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Making Terror, Breaking Terror

If one person's terrorist is another's freedom fighter, how should terrorism be defined?

World Service,3 episodes

Episodes

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Types of Terrorism
Terrorism as a political phenomenon – what it is and what drives it
21 Nov 2001,28 mins
How Terror Groups Operate
The relationship between terrorism and the states the West calls friends
27 Nov 2001,28 mins
What Can be Done to Thwart Attacks?
The first bombing of the Twin Towers was in 1993 – why wasn't the second attack prevented?
05 Dec 2001,28 mins