Terrorism

Terrorism is the specific threat or use of terror, fear, and violence as a tool of propagating civil unrest and social paranoia. The intent of terrorist organizations is to undermine a people’s sense of national security, in fear of an imminent and often clandestine attack.

The power of terrorism rests in the psychological threat to one’s way of life. Terrorists directly target social customs and norms, which are firmly embedded in practice. More specifically, terrorism is the attempt to change practice, namely religious, social, cultural, and political practices, by means of intimidation and a constant threat of violence.

The greater the fear among intended victims, the more effective terrorism is in reinforcing social paranoia. Therefore — among the masses — as fear and terror increase, faith in the government’s ability to protect the people decreases.

Primarily, bloggers discuss terrorism in terms of its relation to religious fundamentalism, which often results from the acts of domestic terrorists, though international terrorism also affects a global community. For bloggers, terrorism presents an interesting topic for discussion because the threat of terrorism affects us all.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “Terrorism”

• Fanatical U.S. Muslims Cheer Fort Hood Massacre

  
  American Power — Authority: 690
  Via Faustas Blog and CNN, U.S. Muslims cheering the bloody mayhem at Fort Hood: See also, Mark Steyn, " MULTICULTURAL ILLUSIONS KILL - NO STRATEGY TO DEFEND AGAINST IDEOLOGY ."
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• Duane the American Muslim understands Americans – knows we will forget

  
  Politics Index — Authority: 457
  by Maggie at Maggie’s NotebookA British reporter chatted-it-up with an American Muslim at the local mosque where murdering, Islamicist Nidal Hasan, worshipped.Duane, the American Muslim, said he has “no pity” for the dead at Ft. Hood. He admits that we [infidels] will be shocked by his words but predicts that ...
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• Fort Hood massacre and the psycho-shrink Major

  
  Pumas 4 Palin — Authority: 99
  Here is the hard truth, plainly stated.Everything you need to know about the jihadist psycho shrink’s fidayeen killing spree, and the inevitable Muslim propaganda – the entire simple truth is right here, and in this video:While you are at it, check out the other embedded clips of Spencer, better yet, visit Jihad ...
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• Stoned to Death for Having Unmarried Sex in Somalia

  
  IT DAWNED ON ME — Authority: 106
  33-year-old Abas Hussein Abdirahman, who confessed to adultery in an Islamic court, was stoned to death on 11/7/09 in Somalia for having sex with his girlfriend. She will be stoned to death after she gives birth to their baby. The BBC reports that an eyewitness…one of 300 to the stoning…said that Abas “…was ...
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• Fort Hood Eyewitness Account

  
  Constant Conservative — Authority: 135
  Unconfirmed, but is said to be from a person who was there and saw what happened (and helped both during and after the actual shooting). Here’s an excerpt: Since I don’t know when I’ll sleep (it’s 4 am now) I’ll write what happened (the abbreviated version…..the long one is already part of the ...
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• Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano Apologizes, Reassures Arab Regimes for Fort Hood Massacre

  
  American Power — Authority: 690
  From Fox News, " Napolitano Warns Against Anti-Muslim Backlash: Homeland Security Secretary Reassures Arab World That U.S. Authorities Were Taking Measures to Quell Anti-Islam Sentiments After Fort Hood Rampage ": "This was a terrible tragedy for all involved," Napolitano told reporters in the United Arab Emirates ...
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• Joe Lieberman (CONN-I) Gets it Right on Hasan

  
  The Foxhole — Authority: 435
  Sen. Joe Lieberman, an independent from Connecticut who heads the Senate’s Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee, said initial evidence suggested that the alleged shooter, Army Major Nidal Hasan, was a “self-radicalized, home-grown terrorist” who had turned to Islamic extremism while under personal ...
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• From the Jihadi Missile to the Crimson Gharara

  
  Let us build Pakistan — Authority: 438
  Crimson Gharara A poem on Rawalpindi bomb blast (By Foqia Sadiq Khan and Q Isa Daudpota) I queuing at the Bank, for my monthly salary. Image of crimson gharara, its goata lace, dancing before my eyes. My four year old Sara in my arms, I saw it in the market a week ago. Am waiting for new bank notes, their smell of ...
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• Muslims: ‘America’s chickens have come home to roost’

  
  RochesterConservative.com — Authority: 427
  Islamic street preachers declare Fort Hood victims got just deserts By Bob Unruh WorldNetDaily A radical Muslim group was videotaped condoning the massacre at Fort Hood by Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan because it was a military target. “America’s chickens have come home to roost,” shouted a ...
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• Yousef al-Khattab, New York Fanatical Muslim, Cheers Fort Hood Massacre

  
  American Power — Authority: 690
  From Fox News, " New York-Based Radical Muslim Hails Fort Hood Massacre ": A New York City bicycle cabbie who mocked the murder of American journalist Daniel Pearl and posted a prayer on the Web calling for the murder of Jews is now sending a "Get Well Soon" message to the suspected Fort Hood gunman, the ...
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• Suicide Bomber Kills 13 People in a Crowded Pakistan Market

  
  Net News Publisher — Authority: 155
  Pakistani officials say a suicide bomber has killed 13 people in a crowded market. The victims include a mayor who formed a militia to fight the Taliban. The bomber attacked the market outside the northwestern city of Peshawar Sunday as shoppers purchased goats for an upcoming Muslim festival Eid al Adha. Officials ...
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• Pakistans Nukes and Tom Clancy Scenarios

  
  Newshoggers.com — Authority: 659
  By Steve Hynd Sy Hersh has a must-read piece on Pakistans nukes , examining how secure they are, in the current issue of the New Yorker. He gets a lot right, and has a lot of illuminating passages about the US/Pakistan relationship, but in the whole piece - eight pages in the web version - he only has one actual ...
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• Team Obama fails to notice the REAL bad guys because they go after political enemies instead

  
  DPGI - the aftermath — Authority: 438
  emocrats have never been good at going after the important threat:November 7, 2009THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU DROP THE BALL: “While DHS was busy putting tea parties and anyone who dares fly the official military Gadsen flag on the domestic terrorist watch list, a real terrorist was spouting off online, [...]
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• Quote of the Day: Aimless Obama

  
  DPGI - the aftermath — Authority: 438
  “I never thought I’d hear myself say it,” one Democrat told me. “But Obama makes you feel that at least with Bush you knew where he was on something.”via Bloodless President Barack Obama makes Americans wistful for George W Bush.
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• Sen. Joe Lieberman calls Fort Hood massacre a ‘terrorist’ act

  
  The Gates of Hell — Authority: 133
  Sen. Joe Lieberman called the Fort Hood massacre an act of “Islamist extremism” – even as top Army brass warned Sunday against guessing at a motive, fearing backlash against Muslim soldiers. “There are very, very strong warning signs here that Dr. Hasan had become an Islamist extremist and, therefore, that ...
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• One mans terrorist...

  
  The Pool Bar — Authority: 125
  We may assume that Christopher Monfort, the accused Seattle cop-killer, isnt a Muslim. Why? Because law enforcement authorities have branded him a " lone domestic terrorist ", unlike Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan who gunned down 13 people while reportedly yelling "Allahu Akhbar". A man shot by police as he was sought in ...
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• DHS covers for jihad, warns Americans against anti-Muslim backlash

  
  Creeping Sharia — Authority: 576
  Instead of warning Muslims in the United States to end their jihad against Americans or face severe consequences, the Dhimmi’s of Homeland Security (DHS) have chosen to provide cover for the jihad, warning non-Muslim Americans against any anti-Muslim ‘backlash’. ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — The U.S. ...
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• Irans proxy war on Israel

  
  Not a sheep — Authority: 147
  Remember me blogging that Iran was planning a coordinated war against Israel in January 2010. Well take a read of Long War Journal on Irans many infractions against International law and the weapons they are supplying to various terrorist organisations across the Middle East. And there is this picture of the ...
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• It Would Be a Shame If Our Diversity Became a Casualty as Well

  
  JammieWearingFool — Authority: 717
  Actually, the shame is we have so many casualties because of our obeisance to diversity.A top Army official warned Sunday morning that the bloody shooting at Fort Hood could cause a backlash against Muslim soldiers."Frankly, I am worried," said U.S. Army chief of staff George Casey. "It would be a shame -- as great a ...
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• Hasan’s Fellow Muslim on Slain Soldiers: “I honestly have no pity for them.”

  
  The Foxhole — Authority: 435
  This assclown is on the same wavelength as Geraldo Rivera.The BBC  interviewed a muslim from the same mosque (the Islamic Community of Greater Killeen) attended by Nidal Malik Hasan.  He left no doubt about the radical Islamic viewpoint:Duane : I’m not going to condemn him for what he did. I don’t know why he ...
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