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Evaluate and make a comparison between "old" and "new" terrorism.

What do terrorism experts say about the "old" versus "new" wave of terrorism.

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Old Terrorism vs. New Terrorism

The notion that a 'new' definition and practice of terrorism existed began in the aftermath of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. What and who are these new terrorists? What are the dangers and threats that they pose? How different are they from 'old terrorists'. First let us begin by discussing what old terrorism is about. Terrorism as a means of forwarding personal, tribal, political and religious agenda through violence is older than the human concept of nation-states. The history of terrorism is actually part of the history of human civilization, just as democracy and communism and all our existing philosophies & social order systems are. The Sacarii of Ancient Judea were seen as ...

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