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An act of home-grown terrorism By ARJUN SETHI - Los Angeles Times -August 7, 2013 It's been a year since Wade Michael Page opened fire at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wis. Since then, some basic facts about Page have come to light. We now know that he was involved with white supremacy...

Knife attack on soldier in Paris treated as terrorism http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22670697 French anti-terrorist investigators are handling the case of a soldier stabbed while on duty near Paris on Saturday evening, prosecutors have confirmed. The soldier was wounded while...

Letter: When terrorism is falsely linked by race or religion, we all become the victims To the Times: A week after the cruel attack on the Boston Marathon, our nation is still trying to answer that piece of the — who, what, and why — puzzle. Despite our lack of information as to the...

Why is Boston 'terrorism' but not Aurora, Sandy Hook, Tucson and Columbine? Here is a thread that challenges some of the assumptions and stereotypes that have been plaguing the media recently. The image and the second post up are from the blog American Turban. The Original Post is from The...

Does Punjab have double standards on terrorism? Saturday, April, 20 2013 - 13:00 CHANDIGARH: Be it Punjab's ruling Shiromani Akali Dal, its alliance partner Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) or the Punjab Police - their doublespeak on...

Punjab Dangers Of Neo Terrorism Clearly, attempts are afoot to revive anger in sections of the Sikh community in Punjab and abroad. It's essential for the political leadership to pay heed, while taking care not to over-dramatise the situation B. Raman - Outlookindia - October 11, 2012...

Massive fundraising campaign in west by Sikh separatists to revive terrorism in Punjab PTI - Oct 7, 2012, 07.48PM IST NEW DELHI: An extensive fundraising campaign is being undertaken by secessionist Sikh groups in Europe and North America at the instance of Pakistan's ISI to revive...

July 15, 2011 How Indias Voters Can Stop Terrorism C. Christine Fair - Policy - July 15, 2011 Terrorists have once again struck India. While we should never be too confident in early assessments, it looks to be the work of the Indian Mujahideen, an Indian Islamist terrorist group...

May 4, 2011 The Death of an Icon By RICHARD BULLIET | AGENCE GLOBAL Osama bin Laden, the visual icon of terrorism in our fear-driven age, is gone. No one can replace him. Jihadists will doubtless commit new outrages and hatch new conspiracies. But warriors committed to sacrificing their...

The Muslim boy Kaleem pierced my conscience. I understood that love between two human beings is more powerful than the hatred between two communities’ Swami Asimananda did not just confess his terror conspiracy before a magistrate. He wrote to the President of India and the President of...

LONDON — The British authorities raised the terrorism alert level on Friday for airports, rail stations and other transportation hubs, but left unchanged the threat level for the rest of the country, security officials said. Britain’s elevated terror alert level led to increased police...

The trust level between the Indian and US agencies leaves much to be desired. The US anxiety to protect Pakistan adds to the distrust. How to improve the trust level ? by B.Raman (October 20, Chennai, Sri Lanka Guardian) Indo-US co-operation in counter-terrorism has the following...

At 14 one doesn’t really care. Not about terrorism, bombs, caution. Certainly not when one has a friend for company. That is what Ajay Chauhan did on 26th July this year. Playing with Sumit, his classmate, that evening he heard commotion caused by vehicles bringing loads of injured people to...

NEW DELHI: The Intelligence Bureau today warned that "inimical agencies" from "international bases" were trying to revive Sikh militancy in Punjab by forging an alliance between Sikh militant groups and Lashkar-e-Taiba. "The attempts to revive Sikh militancy using...

New phenomenon of 'saffron terrorism': PC PTI - August 26, 2010 - New Delhi <TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=3 cellPadding=3 align=right><TBODY><TR><TD align=middle></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> Warning that there has been no let up in attempts to radicalise the youth, Home Minister P Chidambaram on...

As director of the Orfalea Center for Global and International Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, Mark Juergensmeyer brings the sociology of religion to bear on the analysis of violent conflict in the contemporary world. His recent books include Global Rebellion: Religious...

Air India bombing heralded a new breed of terrorism Focus shifted from attracting attention to maximizing civilian casualties By Leonard Stern, Ottawa Citizen - June 22, 2010 The more we learn about the 1985 bombing of Air India Flight 182, the more the Canadian security...

This is Hindutva & RAW at work: Divide, rule & conquer the Sikhs in India & abroad, while we "argue & fight" among ourselves! Harbhajan S. Sangha --------------------------------------------------------------- Liberal values vs. Sikh terrorism National Post · Thursday, Jun. 3, 2010...

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The Psychology of Terrorism 1. Terrorism as a Category of Violence In a global war on terrorism, it is important to ask what we mean by terrorism. The usual definition of terrorism is something like "the use or threat of violence, by small groups against non-combatants of large groups, for...