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History: Terrorism
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- 1What is terrorism?An act designed to hurt or kill innocent civilians and to intimidate or influence a government to do something.
- 2What were the 2 most important motivations for the PLO?Political - wanted to get control of Palestinian territory.
Moral - wanted to get back their 'rightful' home as they believed Israel had stolen it. - 3What was the main motivation for the PIRA?Political - they wanted to create a United Ireland.
- 4What were the 2 main motivations for al-qaeda?Political - they wanted to counter American influence in the Middle East
Religious - wanted to get rid of Islamic non believers. - 5Osama bin Laden's leadership qualitiesClever - went to the most prestigious high school
Rich - helped set up al-qaeda
Military experience - joined Afghan resistance as he believed it was his duty as a Muslim to fight.
Powerful - used aid from the US to train a group of Islamic jihadists. - 6Yasser Arafrat's leadership qualitiesMilitary - smuggled weapons to Palestine to use against British + Jewish, left uni to fight Jews (1948).
Strength and planning - organised uprisings (2000).
Willing to negotiate - public speech gained peace by declaring his enemies had rights. - 7Gerry Adams' leadership qualitiesDetermined - as a child he was a Catholic civil right freedom fighter
Political Attributes - became leader of Sim Fein
Negotiation - got Good Friday agreement signed helping to establish self-rule in N. Ireland - 8Get tough or talk? What happened with the IRA when the government got tough?British sent in troops to try and find leaders of the IRA.
Dragged Catholics out of their homes
Torched houses
Captured Catholics - no trial before imprisonment - 9Why is terrorism hard for governments to deal with?Difficult to find and stop.
When terrorists are in your country many people want the government to get tough but this can restrict human rights and freedoms. - 10Give some reasons that say terrorism is justified with examples.Gain land (political) and home (moral) - PLO wanted their 'rightful' home back.
Fighting for rights - PIRA - unite Ireland
Protect their people - PLO attacked to protect Palestinians
Only choice they have
Retaliation - 11Give some reasons that say terrorism is not justifiedKills many innocent people - 9/11
Creates fear
Gives religion a bad name - al -qaeda
Only leads to more violence - Israeli government have built a wall on the West Bank which causes suffering to stop Palestinian people - 12How can governments respond to terrorism?Negotiation
Military Action
Infiltration - 13How did the government respond to the PIRA?Infiltration - British never knew when the next bomb would come.
Began to infiltrate the PIRA
Gave them valuable info which led to arrests of high up PIRA figures. - 14How did the government respond to al-qaeda?Military
In response to the embassy bombings in East Africa.
US launched cruise missiles on targets in Sudan and Afghanistan - 15How did the government respond to the PLO?Negotiation
PLO were suffering as funding had been cut off.
Led to signing of the Oslo Accords
PLO would acknowledge Israel + reject violence.
Israel would recognise PLO as the official Palestinian authority. - 16Government response to al-qaedaUS ask for bin Laden
Say no, start to negotiate
USA join forces with British PM
USA and allies lead attack on Afghanistan (Oct 2001) - 17Government response to PIRAInternment - imprisonment if anyone had any possibility of being a terrorist
1972 - agreed to have secret talks with IRA leadership
1980's - used undercover officers + informers
British gov talked to Sim Fein - Good Friday Agreement signed - 1998 - 18Government response of PLOGet tough - targeted assassinations
Negotiation - Oslo Accords in 1993
Agreed to Palestinian authority - 19PIRA responsesNegotiation - talks with Sinn Fein - GFA (1998)
Military - Bloody Sunday, British troops shot protesters
Intelligence - censorship, infiltration - 20PLO responsesNegotiation - Oslo Accords
Military - Get tough policy, curfews in Afghanistan, targeted assassinations, bombing suspected terrorist targets
Intelligence - checkpoints to search people entering or leaving Palestinian areas - 21Al-qaeda responsesNegotiation - no public talks, demands for Taliban leaders
Military - Missile attacks, invasion of Afghanistan, killing of bin Laden
Intelligence - torture of terrorist suspects - 22'Religion is the cause of Terrorism'YES
PLO - opposed to Jewish 'zionism' (Jews who believed they shoudl get their own state)
PIRA - Catholic V Protestant
Al - qaeda - get rid of non believers
NO
PLO - gain control of Palestinian state
PIRA - united Ireland
al - qaeda - rid Western influence
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- Flashcards for History GCSE OCR on Terrorism
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- Natasha Evans · jan 2015
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