POL114H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Pentagon, Money Laundering, World-Systems Theory
Document Summary
Targets: hijacking plains targeted civilians on the ground; world trade centre and the. Pentagon legitimate target of war; al qaeda hit american symbols of power; economic and political power. Author: al qaeda was not a state; wars can only be started by legitimate states. Causes of terrorism terrorism results from individual psychosis difficult prevention (surveillance is effective in large scale attacks) ideology extremists (left and right wings) religious extremisms. Police forces: the traditional agents of going after terrorism. Gwot: terrorism was a threat to the stability of states. War legitimates acts of terrorism as opposed to police; translated acts of terrorism into legitimate acts of warfare. International cooperation, root causes poverty, injustices and grievances reduce vulnerability preventable approaches: acknowledgement that western societies have become vulnerable because of technology; risk analysis (the disadvantages outweighs the benefits) Media terrorists want as much possibility as possible; restrained media coverage.
