The next generation of terrorism

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Not 'terrorism' if no terror created

Internet and other technological attacks may be frustrating, but do not create the sort of terror invoked by causing death and injury that are seemingly random.

Terrorism is up close and personal, aimed at demoralising and upsetting people much wider than those actually directly affected.

A major internet outage may not be generally known about until a couple of days later. Hardly likely to have anyone quaking in their boots! It affects a lot of people, but not profoundly enough that they feel 'threatened'.

No, these sorts of attacks are more likely from criminal groups who want to extort money directly from those businesses that will be directly affected, or who want to severely affect a government's ability to thwart their nefarious activities.

Posted by: Patanjali   Posted on: 12/28/08  (Edited: 12/28/2008 @ 11:43) You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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