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students built a small nuclear weapon in a chemistry lab from instructions found on the Internet. Resources like Jolly Roger’s Cookbook and the Phreak filez are easily available on the Internet, but contrary to what most mass-media mediums would like people to believe, the bomb making instructions do not suddenly jump up on the user’s screen. The Internet user must go out and look for the information, and if they are really that dedicated to their terrorist cause, the will be able to find the information anywhere, not just the Internet. As far as the modern terrorist is concerned, the Internet doesn’t have any new information that isn’t already easily accessible. Terrorist form groups to make it easier to get their message across. Atkins has a very good list of modern

terrorist groups. One group is the Arab National Youth Organization for the Liberation of Palestine. (ANYOLP) This group was found by the president of Libya, Qaddafi. This group isn’t as active as when it started in 1972, but it was never officially disbanded by Qaddafi. (Terrorism 102) One of the most famous groups is the Black Panther Party. (BPP) This was founded in the United States in the 1960’s, in Alabama. This groups wasn’t really a terrorist group, but more a self-defense group that pushed the lines of self defense. Most people associate Martin Luther King Jr.’s name when they hear this group because this was a very racially oriented group. (106) One of the oldest terrorist groups is the Irish Republican Army. (IRA) It started during the 19th century when Ireland

was fighting for its independence. Unlike other groups, this group is respected by many people because they are trying to unify the island of Ireland. This group also has a more radical splinter group called the Irish Republican Army Provisional Wing. (Terrorism 116-117) Terrorist groups have also become very good plots for movie makers. The movie Delta Force is based solely on a terrorist taking over an airplane. There has also been a movie made recently which shows the Islamic Jihad group of Iran and their attack in 1983 against Marines in Beirut. (Terrorism 118) Another movie that mentions the Islamic Jihad is “Executive Decision” This is just another example of how the media loves dramatic stories, and why not, it sells! I believe terrorism is a very real and very

dangerous threat to the United States. We spend millions to support a large “peace keeping” military, but yet a single terrorist attack could easily bring our nation to it’s knees. The media loves the blood and gore, so it reports all the details. What paper would print a cover story about the recent Nobel Peace Prize recipients instead of the recent plane that may have been bombed or the “terrorist” attack at the Olympic games? Works Cited Atkins, Stephen E. Terrorism: A Reference Handbook Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO, Inc., 1992. Payne, Ronald and Dobson, Christopher. The Terrorists: Their Weapons, Leaders and Tactics. New York: Facts On File, Inc., 1982. 33d