Why do Terrorists use Terror Tactics?

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Viktor Lantz 10M1

Why do Terrorists use Terror Tactics?

Terrorists aim to cause panic and fear to get what they want, whatever it may be. Such as, the IRA who wanted freedom for Ireland, Al Qaeda who wants British and American troupes and influence out of Arab lands and Black September who wanted the release of Arabic prisoners, they all want to get their own way by terrorising people into giving them it.

Terror tactics are what the terrorists use to achieve their motives and terrorists use the tactics in different ways to gain maximum impact and provoke a reaction from the public which will help them in their struggle.

One major reason why terrorists use terror tactics is the huge global publicity which can be gained when they attack a well known landmark or specific people. Nearly all terrorists attacks try to achieve publicity such as 9/11 and the London bombings which are both horrific attacks which cost hundreds of lives and therefore it is know world wide and in great detail however, the incident in Tiananmen where the government of China attack a group of protestors which had been peacefully campaigning for democracy  and killed huge amounts, the exact numbers are still unknown because the Chinese government don’t want to publicise that they attacked their own people which is the complete opposite in this respect compared to the Al Qaeda bombings.

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Another major reason why terrorists use terror tactics is to undermine the will and morale of a country or community causing fear in the public and making people afraid that something else is going to happen, in Tiananmen square the government did not want the people protesting against them so they thought that to set an example and get rid of the pest they would use brutal killing to get their point across which will terrify other protestors and therefore appear strong to their own country. Many terrorist groups want to appear big and strong although they may ...

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