Terrorism

"One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter." The desire for achieving freedom, spreading religion and claiming territories have led to a number of terrorists incidents which leads to human destruction, economic destabilization, and political unrest. A researcher says, "the numbers of terrorist activities are declining in the 1990's but they have become more deadly."
Throughout the 1970's to present, many acts of terrorism have been carried out by groups, which are mainly based in the Middle East due to its lack of an effective central government. A typical example of terrorist incident was the Iranian hostage On November 4,1979 in which 3,000 Iranian militants overran the U.S embassy in Teheran and captured 54 embassy staff members. Religious leader Ayatollah Khomeini praised their actions. The militants demanded that, the Shah who ruled Iran for decades and was now seeking medical treatment in the west be turned over to them for trial.…