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Compare and Contrast Crime and Terrorism

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Locate an example of a terrorist organization (foreign)

Explain the motivation of the selected terrorist organization.

How can this knowledge of the terrorist's motivation assist in planning counterterrorist strategy?

How do the motivations of terrorists differ from the motivations of other violent criminals, such as those who commit murder, rape, and domestic assault?

How might cultural, socioeconomic, or political factors lead someone to become a terrorist or a criminal?

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Al Qaeda is a Middle East terrorist organization.

This group is motivated by a belief in radical Islam with the objectives of ending foreign influence in Muslim countries and the creation of new Islamic caliphate which is a unified leader of all Islam.

Knowing the motivation can lead counterterrorist strategy to know what actions are planned by the terrorist group before they are carried out. This means that by knowing what the group is seeking, counterterrorist strategy can protect potential targets that would ...

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