Domestic Security Measures Relating to Terrorism: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Ninety-eighth Congress, Second Session ... February 8 and 9, 1984, Volume 4U.S. Government Printing Office, 1984 - 138 pages |
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Page 110 - As we began to perceive 10 years ago, we may be on the threshold of an era of armed conflict in which limited conventional warfare, classic guerilla warfare, and international terrorism will coexist, with both government and subnational entities employing them individually, interchangeably, sequentially, or simultaneously, as well as being required to combat them.
Page 16 - Regulations, which regards terrorism as "the -, unlawful use of force or violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian population, or any segment thereof, in the furtherance of political or social objectives.
Page 23 - Investigation (FBI) defines terrorism as the unlawful use of force or violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a Government, the civilian population, or any segment thereof, in furtherance of political or social objectives...
Page 13 - By the time the University of Southern California and the University of California at Los Angeles game is to be played they are both undefeated and the winner will emerge as the undisputed national champion. Provided that game — and I emphasize the word "game...
Page 110 - A growing number of governments themselves are using terrorist tactics/ employing terrorist groups, or exploiting terrorist incidents as a mode of surrogate warfare. These governments see in terrorism a useful capability, a "weapons system," a cheap means of waging war. Terrorists fill a need. Modern conventional war is increasingly impractical. It is too destructive. It is too expensive. World and sometimes domestic opinion imposes constraints. Terrorists offer a possible alternative to open armed...
Page 22 - I am pleased to appear before you this morning to discuss the 1932 Economic Report of the President and the Report of the Council of Economic Advisers.
Page 51 - Summit countries (Canada, France, the Federal Republic of Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States...
Page 101 - Terrorism can be described as the use. of actual or threatened violence to gain attention and to create fear and alarm, which in turn will cause people to exaggerate the strength of the terrorists and the importance of their cause. Since groups that use terrorist tactics are typically small and weak, the violence they practice must be deliberately shocking.
Page 111 - Terrorism is violence calculated to inspire fear, to create an atmosphere of alarm which in turn causes people to exaggerate the strength of the terrorists and the importance of their cause.
Page 109 - The first four years of the 1980s showed an average annual increase in international terrorist incidents of approximately 17 percent. Overall, the number of such incidents occurring each year has increased fourfold since the Munich attack in 1972. Terrorism at the same time is growing bloodier. More and more terrorist attacks are directed against persons instead of property. Incidents with fatalities have been increasing. Large-scale indiscriminate attacks have become more common. These trends continued...