Questions tagged [terrorism]
Act of violence directed against innocent people, intended to fear them and as a kind of a brutal blackmail, make them perform politic actions that are in favor of the terrorists.
23 questions
-7
votes
1
answer
1k
views
"Israel created Hamas" - what's the timeline behind the historical facts of this claim?
A common claim across social media right now is "Israel created Hamas" - I've found it a little bit difficult to get an accurate timeline about Israel's actual involvement in Hamas.
This is ...
- 87
0
votes
1
answer
112
views
Can anyone find this DOJ report talking about the CIA's detention and interrogation (or torture) program?
In Ali Soufan's bookThe Black Banners - Declassified: How Torture Derailed the War on Terror after 9/11,on page 425a of the Kindle edition, he says:
A July 29,2009, report by the Justice Department's ...
- 2,526
3
votes
1
answer
198
views
Do We Know 100% of the Victims of 9/11?
The 9/11 Memorial contains nearly 3,000 names for the victims of 9/11. However, based on a news article on September 7, 2021, there are still 1,106 victims of 9/11 who have not yet been identified.
...
- 139
0
votes
1
answer
332
views
Was America behind any 'false flag' bomb attacks in Saigon in the early 1950s?
Graham Greene was a journalist in Vietnam during 1951-1954. His 1955 novel The Quiet American depicts the US as plotting with Trình Minh Thế's Caodaiist faction to bomb a military parade in Saigon, so ...
- 837
4
votes
1
answer
246
views
Where can I find the original Arabic version of bin Laden's 1996 fatwa?
For a paper in my Arabic class, I would like to cite from bin Laden's 1996 fatwa "إعلان الحرب ضد الأمريكيين الذين يحتلون أرض الحرمين الشريفين"
In English: "Declaration of War Against ...
- 43
4
votes
1
answer
830
views
Was Anti-Japaneseism a real political ideology?
According to a page on Wikipedia, there was a movement in the Japanese New Left called "Anti-Japaneseism", which claimed that
"The nation called Japan and the entire Japanese race ...
2
votes
1
answer
2k
views
Why were bridges and tunnels off Manhattan closed to evacuees on 9/11?
On 9/11/2001, following the second plane crash into South Tower, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey closed all of the bridges and tunnels under their jurisdiction. The MTA Bridges and ...
- 121
2
votes
1
answer
175
views
Were "The People's Will" referred to as "terrorist" by their contemporaries?
Narodnaya Volya (The People's Will) was the organization responsible for the assassination of Tsar Alexander II in in March 1881. Is there any evidence (preferably online sources) which point to the ...
- 2,094
7
votes
1
answer
346
views
Did the Bush administration or their successors ever comment on the alleged Taliban warning about 9/11?
I was going through some old news reports and I was shocked to find a BBC report from 2002 that the Afghan Taliban warned the Americans and the UN of an impending attack on US by Al-Qaeda however ...
- 8,185
-3
votes
1
answer
187
views
What's the relation of FDR and Wilson to War on Terror/terrorism in House of Cards? [closed]
In House of Cards, Frank Underwood brings up FDR and Wilson when saying that he wants to declare war on ICO (fictional terrorist group possibly related to ISIS). What's the relation please? I mean, ...
- 185
-2
votes
1
answer
506
views
Why is the Ku Klux Clan an Christian terrorism organisation? [closed]
the wikipdeia article of the Ku Klux Clan says
Though members of the KKK swore to uphold American values and
Christian morality, virtually every Christian denomination officially
denounced the ...
- 151
14
votes
4
answers
2k
views
Was there any terrorism in the Soviet Union?
Did terrorist attacks ever occur within the borders of the USSR?
By this, I do not mean:
terrorist acts committed by the USSR against its own people
terrorists abroad sponsored by the USSR
acts of ...
- 14k
13
votes
4
answers
41k
views
Did the date of 9/11 have significance, or was it chosen randomly?
One thing I've been wondering about ever since 9/11 is whether the date was randomly chosen, or if it was chosen specifically for its resemblance to the American emergency hotline 9-1-1 (or something ...
- 7,732
3
votes
1
answer
5k
views
Why was the World Trade Center selected as a target by Al Qaeda?
In 2001, the terrorist organization al-Qaeda attacked a series of targets inside the United States. The Pentagon was the symbol of America's military strength, and the second planned DC target (...
- 1,822
6
votes
1
answer
463
views
How did Andreas Baader and Ulrike Meinhof end up on the list of prisoners to be released, by Black September?
After seeing the movie The Baader-Meinhof Komplex, I was confused by one part, which was how Andreas Baader and Ulrike Meinhof ended up on the list of prisoners to be released at the 1972 Olympics.
...
- 131
-1
votes
1
answer
91
views
Why was Lakhdar Boumediene, in the Boumediene v Bush case, acquitted of his charges? And, why was the habeas corpus not suspended? [closed]
From my knowledge, the habeas corpus can be suspended in times of rebellion and danger of public health and safety. Wouldn't this be ground to ultimately suspend the habeas corpus in Bush's favor? (...
- 7
1
vote
1
answer
1k
views
What happened to insurance companies after the 9/11 attacks? [closed]
The insurance industry had a bad day on 9/11. Few would imagine a loss of literally everything (the office, the objects, the building and even the people). Of all possibile outcomes, this was the ...
- 883
4
votes
0
answers
127
views
Why the different jail terms for the brigatisti involved in Aldo Moro's death?
Wikipedia's summary of the sentences applied to each of the brigatisti involved in Aldo Moro's death shows a wide range of jail terms.
In particular Barbara Balzerani served 21 years until 2011 while ...
- 11.8k
4
votes
1
answer
135
views
History of terrorist organizations designations/undesignations by Israel
In 1948, Israel passed the Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance, which allows it to officially designate organizations as terrorists in the Official Gazette.
What organizations have been designated this ...
- 2,536
2
votes
1
answer
153
views
What is the English name for the "Исламский джихад - Джамаат моджахедов" organization?
Russia's list of designated terrorist organizations contains a list of names that are easily identifiable, except this one that I can't identify:
Исламский джихад - Джамаат моджахедов
I could find ...
- 2,536
3
votes
1
answer
1k
views
Is the Terrorist Exclusion List (TEL) still used for anything?
Section 411 of the USA PATRIOT ACT of 2001 (8 U.S.C. § 1182) authorized the Secretary of State, in consultation with or upon the request of the Attorney General, to designate terrorist organizations ...
- 2,536
4
votes
1
answer
118
views
Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council: Listed by India from when to when?
From when to when has the Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council been on India's list of organizations declared as terrorist organizations?
Wikipedia says it started on 16 November 2000 but the ...
- 2,536
6
votes
2
answers
1k
views
When was the African National Congress added to the US terror list?
In 2008, the ANC was removed from the US terror list.
From BBC:
US President George W Bush has signed a bill removing Nelson Mandela and South African leaders from the US terror watch list, ...
- 2,536