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International Terrorism

Domestic Terrorism

Conclusion:
 * 1) The threat of terrorism for the United States lies mainly outside of our borders. This is probably in part due to America's tendency to intervene in foreign affairs. Many countries do not like our foreign policy and that we attempt to establish democracy in other nations. The threat of international terrorism is greater because it is harder to predict the actions of an international group and also capture and locate its members and leaders.
 * 2) Each group believes it has legitimate reasoning to support violent action in order to bring about change. For example, the ALF and ELF commit acts of violence to, in their opinion, defend the environment and the rights of animals. However, we believe that these groups should not pursue violent attacks as a form of arguing their beliefs.
 * 3) The fact that we are U.S. citizens greatly affects the way we perceive terrorism. Throughout American history, the majority of the wars that the U.S. was involved in were not fought on American soil. We view our country as a great nation, protected by two oceans, that has seemingly not been on the receiving end of many attacks. The September 11th attacks heightened American fear of terrorism and fostered a sense of hostility towards these groups. Media reports of new terrorist activity scare many Americans.