Where can Hezbollah’s roots be traced back to?
A desire to spread revolutionary principles from Iran and Shiite emancipation to Lebanon
What is Hezbollah’s primary terrorist tactic? What 2 forms have they mastered?
Bombing
- Suicide bombing
- Radio-controlled bombs for ambushes
What are the 3 major functions that Hezbollah’s international branch appears to have?
- Raising money to support operations, in Europe and in the U.S.
- Allowing Iran to use Hezbollah as an extension of its own power
- Establishing a strong presence in South America
- Uses their base there to raise funds (through both legitimate and illegitimate methods), circulate propaganda, and launch terrorist operations
What does Hamas’ social wing run?
Charities, schools, hospitals, and other social service organizations in Gaza
What is revolutionary terrorism?
- A global movement expressing dissatisfaction in the wake of anticolonialism
- A strategy of rebellion in the context of internal warfare or revolution
- An attempt to seize power from a legitimate state for the purpose of creating political and social change
- Involves using terrorism to achieve this goal
When had revolutionary terrorism reached its zenith?
1960’s-1970’s
How similar is revolutionary terrorist violence to guerilla or conventional warfare?
It is far from both guerilla warfare or conventional warfare
How is revolutionary terrorist violence different from other forms of violence?
It occurs outside the normal realm of violent political action
Describe the use of violence in revolutionary terrorism
- Neither isolated nor a series of random acts
- Involves acts of violence that are abominable, usually occurring within a civilian population
- Is symbolic
- Designed to have a devastating psychological impact on established powers
What political groups have been involved in revolutionary terrorism over time?
- After WWII, it involved mostly left-wing and Marxist movements
- Later on, right-wing groups copied the previous models of revolutionary terrorism
What is one way that some revolutionary are sponsored?
By nation-states
What is Maoist terrorism?
- A form of revolutionary terrorism
- Its goal is to establish a Communist society
Who are the Tupamaros?
- Epitomized and embodied urban revolutionary terrorism
- Influenced future revolutionary organizations
What is the goal of revolutionary terrorists?
To implement radical change in either the structure of a government or the underlying political philosophy of a governance
Where can the current origins of revolutionary terrorism be traced back to?
20th-century movements in Latin America
- The urban philosophy of Uruguay’s Tupamaros
