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Content: For instance, states can sponsor terrorist groups in other countries in order to support foreign policies or safeguard their own national interest. Iran is known for supporting Hezbollahin Lebanon against Israel. The United States supported the Muslim Brotherhoodin Egypt against the communist government of Gamal Abdel Nasser and the mujahedeen in Afghanistanagainst the Soviet Union. What Do Terrorists Want? Terrorists are not all after the same thing. Terrorists often justifytheir bloody acts on the basis of perceived social, economic and political unfairness. Or they take inspiration from religious beliefs or spiritual principles. RELATED CONTENT
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Many forms of terrorism were inspired by warfare between races, struggles between the rich or poor, or battles between political outcasts and elites. Some are ethnically based separatism movements, like the Irish Republican Army or Palestine Liberation Organization. The former cartel of Medellinis considered narco-terrorists because they combine terrorist tactics with drug trafficking.