Terrorism Most scholars and analysts tend to subscribe to the opinion that terrorism is a politic... more Terrorism Most scholars and analysts tend to subscribe to the opinion that terrorism is a political expression and not a criminal act. Terrorism is used to describe a variety of dysfunctional behavior in the international system. But it is necessary to understand as Best and Nocella (2004) had warned that " All terrorism involves violence, but not all violence is terrorism ". This warning stems from the fact that there has never been a consensus on an acceptable definition of terrorism. This definitional morass is reflected in the fact that " one recent survey of definition by leading researchers found 109 different definitions " (Ibid;3). In spite of this, it is easy to agree on the phenomenon of terrorism. The former UN secretary-general Mr. Kofi Annan noted " terrorism as any action constitutes terrorism if it is intended to cause death or serious bodily harm to civilians or non-combatants, with the purpose of intimidating a population or compelling a government or an international organization to do or abstain from doing any act " (cigionline.org/ article/2005/03/an/annan-proposed-defination-terrorism Retrieved July 2 2015) Kofi's definition was stemmed with great criticism but the brilliance of the definition is undeniable, Allan Rock , the then Canada's Ambassador to the UN said Mr. Kofi's definition is not ideal and doesn't cover all circumstances but it is a good working start in a final round of discussions on how terrorism should be defined. Also Kofi Annan (Quoted in Ibid) seek to find a way out of the definitional debate by stating that : Regardless of the differences between government on definition of terrorism, what is clear and what we can all agree on is (that) any deliberate attack on innocent civilians, regardless of one's cause is, unacceptable and fits into definition of terrorism. Kofi Annan, in his definition was well aware of the complexity adherent in the definition of terrorism, hence, he was able to generalize the view of different government and sponge a clarity of the definition of terrorism. Terrorism is by its nature an organized and planned event or policy. It is not unplanned, although random events may obviously terrorize. Terrorists' targets may be developed over time and reflect the premeditation of terrorism, but the common denominator remains the intimidation of a particular target community or undermining/damage of a particular economic-political system. What makes terrorism so fearsome is that attacks are often directed at a group of people or symbol that may not be directly linked to their real target, often a government, system, practice or ideology. It threatens all of us. In the process, those that suffer injury and death are generally innocent bystanders, possibly exemplified by the bomb attack on the UN in Iraq, resulting in the death of Sergio Vierra and many others, but equally applicable to the vast majority of people killed at the Paradise Hotel close to Mombassa in November 2002 (en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_Mombasa attacks Retrieved 12/04/2015). The scourge of terrorism has since become a reality of our everyday existence. If some thirty years ago, the exploits of the Con Bendits, Symbionese Liberation Army, Bader Meinhof's Red Brigades, Japanese Red Army, Tupamaros and Sendero Luminoso (or the Shining Path), seemed remote (Carson, 2012:1-5), sporadic or episodic, today, the atrocities of innumerable terrorist groups all over the world especially, Islamic fundamentalists such as Al Qaeda, Taliban's and El Shabbab have become common place and assumed an eerie permanence on the global landscape so much that people have now become numb to the successively outrageous nature of terrorist acts perpetrated by these common enemies of humanity
The frequent Boko Haram insurgences in the North-Eastern part of the country is still the latest... more The frequent Boko Haram insurgences in the North-Eastern part of the country is still the latest act of terrorism in the country. The tactics, strategies and mode of operations adopted by these terrorists are similar and professional in line with terrorist ideologies and practices found elsewhere around the world. The ugly phenomenon of terrorism has dented the image and credibility Nigeria among other nations of the world.
This is an open paper on the roles and activities of youth in African politics , the write up is ... more This is an open paper on the roles and activities of youth in African politics , the write up is open for additions and more write ups
Terrorism Most scholars and analysts tend to subscribe to the opinion that terrorism is a politic... more Terrorism Most scholars and analysts tend to subscribe to the opinion that terrorism is a political expression and not a criminal act. Terrorism is used to describe a variety of dysfunctional behavior in the international system. But it is necessary to understand as Best and Nocella (2004) had warned that " All terrorism involves violence, but not all violence is terrorism ". This warning stems from the fact that there has never been a consensus on an acceptable definition of terrorism. This definitional morass is reflected in the fact that " one recent survey of definition by leading researchers found 109 different definitions " (Ibid;3). In spite of this, it is easy to agree on the phenomenon of terrorism. The former UN secretary-general Mr. Kofi Annan noted " terrorism as any action constitutes terrorism if it is intended to cause death or serious bodily harm to civilians or non-combatants, with the purpose of intimidating a population or compelling a government or an international organization to do or abstain from doing any act " (cigionline.org/ article/2005/03/an/annan-proposed-defination-terrorism Retrieved July 2 2015) Kofi's definition was stemmed with great criticism but the brilliance of the definition is undeniable, Allan Rock , the then Canada's Ambassador to the UN said Mr. Kofi's definition is not ideal and doesn't cover all circumstances but it is a good working start in a final round of discussions on how terrorism should be defined. Also Kofi Annan (Quoted in Ibid) seek to find a way out of the definitional debate by stating that : Regardless of the differences between government on definition of terrorism, what is clear and what we can all agree on is (that) any deliberate attack on innocent civilians, regardless of one's cause is, unacceptable and fits into definition of terrorism. Kofi Annan, in his definition was well aware of the complexity adherent in the definition of terrorism, hence, he was able to generalize the view of different government and sponge a clarity of the definition of terrorism. Terrorism is by its nature an organized and planned event or policy. It is not unplanned, although random events may obviously terrorize. Terrorists' targets may be developed over time and reflect the premeditation of terrorism, but the common denominator remains the intimidation of a particular target community or undermining/damage of a particular economic-political system. What makes terrorism so fearsome is that attacks are often directed at a group of people or symbol that may not be directly linked to their real target, often a government, system, practice or ideology. It threatens all of us. In the process, those that suffer injury and death are generally innocent bystanders, possibly exemplified by the bomb attack on the UN in Iraq, resulting in the death of Sergio Vierra and many others, but equally applicable to the vast majority of people killed at the Paradise Hotel close to Mombassa in November 2002 (en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_Mombasa attacks Retrieved 12/04/2015). The scourge of terrorism has since become a reality of our everyday existence. If some thirty years ago, the exploits of the Con Bendits, Symbionese Liberation Army, Bader Meinhof's Red Brigades, Japanese Red Army, Tupamaros and Sendero Luminoso (or the Shining Path), seemed remote (Carson, 2012:1-5), sporadic or episodic, today, the atrocities of innumerable terrorist groups all over the world especially, Islamic fundamentalists such as Al Qaeda, Taliban's and El Shabbab have become common place and assumed an eerie permanence on the global landscape so much that people have now become numb to the successively outrageous nature of terrorist acts perpetrated by these common enemies of humanity
The frequent Boko Haram insurgences in the North-Eastern part of the country is still the latest... more The frequent Boko Haram insurgences in the North-Eastern part of the country is still the latest act of terrorism in the country. The tactics, strategies and mode of operations adopted by these terrorists are similar and professional in line with terrorist ideologies and practices found elsewhere around the world. The ugly phenomenon of terrorism has dented the image and credibility Nigeria among other nations of the world.
This is an open paper on the roles and activities of youth in African politics , the write up is ... more This is an open paper on the roles and activities of youth in African politics , the write up is open for additions and more write ups
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