HOW GREAT A THREAT IS INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM TO THE UNITED KINGDOM?

HOW GREAT A THREAT IS INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM

TO THE UNITED KINGDOM

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Terrorism can be difficult to define , and like propaganda or pornography , can mean diametrically different things to different people . Depending on the point of view , a terrorist can be perceived to be a patriot or a criminal . Terrorism can be seen as a cowardly vicious obscenity , or the inherent duty of a holy warrior in service to his god It is most often a weapon of the weaker side

in any conflict , although this is not always the case . In a world of expensive and highly technical weaponry , terrorism is a relatively cheap and often highly effective tool in the hands of relatively small and extremely secret organizations . The United Kingdom and its citizens have been the target of terrorism . It is the government 's response to those attacks and the question of just how great a threat those attacks are that will be addressed in this . Western democracies have not been quick to respond with brute force against terrorist tactics , says Silke in his 2003 work . He reports , however , that unofficially the United Kingdom 's response has been different . UK governments , for example , appeared to tolerate a `shoot to kill ' policy . and IRA members were shot dead [when] their non-violent arrest seem readily achievable ' The question becomes , are the threats to the United Kingdom less or greater than they were in the 1980s when such unofficial policy was in...