What is Terrorism?

Introduction
The Making of a Terrorist
Terrorist Operations
Weapons of Mass Destruction
Interactive Quiz

Terrorist Operations

Who Terrorists Attack

For most terrorists, there are no innocent bystanders.

Sometimes they choose victims they perceive as enemies of their cause. In other cases they choose victims without any other purpose than to generate fear from a random act.

But terrorists always choose their targets after careful surveillance.

They:

• select targets that seem weak or unprotected.

• look for targets where people are not alert.

• pick the target and method of attack that will get them the greatest attention.

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