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”

• Tax Terrorists, Not Americans

  
  The Foundry — Authority: 769
  As President Obama pondered anew his strategy for winning the war on terror in Afghanistan, the antiwar crowd unleashed an odd new tactic to force a retreat: a tax. Not a new tax on the terrorists which, while obviously uncollectible, would at least be properly targeted. And, thankfully not a new tax on the men and ...
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• Blackwater in Pakistan: But What Did The I.S.I. Know?

  
  Newshoggers.com — Authority: 641
  By Steve Hynd Our good friend Jeremy Scahill broke a truly massive story yesterday at The Nation . At a covert forward operating base run by the US Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) in the Pakistani port city of Karachi, members of an elite division of Blackwater are at the center of a secret program in ...
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• Obama’s support group

  
  Phuck Politics - Titty fucking Nancy Pelosi one post at a time. — Authority: 126
  A room full of pussies I wonder what they were talking about : President Barack Obama called his war council together Monday as he moves toward a decision on whether to add more U.S. forces in Afghanistan. White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said he’s not aware of any more such strategy sessions being ...
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• 34,000 Troops and the Wuss Factor

  
  Newshoggers.com — Authority: 641
  By Steve Hynd McClatchy has the scoop - President Obama will announce on Dec 1 that he will order 34,000 additional troops sent to Afghanistan. As it now stands, the plan calls for the deployment over a nine-month period beginning in March of three Army brigades from the 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell, ...
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• Obama’s Biggest Mistake

  
  A COMMENT OR TWO — Authority: 123
  Obama’s Biggest Mistake No doubt exists in my mind that the hateful teachings of the Qur’an inspired Nidal Hasan to commit his terrorist act. The threat of greater attacks (the next wave: home grown terrorists) continues to be real, and anyone who thinks not would be wise to pull his or her head out of the sand ...
  19 hours ago

• Obama: Give me 34,000 More Troops for the "Necessary War," But Just Till I Can Blame Someone Else for Retreat

  
  Gold-Plated Witch on Wheels — Authority: 436
  Thats the impression one gets from President Obamas proposal, to be announced next week, to send 34,000 more troops to Afghanistan...but with "off ramps" to allow the POTUS to retreat but still blame someone else for his decision to bug out. This is really quite distressing. Barack Obama and the Democrats running ...
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• Terror warning for northern Mali, Timbuktu

  
  Gadling — Authority: 703
  Filed under: Africa , Mali , News Timbuktu and northern Mali have long been attractive to adventure travelers, but now the United Kingdom is warning Westerners not to go there for fear of terror attacks. The travel advisory, which you can read here , states that the provinces north of the River Niger, ...
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• Video: Terror trial debate

  
  Anderson Cooper 360 — Authority: 647
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• Tales of Terror: 58 Short Stories Chosen by the Master of Suspense

  
  #1 Books Read All — Authority: 145
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• 5 Extremely Compelling Reasons Not To Hold Terror Trials In New York City [Comic]

  
  Newsvine - Killfile's Column - Articles and Seeds — Authority: 440
  Sorry folks, no summary. Click through to read the comic (its worth it).
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• Protesting teachers baton charged in Lucknow

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 719
  Lucknow, Nov 24 (IANS) Police said that they had to resort to baton charge here Monday to disperse hundreds of teachers and non-teaching staff from schools across Uttar Pradesh after their demonstration in demand of regularization of service and hike in salaries turned unruly. They were also protesting at a prohibited ...
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• Blackwater’s Secret War in Pakistan

  
  NWOTruth — Authority: 484
  At a covert forward operating base run by the US Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) in the Pakistani port city of Karachi, members of an elite division of Blackwater are at the center of a secret program in which they plan targeted assassinations of suspected Taliban and Al Qaeda operatives, “snatch and ...
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• Games ‘permit’ virtual war crimes

  
  Question Everything — Authority: 442
  BBCMPs rowed over scenes in Modern Warfare 2 in which civilians were killed.Video games depicting war have come under fire for flouting laws governing armed conflicts.Human rights groups played various games to see if any broke humanitarian laws that govern what is a war crime.The study condemned the games for ...
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• US ‘discussing Iraq regime change’ two years before war

  
  NWOTruth — Authority: 484
  Elements of the new US administration of President George Bush were already discussing “regime change” in Iraq two years before the invasion of 2003, the official inquiry into the war was told today.Sir Peter Ricketts, who was chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee in 2001, said [...]
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• Obama finally makes Afghanistan decision

  
  Marathon Pundit — Authority: 562
  After months of hand wringing, President Obama has finally made his decision as what to do about Afghanistan. From McClatchy: WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama met Monday evening with his national security team to finalize a plan to dispatch some 34,000 additional U.S. troops over the next year to what hes ...
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• U.S. is soft on terrorism

  
  Faultline USA — Authority: 472
  Commentary by James H. Shott On September 12, 2001, Americans were nearly unanimous in their belief that terrorism was a very real and serious threat to our country. September 11, 2009, eight years later, after not only no new terrorist attacks on the United States, but some thwarted ...
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• Obama plans to send 34,000 more troops to Afghanistan

  
  NWOTruth — Authority: 484
  WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama met Monday evening with his national security team to finalize a plan to dispatch some 34,000 additional U.S. troops over the next year to what he’s called “a war of necessity” in Afghanistan, U.S. officials told McClatchy.Obama is expected to announce his long-awaited ...
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• REPORT: Obama Adds Troops, Signals Retreat

  
  Bucks Right — Authority: 437
  Left-leaning McClatchy Newspapers cites “U.S. officials” in reporting that failed President Barack Obama plans to add 34,000 to the forces currently deployed in Afghanistan while announcing a plan for withdraw from the war.The President will announce the latest “new strategy” next week.  He called for a ...
  21 hours ago

• Obama To Hold Another Prime Timer To Explain Our Afghanistan Strategy To Islamic Extremists

  
  Stop The ACLU — Authority: 713
  It’s about darned time that Obama has made a decision regarding Afghanistan. According to McClatchy, Barry will send 34,000 troops to Afghanistan, far below the number General McCrystal has requested. So, he finally has his strategy, but, you will just have to wait for it, peeps President Obama has conducted a ...
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• Daily Commentary - Tuesday, November 24th, 2009 - Accused Terrorists to Plead Not Guilty at Trial

  
  Scared Monkeys — Authority: 597
  In a move that should not surprise anyone, the alleged terrorists set for trial in New York plan to plead not guilty in order to air their criticism of U.S. foreign policy.    Daily Commentary - Tuesday, November 24th, 2009 - Accused Terrorists to Plead Not Guilty at Trial [2:34m]: | Download   So ...
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