International Terrorism International Terrorism can be defined by identifying the attributes that makes terrorist accts “international” All incidents must exhibit ore or more attributes to be defined as international terrorism. International Terrorism occurs when the target is the international symbol and when political goes beyond demotic. (book) Governments use terrorism as an instrument of foreign policy. Internaitional terrorism involves acts of violence that dangerous to society. These acts are used to influence govermentent or intimidate that of civilians. These acts transcend national boundaries in terms of the means by which they are accomplished, the persons they appear intended to intimidate, or the locale in which perpetrators …show more content…
They are connected with other groups and begin an interantiaonl campaign against global enemies. Internatioanl Terrorims pose a great threat in the United States. Orgnaizations can be separated into three catergories: Radical International Terrorism, Formalized Orgnaizations and Sponsors of International Terrorism. The most serious international terrorist threat to U.S. interests today stems from Sunni Islamic extremists, such as Usama Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda organization. Al-Qaeda leaders, including Usama Bin Laden, had been harbored in Afghanistan since 1996 by the extremist Islamic. Despite recent setbacks suffered by the Taliban and the apparent death of Al-Qaeda operational commander Mohamed Atef resulting from a U.S. bombing raid, Al-Qaeda must continue to be viewed as a potent and highly capable terrorist network. The network’s willingness and capability to inflict large-scale violence and destruction against U.S. persons and interests—as it demonstrated with the September 11 attack, the bombing of the USS Cole in October 2000, and the bombings of two U.S. embassies in east Africa in August 1998, among other plots—makes it a clear and imminent threat to the United