Title: Terrorism - Wikipedia
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Main article: Reign of Terror
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intentional violence for political purposes
"Terrorist" redirects here. For other uses, see Terrorist (disambiguation). United Airlines Flight 175 hits the South Tower of the World Trade Center during the September 11 attacks of 2001 in New York City
Terrorism
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Anarchist
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Green/Ecological
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Buddhist
Christian ( Mormon)
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Islamic ( Wahhabism)
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Sikh
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Related topics
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Death squad
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Agro-terrorism
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Individual terror
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Paper terrorism
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Proxy bomb
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United States
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State-sponsored terrorism
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Terrorism is, in the broadest sense, the use of intentional violence for political or religious purposes. It is used in this regard primarily to refer to violence during peacetime or in the context of war against non-combatants (mostly civilians and neutral military personnel ). The terms "terrorist" and "terrorism" originated during the French Revolution of the late 18th century but gained mainstream popularity in the 1970s during the conflicts of Northern Ireland, the Basque Country and Palestine. The increased use of suicide attacks from the 1980s onwards was typified by the September 11 attacks in New York City and Washington, D.C. in 2001. There are various different definitions of terrorism, with no universal agreement about it. Terrorism is a charged term. It is often used with the connotation of something that is "morally wrong". Governments and non-state groups use the term to abuse or denounce opposing groups.