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While terrorism is a broad and complex topic, modern discussions are almost exclusively limited to insurgency terrorism - where ideological groups, such as Al-Qaeda, take up arms and rise against various domestic and foreign political actors. However, little mainstream discussion surrounds state sponsored terrorism, which refers to states or regimes that coerce, rather than to protect, the masses through force and fear. The general lack of popular interest in this area is odd given that it is the oldest and most costly form of terrorism. The impact of state sponsored terrorism is unparalleled. In their book “Global Terrorism”, James Lutz and Brenda Lutz list the following examples of state sponsored terrorism: East Timor (1975 - 1993), over 200,000 people killed Guatemala (1965 - 1995), 200,000 people killed El Salvador (1979 - 1992), 70,000 people killed Iraq (1980 - 1990), 200,000 people killed Algeria (1992 - until present), 100,000 people killed (Former) Yugoslavia (1991 - 1995), 110,000 people killed Chechnya (1994 - 2004), 100,000 people killed Chile (1973 - 1985), 20,000 people killed Argentina (1976 - 1982), 11,000 people killed
Posted on: Mon, 22 Sep 2014 09:53:54 +0000

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