
address what can be done to decrease terrorist acts. In the ten years following the 9/11 attacks on
the U.S. there was an increase in domestic expenditures of over a trillion dollars aimed terrorism
prevention (National Priorities Project [NSP] 2011). The number of people in the world killed
following the 9/11 attacks outside of war zones by Muslim terrorists is estimated to be 200 to 300
people per year (NSP 2011). No one would argue that the loss of these human lives is a write-off or
is trivial, but this number does not suggest that the capability of terrorists to wreck havoc has been
significant. Reports during the same time period indicated more people drowned in their bathtubs in
the United States (Stossel 2004). With respect to heightened airport security, the added expenses at
U.S. airports as result of the new security measures have resulted in many potential passengers
driving to their destination as opposed to flying, leading to potential increases in car accidents and
related deaths.

Stopping Terrorism Through the Intrusion of Privacy?

The press terrorists receive from heightened security along with the increased inconvenience and
costs has helped keep terrorism fresh in the American mindset. Depending on who one believes
anywhere from 30 to 50 terrorist plots have been foiled since the increase in security following 9/11

(e.g., Carafano, Bucci, & Zuckerman 2012), but it is a pretty sure bet that most readers cannot name
more than three or four of them. Even though good number of these foiled terrorist attacks involved
attacks on airplanes or airlines few if any were rooted out as a result of airport security. There are
several reasons why increased airport security such as the use of full body scanners, intrusive
searches, etc. is not effective against terrorism; however, there is no doubt that the United States has
improved its domestic security since the early 2000s.
Regardless, a small number of airports actually utilize full body scanners and their effectiveness in
deterring terrorists is questionable. Related to this is the notion that airport security measures
typically follow what previous terrorists have attempted. For instance, somebody sneaks on to an
airplane with liquid explosives in their shoes and many airports begin checking shoes. By that time
the damage is done and the next plot is different. Airport security is not progressive. Second, as
stated above the real progress in detecting terrorist plots has come from intelligence work and not
from airport screening. Finally, the number of terrorist attacks foiled since 9/11 and the number of
deaths due to terrorism outside of war zones indicates that an American citizen is more likely to die
from heart disease or cancer than from a terrorist attack. This is not to say that airport security
should be lax; however, airport security could be effective with very simple measures such as the
ones used in Europe. There is no need to spend millions or billions of dollars on full body scanners,
increased TSA agents, etc.

Conclusions
Good intelligence work roots out serious terrorist threats. Simple, solid airport security measures
can be taken without significant increases in spending. The focus of terrorist prevention should
remain with solid intelligence work aimed at exposing plots before they can be implemented.
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