Terror

Terror is the emotion a person feels when they sense danger is around the corner. When experienced, terror can cause a "fight or flight response," which is our body's natural response that prepares us to "fight" or "flee" from an attack or perceived threat.

Terror is used in a lot of different ways in today's society. People with political objectives use terror to influence the masses, both by imposing it and protecting us from it. In 9-11, many believe the terrorists used terror in an attempt to topple our financial system. The response to 9-11 was a war on terror to protect us from it. Some religious groups rationalize that terror is justified to be used as a tool to right wrongs committed against their particular group.

In the modern media — bloggers, the press, television and the movies all use terror as a central theme in many of their productions. From the news headlines to Hollywood, terror is used to get a story across, whether it is to express a point of view or tell a fictional story. Given the state of the world today, there is little doubt terror will be used to achieve a lot of different goals in today's society.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “Terror”

• Democrat demands hearing on KSM trial

  
  Stop The ACLU — Authority: 709
  Brace yourself, an ounce of common sense has been found in a Democrat! Rep. Ike Skelton (D-Mo.) penned a letter to Holder and Defense Secretary Robert Gates suggesting military trials would be a more appropriate venue for the accused terrorists. “As a former prosecutor, I am not yet convinced that the right ...
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• Danny Boy

  
  Ten Percent — Authority: 521
  Bob Ainsworth, the Defence Secretary will tell MPs that the independent investigation will seek to establish whether the Army committed war crimes after the gunfight in 2004. Families of the Iraqis claim that some of men survived the exchange of fire only to be tortured and killed afterwards at Camp Abu Naji, a ...
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• Fred Thompson: “The war in Afghanistan has been lost”

  
  Stop The ACLU — Authority: 709
  I don’t know how I missed this, but when I saw it I had to put it up. Its actually two days old, but the advice isn’t too old. Its also not too late yet. Hat tip: Hot Air Share on Facebook Tweet This Post
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• Calling out Wahabbism the root of terror

  
  The Chindu — Authority: 128
  Sometimes someone has to call a spade a spade. Mr. Ram Jethmalani, in an international conference on terrorism said, Unfortunately in the 17th century, they produced an evil man in Saudi Arabia by the name of Wahab, who was concerned about the decline of the Muslim world, but he hit upon a wrong remedy. He ...
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• Was the Fort Hood terrorist linked to Iran?

  
  The Betrayal — Authority: 453
  Obama and Gates do not even have the guts to call this a terror attack? The feds confiscated 4 mosques linked to Iran and they did not protest? Very fishy….
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• Officials Investigate Threat on Fort Benning

  
  Homeland Security News — Authority: 529
  It’s being reported that on Thursday a solider at Fort Benning discovered a suspicious package and a note threatening a massacre similar to the Nov. 5 attack at Fort Hood.The anonymous note and package –  reported by The Army Times as a box of 20 hollow-point bullets — were found Thursday morning outside a ...
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• Two True Freaks! Classic – Episode 4

  
  The Comics Podcast Network — Authority: 144
  PLEASE NOTE:This episode is a rerun that originally aired September 1st, 2008. Episode 4 – Neglected And Forgotten Movies Get ready to load up your Netflix queue!! The Freaks discuss some movies that they think have gotten the short end of the stick. Join Chris Honeywell and Scott H. Gardner for a list ...
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• Who Created Major Hasan?

  
  Talk Islam — Authority: 543
  Well written and thoughtful OpEd piece in the NY Times. …It’s true that Major Hasan was unbalanced and alienated — and, by my lights, crazy. But what kind of people did conservatives think were susceptible to the terrorism meme? Like all viruses, terrorism infects people with low resistance. And surely Major ...
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• Key Democrat breaks with Obama on terror trials

  
  American Conservative Daily — Authority: 503
  House Armed Services Chairman Ike Skelton on Friday said the Obama administration may be making a big mistake by trying the men accused of planning the Sept. 11 attack in U.S. criminal courts, becoming the highest-ranking Democrat to challenge the decision announced last week by Attorney General Eric H. Holder. Mr. ...
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• Any of these five events could trigger depression:

  
  InvestmentWatch — Authority: 451
  Never say never: Depression is possible. It only takes one black swan event, such as 1) Another domestic terror attack. see article: Terrorists Inside U.S. Increase Attacks, Panel Hears 2) Mutated H1N1 becomes virulent pandemic, killing tens of thousands; economy grinds to halt. see article: H1N1 Swine Flu ...
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• The 2009 Republican Orgy of Bedwetting

  
  Orange Juice — Authority: 552
  Getting wrapped up in local issues can be so time-consuming -  I just noticed that I’ve been missing out on the hilarious spectacle of Republican politicians all across the country (including Joe Lieberman, R – duped state) publicly soiling themselves with fear over the very idea that our great nation is ...
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• Iran Will Obtain Nuclear Weapons

  
  Blogs For Victory — Authority: 571
  I think we’ve all pretty much written off Obama’s asinine efforts to prevent Iranian nukes : The West is “disappointed” over Iran’s failure to respond positively to a UN-brokered nuclear deal, diplomats said in a statement Friday following a meeting of the UN Security Council’s five permanent members ...
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• Talking Past is Fun, Taliban are Current

  
  The Pakistani Spectator — Authority: 446
  It’s true that Pakistani ISI and American CIA with the help of other Western powers and Middle East powers helped created Mujahideens of 80s, in which Pakistan was the front line state, and this ragtag force equipped with state-of-the-art weapons defeated USSR, which resulted in it’s historic breakup. That was ...
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• India to get state of the art surveillance gear as part of counter-terror cooperation with US

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 710
  By Smita PrakashGeneva, Nov.21 (ANI): India is to get state of the art surveillance gear as part of its counter-terror cooperation with US.Both countries are expected to move forward on counter-terrorism initiatives, the scope of which will be enlarged.India had requested for a particular type of surveillance ...
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• Count Down to Tessa’s Big Day!

  
  Frogdog Blog - A French Bulldog Breeder's Blog — Authority: 468
  Tessa turns Fifteen years old on November 22 It’s less than 24 hours until the big day – Tessa (Bullmarket Terror of Toronto) turns fifteen years old. We’re holding a little party for her tomorrow, with her in house relatives, but I’m hoping for some photos of her kids, grandkids, greatgreatgrandkids, ...
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• Make Them Pay For It!

  
  Newshoggers.com — Authority: 654
  Commentary By Ron Beasley I have said for years that the best way to end foreign misadventures like Iraq and Afghanistan was to make the millionaire pundits and neocons pay for them.  Lets see how enthusiastic Bill Kristol and Fred Barnes are when their wars are being paid for by them.  So they want to wage war in ...
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• US shares info with India on Headley’s ISI links

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 710
  By Manish ChandGeneva, Nov 21 (IANS) The US Saturday disclosed to India new information linking the anti-terror plot hatched by expatriates David Coleman Headley and Tahawuur Rana with some elements in the ISI and said it will reveal the name of a key Pakistani national linked to the Mumbai carnage in a week’s ...
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• Todays GOP-only Randians, fundamentalists, and Know-Nothings need apply?

  
  Rene's Apple — Authority: 430
  Voting for the Democrats- the party that under John Kennedy stood for promoting freedom around the world, low taxes, free trade, and more-and today stands for none of these things (plus fetishistically endorses abortion), simply isnt an option. But what many Catholic Republicans like myself wonder is-do we really ...
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• Lithuanian lawmakers to probe CIA prisons

  
  Question Everything — Authority: 442
  UPIVILNIUS, Lithuania, Nov. 20 (UPI) — Lithuanian lawmakers are taking a third look into reports that the CIA secretly held al-Qaida leaders in the Baltic country, officials said.Twice before Lithuania’s Parliament determined no evidence indicated the CIA imprisoned suspected terrorists in the country, but new ...
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• Asymmetric terror: The poor man’s nuclear bomb

  
  mooseandsquirrel.ca — Authority: 507
  Read George Jonas: The bomb is just the beginning First Jonas relates poet George Faludy’s anecdote of totalitarian terror. Then Jonas explains how the “asymmetrical” terrorism of Al-Qaeda, Hamas, Hezbollah, etc. differs from that; yet, it is just as powerful when successful. Scaring people is not enough; you ...
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