interesting things regarding the history of terrorism. It seems this form of

protest has been around since Biblical times. Also, the main goal of a

terrorist is not to do damage to one peticular person or place, but to gain

publicity for an idea they support. (page 1) Evidence of this can be found by

looking at the recent past of the United States. The Oklahoma bombing was one

man's way of expressing his dislike of the government. The exact definition of

terrorism is not a solid line, it is a very wide line that isn't defined. The

general definition of terrorism is an attack of some sort against a person or

place that involves violence and/or destruction of property and is usually

politically motivated. (Terrorism 3)

Our fight against terrorism became something the terrorists might fear in 1970,

at the Hague Convention. This United Nations convention basically defined .

..hijacking as a crime and required contracting states either to allow the

extradition of hijackers to their country of origin, or to prosecute them in the

state where they were arrested. (The Terrorists 146) Atkins states that one

what they wanted, publicity for their cause.

founded in the United States in the 1960's, in Alabama. This groups wasn't

called the Irish Republican Army Provisional Wing. (Terrorism 116-117)

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