Jason,+Brendan,+and+Andrew

=Andrew, Brendan, Jason, Zaid = =Brendan =

‍Goal:

 * Engages in illegal direct action in pursuit of animal liberation and animal rights
 * To end the ownership of animals
 * Take animals laboratories and farms

‍Recent Activities in the U.S.:

 * They organize protests to the homes of researchers, staging "home demonstrations," which can involve making noise during the night, writing slogans on the researchers' property, smashing windows, and spreading rumors to neighbors



Links:

 * They have officially announced a link to Al Qaeda

Goals:

 * Create an Islamic state in Somalia by getting rid of foreigners and outside Influences
 * Get rid of regimes it deems "non-Islamic," and getting rid of Westerners and non-Muslims from Muslim countries.

Tactics

 * Guerrilla Tactics
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Suicide bombing
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Small-Arms Attacks
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Remote-controlled roadside bombings
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Assassinations
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">In 2008, Al Shabaab began using political strategies to reach out to the Somali public with a series of strategic town visits.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Activities in America
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 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Omar Hammami, a 25-year-old American citizen from Alabama, has issued a statements on behalf of Al Shabaab and has appeared in the terror group's videos and audio recordingsHammami was charged with providing material support to Al Shabaab in an indictment unsealed in Alabama in August 2010.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">In August 2010, federal authorities indicted and charged a total of 14 American citizens and U.S. residents with providing material support to terrorists for their various connections to Al Shabaab. All but two of the defendants remain at large.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Four Americans were arrested in the summer of 2010 for attempting to join Al Shabaab in Somalia. Two of the men were arrested in June 2010 for allegedly planning to kill American troops who they thought would soon be deployed to Somalia to help fight Al Shabaab. One was arrested in July 2010 for attempting to travel to Somalia to train with Al Shabaab. In August 2010, another was arrested after he mapped various routes to Somalia to avoid detection by American federal authorities and stated his intentions to become a suicide bomber in Somalia
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">In 2009, 12 Americans were indicted on charges of providing material support to Al Shabaab.Out of these 12 men 5 were killed in Somalia.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[[image:http://raadreeb.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/shabaab60.jpg width="314" height="235" caption="http://raadreeb.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/shabaab60.jpg"]]

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Origins:
<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Emerged in 1982 during Israel's first war with Lebanon with help from Iran's premier unit the IRGC

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Links:

 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Syria- Political and logistical support and with weapons
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC)- supports training

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Goals:

 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">the complete destruction of the State of Israel and the establishment of Islamic rule over Jerusalem.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Attacks on the USA:

 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Hezbollah does not attack the USA directly but it does attack nations the USA has relations with. In turn affects the USA
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">It is suspected that Iran has hundreds of Hezbollah operatives in the USA
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Their anti-Israel platform affects the USA because our foothold in the middle east and one of our largest allies there is Israel. So the destruction of the state of Israel would greatly affect the USA
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Hezbollah maintains an operational presence in the U.S. that uses funds raised through criminal activities to help finance the organization’s terrorist activities.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Religion

 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">They believe in an extremist view of Shi’i Islam

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Tactics
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 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Pioneered the use of suicide bombings in the middle east
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Rocket attacks
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">kidnapping
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">paramilitary operations

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Situation:
<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">The Fort Hood shooting was a mass shooting that took place on November 5, 2009, at Fort Hood, the most populous U.S. military installation in the world, located just outside Killeen, Texas. In the course of the shooting, a single gunman killed 13 people and wounded 29 others. It is the worst shooting ever to take place on an American military base.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Suspect:
<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Nidal Malik Hasan, psychiatrist on base he was noticed leading up to the incident he was noticed slipping and was deeply disturbed. Investigations before and after the shooting discovered e-mail communications between Hasan and Yemen-based cleric Anwar al-Awlaki.The U.S. later classified Anwar al-Awlaki as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist, and associated with Al-Qaeda

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Charges:
<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Hasan has been charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder and 32 counts of attempted murder under the Uniform Code of Military Justice, and he may face additional charges at court-martial. If convicted, there is a chance he would be administered the death penalty.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Cause:
<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">The cause of the attack is unclear whether it was because of mental issues or because of links to terrorist organization. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**__Pic:__**Nidal Malik Hasan = = = = = = =<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Andrew Biscoe =
 * ===Jason===
 * ELF’s Goals: The Earth Liberation Front (ELF), also known as "Elves" or "The Elves", is the collective name for autonomous individuals or covert cells who, according to the ELF Press Office, use "economic sabotage and guerrilla warfare to stop the exploitation and destruction of the environment".
 * Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam’s Goals: The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) is a secessionist group in Sri Lanka that seeks to seize control of the country from the ethnic Sinhalese majority. They’ve used techniques such as suicide bombings, assassinations, arms trafficking, human trafficking, and full out arms wars.
 * Army of God’s Goals: The Army of God (AOG) uses terrorists techniques such as bombings, arson, and biological on abortion clinics. “//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">We proclaim that whatever force is legitimate to defend the life of a born child is legitimate to defend the life of an unborn child.” //

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Al- Qaeda-
<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Goals: <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Origins:Was started by Osama Bin Laden and there tactics include suicide bombings. There goals include:
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Make the world a pan-Islamic state
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Provoke the United States into invading a Muslim country.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Incite local resistance to occupying forces.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Expand the conflict to neighboring countries, and engage the U.S. in a long war of attrition.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">This group has commited some of the most horrible terrorist attacks including September 11 attack, USS Cole bombing, 1998 U.S. Embassy bombings, 1993 world trade center bombing.They want to put fear in people and force there religion and belief on others. They are located in middle eastern countries like Pakistan and Egypt. They have training camps were the train recruits that they want to carry out there missions. Also the terrorist that were in involved in the 9/11 attacks were educated in the United States. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">KKK- Ku Klux Klan currently has between 3,000 and 5,000 members as of 2012. They are strong resistors of Gay Marriage,immigration and Urban crime. The have strong alliances with neo-nazis and other white supremecy groups. There goals and tactics include protests, rallies, marches and parades. They try to make other fear them and they want others to agree with the. They are mainly located in the southern united states. This group has commited violent acts in the past and ideas of caused the killings because of there wanted for an all white race. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">

=<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">‍Zaid- =

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Background
<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">‍Islamic militant group and political group that has ruled large parts of Afghanistan. ‍Started in 1994 by Muhammad Omar and Abdul Ghani Baradar. ‍There is an estimated 36,000 people in the group. ‍There goals are too try to fight for the muslim peoples rights in a radical way.They have attacked the US because they view the capatilist ideals and views of the American public wrong and have acted upon that. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; display: block; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">**Sept. 13 Tues. 2011:** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: georgia,'times new roman',times,serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Heavily armed insurgents wearing suicide vests struck at two of the most prominent symbols of the American diplomatic and military presence in Kabul, the United States Embassy and the nearby NATO headquarters. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Conclusion:

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">1.We believe that Terrorism lies mostly outside of our borders,but we find it very disturbing that we have educated terrorist that later on end up attacking us. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Even though the threat of domestic terrorists is great their are easier to handle then foreign terrorists because foreign terrorists are harder to locate. So politics and finances become more of a factor in dealing with them

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">2. We don't believe that it is right to use violence on everyone who disagrees with you and that is what these groups do. Their beliefs will always be justified to those who believe in them just as we look at the world. So there beliefs are fine if we said that their were wrong then we wouldn't be any better then them. But what is wrong is how they act on these beliefs.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">3.Yes because these groups want to kill us and our families so we would say we are very biased. We do not see the world the same way they do and we do not have a shared beleif system so it is hard to see where they come from