Tag: Terrorism
Will international pressure end “pay for slay?”
A new trend of legislation against the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) “Pay for Slay” – the PA Government’s “martyr funding” program - is under way.
PA Agrees – Iran behind Gaza border violence
The Palestinian battle against Israel has almost always been intrinsically linked to external powers, and the ongoing Hamas-directed violent riots along the Gaza security fence are no exception.
Talking About Terrorism
A little noticed debate that has started in in the United States, Great Britain and Australia over the correct official language to apply when referring to terrorists who say they act in the name of Islam.
Essay: Dying To Kill
There are two important questions to consider in studying suicide terrorism. First, why has suicide terrorism emerged in the last few decades as such a potent weapon? Second, why is it that some terrorist groups use suicide terrorism, while others have not?
Essay: The Right Questions
It didn't take long for interrogators in the war on terror to realise that their part was not going according to script. Pentagon doctrine, honed over decades of cold-war planning, held that 95 percent of prisoners would break upon straightforward questioning.