POSC240 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: International Humanitarian Law, Liberation Tigers Of Tamil Eelam, Abortion Clinic
30 Aug 2016
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Assassin (iran/persia)- hashish eaters who fought catholic crusaders. Comes from french reign of terror during fr rev. - terrorist org. was gvt which used fear to target ppl to keep political power. Boston tea party- colonial americans destroying gb property. Anti-abortion groups would bomb clinics in 80s and 90s. What is purpose is to fight foreign occupation. Us state dept: premeditated, politically motivated violence perpetrated against noncombatant targets by subnational groups or clandestine agents, usually intended to influence an audience: very hard to measure. Specify goals and strategies that reflect a cost-benefit analysis. Goals- related to grievances: regime change (overthrow gvt)- marxist groups in 60s/70s in sub- Saharan africa and latin america; rebel orgs; considered war if targeting gvt using small-scale strategies to undermine authority of regime in power (aka blowing up a bus: territorial change (take away territory from state)- tamil tigers in sri.
