INTERNATIONALIZATION OF TERRORISM

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Internationalization of Terrorism

Internationalization of Terrorism

Introduction

In the post-World War II years, terrorism became a strategy of choice for nationalist groups in the Middle East, North Africa, and Asia in their struggle for independence.

Discussion

These newly created Third World countries, as well as their brethren from the communist bloc states, advanced the argument that their fight against colonial oppression was not terrorism but rather the hard work of dedicated freedom fighters (Kushner, 2007). Frantz Fanon's The Wretched of the Earth (1962) was particularly influential in this regard; Fanon urged colonized peoples to throw off their rulers in a “collective catharsis” ...