Blog Entry #2

Terrorism is in action all around the world. But, when most people hear terrorism, they immediately think of Afghanistan, Pakistan, or Iraq. Yes, these countries are known for terrorism and because terrorism is so apparent in these countries, the citizens are forced to deal with shootings, military personnel, bombing, and so much more. Sometimes the citizens think it would be better off for them if they were dead instead of having to be scared and threatened 24/7 and they normally try to take someone else down with them. 
In a recent article in the New York Times, a suicide bomber killed himself and at least 25 other citizens at an Afghan funeral. The funeral was in an area that was highly populated by the Shinwari tribe, who had conflict with the Taliban tribe. The man was said to be targeting the district governor. But instead he only injured the governor and killed his son and 20 or so other people. A spokesman from the Taliban clan stated this in the article: “We are not claiming credit for the attack, though we have a strong presence in the area,” he said. “What we think, based on our investigations, is that it could be an attack based on personal or tribal disputes.”
So, why do terrorist acts happen more so in these known terrorism countries? Some reasons are : 1.because of many micro-perspectives from one person turning into a huge problem causing a disturbance in society, 2. inequality, 3. military force, 4. globalization and 5. power/class issues. Globalization and power/class issues are very big in terrorism because the members of society do not want their jobs to be taken from them, dropping them lower in social class and making it harder to climb to the top. So, they take violent actions and kill off their competition, knowing that they will be able to stay where they are or even become more happy and higher in class rank.
The world knows terrorism is not the way to solve global problems, but some citizens cannot help but to turn to violence. If the environment you have always known has been invaded with death and shooting, you will never know any better. Personal issues can explode and be taken out in society, just like the article showed. Terrorism is a scary thing that I am afraid will never end as long as we have any type of war in the world. 

Date: September 6th, 2012
Time: 1:04pm
Article link:  http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/05/world/asia/bomber-kills-at-least-20-at-afghan-funeral.html?_r=1&ref=terrorism