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The root word is terror.
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Terror=Fear
 individual or group to scare, disrupt or intimidate people. This tactic is often used randomly and without warning.
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There are various reasons and purposes for terrorism. Some such reasons/purposes include:
statement, revenge, and warning.
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Often powerless groups within a country strike out
[bombs, missiles] and/or random firearms.

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Unfortunately for the United States there have been several “acts of terror” within the borders of the nation.
Very troubling for many citizens is the fact that most of the domestic terrorists have been native born citizens.
Two of the most popular recent examples have been Timothy McVeigh and
Theodore Kaczynski. Both of these men used explosives as their method of terror.

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For many years throughout the 20 th century foreign nationals [people from other countries] have committed acts of terror against the United States.
Some reasons that have been expressed by so-called terrorists have been U.S. oppression of Muslim countries or U.S. support of Israel [and its policies].
Two very recent examples of foreign terrorism on U.S. territory have been the
1993 and 20001 attacks on the World Trade Center in NYC.
Ramzi Youseff [1993] and Khalid Muhammed [2001] from Pakistan were the socalled masterminds of both attacks. Muhammed was a member of Al-Qaeda.

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Domestic Terrorism
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Foreign Terrorism
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Eric Rudolph [1996
Olympic bomber, abortion clinic bomber]
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Umar Farouk
Abdulmutallab [Detroit
New Year’s Day jet bomber]
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1954 Puerto Rican
terrorists [attempted assassination of
President Truman]
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USS Cole attack [naval ship bombed by suicide bombers in
200]

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Please assemble into groups of 3-4 students and discuss your opinions about foreign and domestic terrorism. Take 10 minutes to do so.
Go to the side of the room you belief your opinion most fits
[ agree , disagree , strongly agree and strongly disagree ]
[1] Some terrorists probably have legitimate reasons/motives for their attacks.
[2] When and if the United States gets attacked by terrorists it’s the fault of the government for not preventing it.
[3] Most terrorists are Muslim and should die a traitor’s death.

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The passage of NAFTA the North American Free Trade Agreement in the 1994 opened U.S. markets to foreign trade. The U.S. government believed it would promote “free trade” and better opportunities for each of the countries involved
[Canada, U.S. and Mexico]. Mexico probably had the most to gain because its economy was the weakest. Many U.S. citizens feared the loss of jobs to cheaper labor in Mexico.
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Presidential candidate H. Ross Perot warned that more open trade rules with foreign countries would cause Americans to lose jobs.
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What do we think about this?
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Outsourcing by U.S. companies has also caused the loss of American jobs by hiring foreigners to do service jobs instead of Americans.
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What do we think about this?

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In 2004 the U.S. Congress with President Bush’s support passed C.A.F.T.A.
[Central American Trade Agreement].
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Many U.S. citizens worried that an already poor U.S. economy would get worse with increased “free trade.”
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The result was a rapid exodus of manufacturing jobs [ especially textile ] to countries such as Honduras and Costa Rica.

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Unilateral means to do something individually by yourself without others’ permission or cooperation.
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A country that engages in unilateralist foreign policy it does not seek approval of other nations with regard to military action, trade, etc.
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President George W. Bush engaged in unilateralism when he decided to invade
Iraq without the approval of the United
Nations Security Council.

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President George W. Bush , in an address to a joint session of Congress on September 20, 2001 said,
"Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists."
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Questions: What was meaning and purpose of
President Bush’s comments? Was this a wise statement for the president to make? [why/why not]

Environmental issues in a global context
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There are several major environmental issues that have effected and still effect the global ecosystem.
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China’s Three Gorges Dam, Global Warming [human induced] and the 2010 B.P. Gulf Oil spill are just a few.

Environmental issues in a global context
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In 2006 former vice president Al Gore narrated and coproduced a film called An Inconvenient Truth.
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The film provided an understanding of human induced global warming. Gore warned that within our lifetimes due to human carbon based fuel consumption catastrophic, irreversible environmental damage would change the world forever.
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Gore won the Nobel Peace Prize and an Academy Award.
Many, many climate scientists disagree with the impact that humans have on global warning.
View the videos at this site and see for yourself http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8847562857479496579#

Environmental issues in a global context
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President Obama recently said that he will suspend his efforts to force the E.P.A. to enforce environmental regulations because it will harm the economy.
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Questions: What interests do scientists have to support or reject human induced global warming theories? What interests do corporations have to comply with or reject government environmental regulations?

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