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    The document discusses four main categories of terrorist groups: ethno-nationalist, left-wing, right-wing, and religious-oriented. It provides the LTTE as an example of an ethno-nationalist group seeking independence for Tamil Hindus in Sri Lanka through assassinations and suicide bombings. ETA is given as a left-wing group fighting for Basque independence from Spain through bombings and assassinations. The Ku Klux Klan is described as a right-wing group that used terror tactics like lynching and intimidation to target African Americans after the U.S. Civil War. Finally, Al-Qaeda is provided as a religious-oriented group composed of Salafist jihadists that engaged in

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    The document discusses four main categories of terrorist groups: ethno-nationalist, left-wing, right-wing, and religious-oriented. It provides the LTTE as an example of an ethno-nationalist group seeking independence for Tamil Hindus in Sri Lanka through assassinations and suicide bombings. ETA is given as a left-wing group fighting for Basque independence from Spain through bombings and assassinations. The Ku Klux Klan is described as a right-wing group that used terror tactics like lynching and intimidation to target African Americans after the U.S. Civil War. Finally, Al-Qaeda is provided as a religious-oriented group composed of Salafist jihadists that engaged in

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    The document discusses four main categories of terrorist groups: ethno-nationalist, left-wing, right-wing, and religious-oriented. It provides the LTTE as an example of an ethno-nationalist group seeking independence for Tamil Hindus in Sri Lanka through assassinations and suicide bombings. ETA is given as a left-wing group fighting for Basque independence from Spain through bombings and assassinations. The Ku Klux Klan is described as a right-wing group that used terror tactics like lynching and intimidation to target African Americans after the U.S. Civil War. Finally, Al-Qaeda is provided as a religious-oriented group composed of Salafist jihadists that engaged in

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    What the World’s Terrorist Groups Have in Common

    Read through the following article - https://world101.cfr.org/global-era-issues/terrorism/what-


    worlds-terrorist-groups-have-common

    Define and explain each of the ideological categories of terrorist groups. THEN scroll down to where it
    Days Terrorist Groups and Categories. Find one terror group that falls under each category. In your own
    words explain the WHO, WHAT, and HOW of that group.

    1. Ethno-nationalist groups-
    they seek to control independent territory, sometimes a separate country. Individuals belonging to a majority often
    commit violence against their so-called rivals. Their grievances stem from what they characterize as oppressive
    action (or inaction) on the part of the government and/or the majority population.

    Specific example (Who, What, How) - LTTE


    Group-_____________________________________
    who:
    militant separatist group fighting for an independent homeland for Hindu Tamils in Northeastern Sri Lanka.
    what:
    During the 1980s, the LTTE defeated a number of different Tamil militant groups, emerging as the dominant group
    by the end of the decade.
    how:
    carried out a number of high-profile attacks, including the assassination of two heads of state. The LTTE was also
    notorious for its use of suicide terrorism, perpetrated by its elite suicide bombing unit known as the Black Tigers

    2. Left-Wing groups-

    left-wing terrorists typically aim to overthrow capitalist governments they view as corrupt, elitist, and oppressive.
    do not advocate for a specific subset of the population but argue that their struggle against capitalism and the
    state will result in egalitarian benefits for the people at large.

    Specific example (Who, What, How) ETA

    who:
    founded in 1894 and which managed to survive, though illegally, under the fascist regime of Francisco Franco by
    maintaining its headquarters in exile in Paris and keeping quietly out of sight in Spain.
    what:
    Factionalism plagued ETA in the 1970s and ’80s, with various internal groups alternating between violence and
    political action.
    how:
    bombing and assassination multiplied tenfold compared to the occurrences under Franco’s iron-handed
    repression. Most of those assassinated were high-ranking Spanish military officers, judges, and government
    officials.
    3. Right Wing groups-
    Often, they have (Christian) religious leanings, favor the military, and fight to preserve the status quo. On the
    surface, right-wing groups seem like ethno-nationalist ones; the main difference is that instead of fighting for
    generally marginalized groups, right-wing groups threaten them, up to and including with murder.

    Specific example (Who, What, How) Ku Klux Klan


    who:
    U.S. hate organizations that employed terror in pursuit of their white supremacist agenda.
    what:
    used terror tactics to target newly freed African Americans, attracted defeated Confederates who resented the
    changes of Reconstruction.
    how:
    Throughout the South, lynching and intimidation were prevalent. The KKK used secrecy, intimidation, violence,
    and murder
    4. Religious-oriented groups-

    Religious-oriented groups operate on an extreme interpretation of faith. religiously motivated terrorists often
    believe that they are obligated to commit violence by faith, and that this violence will lead to salvation, it can be
    more challenging to curb their violence.

    Specific example (Who, What, How) Al Qaed

    who:
    multinational militant Sunni Islamic extremist network composed of Salafist jihadists. Its members are mostly
    composed of Arabs, but may also include other peoples.
    what:
    fighting against the Soviet Union during the Afghan War
    how:
    training tens of thousands in paramilitary skills, and its agents engaged in numerous terrorist attacks

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