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What kind of terrorism was the Boston Marathon bombing?
What kind of terrorism was the Boston Marathon bombing?
Islamist.
It is ideology that motivated the terrorism.
Islamist.
It is ideology that motivated the terrorism.
Excellent post.Information available at this time:
The terrorists were foreign born.
One or both were naturalized citizens, I think both, and had lived here for many years.
There was an overseas trip by the older brother, that may have been involved in his radicalization and possibly training/conditioning for terrorist ops... data scant at the moment.
So it is both, in a sense.
Based on statements by the family members, it is an Islamic family but a moderate one; the older brother became radicalized and militant and apparently persuaded the younger to join with him.
Terrorism based on radical Islam had its beginnings overseas in the Mideast, so in that sense there is a foreign origin to the terrorism... but the perps were young naturalized citizens who'd lived here a long time, so apparently we are developing a domestic problem with radicalized/militant Islamist terror.
Based on currently available information, but noting that such info is still pretty scarce...
What kind of terrorism was the Boston Marathon bombing?
Other / Something elseYou forgot to add the word "Unknown" to the poll. That would be the more appropriate answer because at this time we simple do not know.
Other / Something else
Good points.I would call it domestic terrorism, but I would prefer to know more/anything about the motives before I say so with certainty. If they came here to commit terrorism, then I would say it's foreign terrorism. If they came here without that intent, but developed it over time, then I would say domestic terrorism. From what I've read, they developed these sentiments over time with the younger brother perhaps developing them as recently as the past six months. Also, the younger brother was 8 when he got here so I don't think he was planning on bombing anything at that point.
This case is interesting because it brings up the status and perception of immigrants in the United States. Quite a lot of people have been adamant in treating this as if it's a foreign attack primarily based on the fact these guys are/were immigrants. It kind of lets you know how immigrants, by virtue of not having been born in this country, are still automatically seen as "the other" by many in this country. It also reaffirms how quickly people work to distance themselves from the terrorists. It's not enough to not sympathize with the terrorists. One must also look for differences in religion, ethnicity, race, citizenship and so on as means of saying, "They're not like us. I'm not like them." It's stupid.
And here I thought I tended to over think things.Didn't use it because "Other/Something else" could mean many different things and is too broad for the right answer to be used.
And here I thought I tended to over think things.
From what I've read, my impression is that that both brothers probably, as immigrants, always felt some sense of alienation from American society. It seems the like the older brother, who came here at 15, felt it more strongly as he had already developed his identity before he came here whereas the younger brother, who came here at 8, was trying to and somewhat successfully assimilating and finding his place here. Because people often look for some identity to latch onto when they feel alienated, I suspect the older brother turned to religion as a means of dealing with his alienation. Somehow, that turned into terrorism.To me, it is possible that they may have competing feelings of nationalistic/idealistic loyalty, and even possible that the attack wasn't necessarily "anti-American", though if it wasn't I still cannot think of a reason to do it here.
As far as assimilation into American society, this is pretty much what I have read and heard as well. The older brother, especially, never felt like he fit in.From what I've read, my impression is that that both brothers probably, as immigrants, always felt some sense of alienation from American society. It seems the like the older brother, who came here at 15, felt it more strongly as he had already developed his identity before he came here whereas the younger brother, who came here at 8, was trying to and somewhat successfully assimilating and finding his place here. Because people often look for some identity to latch onto when they feel alienated, I suspect the older brother turned to religion as a means of dealing with his alienation. Somehow, that turned into terrorism.
It's also worth noting that the younger brother and mother were apparently 9/11 truthers. If the younger brother thought the United States was unjustly hiding something, that might have played a part as well.
If there are different kinds of terrorism, that's news to me. Where did you get these classifications?What kind of terrorism was the Boston Marathon bombing?
One of them yes, one of them no, though the other one was here legally.Are they citizens of this country? Yes..
Its domestic then.
One of them yes, one of them no, though the other one was here legally.