



Introduction



The term 'terrorist', first came during the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror, (1793-94). This witnessed a wave of mass executions, carried out by the Jacobins under the leadership of Maxmillian Robespierre, in which up to 40,000 alleged 'enemies of the revolution' lost their lives. In so far this was the first time the term terrorist was used. After the attacks on Newyork and Washington, dated September 11 convinced many people that terrorism has been reborn in a new and dangerous form, now at this time, people realise that terrorism is a threat for the world and also for peaceful organizations, which works for the establishment of peace and harmony on a global level.



The broadest and central feature of terrorism is that it is a form of political violence that aims to achieve its objectives by creating a climate of fear and apprehension. The aim of the terrorist is to exploit civilian to create fear in public by using the techniques of assassinations, bombings, hostage seizures and plane hijacks, etc. In fact, terrorism is the weapon of weak people and it is most often embraced by those who have no realistic possibility of prevailing against their opponents in a conventional armed contest. They cannot engage in open conflict, they rely on strategies of provocation and polarization. Sometimes terrorism also classified as 'state terrorism', actually state terrorism means, terrorism carried out by government bodies like the police, military or intelligence agency to counter the terrorist plans.









Why terrorist surviving from such a long period?





The reason behind the survival of terrorist, because religion is playing a dominant role, as some Islamic countries supporting terrorism in the name of religion, also providing shelter and funding for their inhuman works. As terrorism had become a religious imperative, even a sacred duty, rather than a pragmatically and selected political strategy, the nature of terrorist groups and their function had changed crucially.





Global Terrorism





Terrorism indeed has an international and global dimension. Now, the question arises how it reached the global level? There are three reasons behind global terrorism. First, due to increased cross border flows of people, goods, money, technology and ideas have generally benefited non- state actors at the expenses of states, and terrorist groups have proved to be particularly adept at exploiting this hypermobility.



Second, increased international migration flows have often helped to sustain terrorist campaigns, as diaspora communities can become an important source of funding. Third, globalization has generated pressures that have contributed to a growth in political militancy generally. This has either occurred as a backlash against cultural globalization and the spread of western goods, ideas and values, or it has been a consequence of imbalances within the global capitalist system.





Countering Terrorism



