“Terrorism and the MRTA”

“Terrorism and the MRTA” The phrase “One man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter” has become one of the greatest obstacles in coping with terrorism. This cliché is used to help define what terrorism is and draw boundaries between what terrorism is and is not. Ned Walker, Assistant to the Undersecretary for Middle East Affairs at the U.S. State Department, defines terrorism as any politically motivated attack on non-combatant targets. The organization …

…MRTA clearly state the views and interests of the MRTA. It will be interesting to watch for the movement of the MRTA as elections take place in the United States. Bibliography The Terrorism Research Center The Official Homepage of the MRTA, http://burn.ucsd.edu/~ats/MRTA/strat1.htm International Policy Institute for Counter-Terrorism United States Information Agency: Countering Terrorism “Terrorism”, Marine Corps Gazette, Nov. 1998, Vol. 82 Issue 1, page 74. “Peru’s Global Hostages,” The Nation, Jan. 30, 1997.