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Psychology of Terrorism Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. --- Voltaire
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Page 1: Psychology of Terrorism Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. --- Voltaire.

Psychology of Terrorism

Those who can make you believe absurdities can make

you commit atrocities.--- Voltaire

Page 2: Psychology of Terrorism Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. --- Voltaire.

Scope of Psychology of Terrorism.

“There is a broad spectrum of terrorist groups and organizations, each of which has a different psychology, motivation and decision making structure. Indeed, one should not speak of terrorist psychology in the singular, but rather of terrorist psychologies” (Post, 20012).

Page 3: Psychology of Terrorism Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. --- Voltaire.

Early Origins of Terrorism

Reign of Terror, The Terror (French: la Terreur) -France

Page 4: Psychology of Terrorism Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. --- Voltaire.

Little Did You Know!

Not just narcissism, hostility toward parents.

Mental illness not a critical factor-most not “psychopaths.”

No terrorist profile. Not all promote violence. Not much research on recruitment.

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The Process of Ideological Development-Randy Borum Ph.D.

I t 's N o t R ig h tS o c ia l a nd E co n o m ic D e p riva tion

C o nte xt

It 's N o t F a irIn e qu a lity an d R e sen tm e nt

C o m pa rison

Y o u 're E v ilG e n era liz in g /S te re o typ ing

R e ac tion

D e h m a n iz in g /D eo m on iz ing th e E n e m y (C a u se)R e ac tion

It 's Y o ur F a u ltB la m e /A ttribu tion

A ttribu tion

Page 6: Psychology of Terrorism Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. --- Voltaire.

IRA-The Provisional Irish Republican Army (Irish: Óglaigh

na hÉireann)

1969-The Troubles Force of Arms,

Political Persuasion All-Island Ireland

State. (Socialist) 2005-End of Force of

Arms

Page 7: Psychology of Terrorism Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. --- Voltaire.

Chechnya

1991-Fall of the Iron Curtain

Different groups with political, economic and/or ideological motivations.

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Zapatista Army of National Liberation

indigenous peoples and some urban

1994-Declared War against the Mexican State.

Violent and Nonviolent-Internet Propaganda.

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African National Congress

1912, 2004 Bring all Africans

together as one people to defend their rights and freedoms.

Religious and Cultural Motivations.

Nelson Mandela-Noble Peace Prize

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The Weatherman-”You don't need a weatherman to

know which way the wind blows.”

1969 Destruction of

imperial government-classless world-communism

Bombings, jailbreaks, riots.

Disbanded 1973, end of Vietnam War.

Page 11: Psychology of Terrorism Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. --- Voltaire.

The London Train Bombings 7/7

July 7, 2005. Suicide Bombers, Al-

Qaeda. 52 Victims, More

victims than any IRA attack, not that many deaths since bombings in WWII.

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The following men are stated to have carried out the attacks:

The bombers caught on CCTV at Luton railway station at 07:21 a.m. on 7 July. From left to right, Hasib Hussain, Germaine Lindsay, Mohammad Sidique Khan, and Shehzad Tanweer.[20] (Image: Crown copyright)

Mohammad Sidique Khan (30) - Edgware Road Tube 8.50 a.m. Lived in Dewsbury with his heavily pregnant wife and young child. (Hasina Patel miscarried August 2005).

Shehzad Tanweer (22) - Aldgate Tube 8.50 a.m. Lived in Leeds with his mother and father working in a fish and chip shop.

Germaine Lindsay (19) - Russell Square 8.50 a.m. Lived in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire with his pregnant wife.

Hasib Hussain (18) - Tavistock Square 9.47 a.m. Lived in Leeds with his brother Imran and sister-in-law Shazia.