CRJ 2001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: David Koresh, Fusion Center
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Reaction paper 1 page on what is a fusion center and what they do. Revolutionary terrorists: revolutionary terrorists use violence to frighten those in power and their supporters in order to replace the existing government with a regime that holds acceptable political or religious views. Political terrorists: political terrorism is directed at people or groups who oppose the terrorist" political ideology or whom the terrorists define as. Outsiders who must be destroyed: right-wing political groups, draws its inspiration from a variety of ideologies and beliefs, left-wing political groups, wants to overthrow the government, elf, eco-terrorism, considered with the environment. Nationalist terrorism: nationalist terrorism promotes the interests of a minority ethnic or religious group that believes it has been persecuted under majority rule and that wishes to carve out its own independent homeland. Retributive terrorism: some terrorist groups want to impose their social and religious code on others.