In the world today, there is a growing trend in violence, both domestically and internationally, in the form of terrorism. ... The FBI defines terrorism as, "the unlawful use of force or violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian population, or any segment thereof, in furtherance of political or social objectives."" (http://www.terrorism.com/index.shtml) Similarly, The Mitchell Commission (which "assessed the causes of Israeli-Palestinian violence last spring-) defined terrorism as, "the deliberate killing and injuring of randomly selected noncomba...

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First, there is the extreme patriotic response that is the symbolic ritual that celebrates our American exceptionalism. ... Extreme patriotism, and the cathartic "redemption" of capturing and killing terrorists has been a common cultural ritual since 9/11, and Boston College students can be seen repeating this cultural right when they celebrated in the mod on April 19th. If this is our response to terrorist acts, how can America, as Ivie asks in Democracy and America's War on Terror, "disentangle itself from this self-perpetuating, self-defeating, dangerously escalating cy...

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However, there are common characteristics to all anti-terrorist legislation: fast-track procedures, extension of police powers, restriction of individual liberties, and the setting up of specialized courts to try the perpetrators of these acts of violence. ... Ireland, although it is a young independent State, enacted legislation aimed at combatting violence against the State a long time ago, while France was among the last of the European States to avail itself of anti-terrorist legislation opening the way for the creation of specialized courts. ... However, the period following the Treaty e...

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Furthermore, governments in the Middle East and North Africa have for many years adopted laws and policies in the name of combating violence or "terrorism-, which are not in consistency with their obligations under human rights law and standards. ...

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