Thayer Terrorism: An Overview

The Criminal Code Act 1995 states that a terrorist act means an action or threat of action where the action causes certain defined forms of harm or interference and the action is done or the threat is made with the intention of advancing a political, religious or ideological cause.

Nature of Goals

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Transformational

Real IRA

Aum Shinrikyo

Ulster Defence Association

Red Brigades

Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade LTTE IRA NPA

ASG, ABB Hamas, Hezbollah

Al Qaeda

Relationship to community

Isolated

Temporal

Strategic Level

Coercive Power

Social Level

Mass Support

Individual Level

Altruistic Motive

Suicide Terrorism