GEOPOLITICAL ISSUE

STATE TERRORISM

INTRODUCTION

In recent decades, there has been a growing interest in the relationship between geographies and the foreign and security

policies ofstates

What is State Terrorism?

We can collect 3 things from Yves Lacoste

1795 - Government intimidation during the Reign

of Terror in France. The general sense of "systematic

use of terror as a policy”

When the state uses terrorism to suppress the citizenCharacteristics: 1. The threat or use of violence2. A political objective; desire to change the status3. The intention to spread fear by committing spectacular public acts4. The intentional targeting of civilians

State terrorism is a form of terrorism committed by the government of a

nation-state.

J.F Gayraud and D. Senat: The objective views : « Terrorism is a new form of war  », a technic or a method of a modern war.

DEFINITON

Environmental Impacts

The effects on landscapes can be as devastating as earthquakes or volcanic eruptions.Widespread environmental contaminationUrban landscapes have been altered.

The camps cause impairment of soil and vegetation through trampling by personnel and vehicles and the disposal of waste materials.

“Rust Bowl”

Refugee camps, refugee influx into urban areas and other camps

The vegetation is destroyed where the camp is established

Wild animals are exploitedProblem with water availability and water quality

CASE OF STUDY

The Vietnam war and the gulf of tonkin

affair

The south américan's dictatorship since 1950s and others affairs all around the world.

Assassinations of governants democraticly elected, death squad (la escuela de las Americas).

The take control process according to John Perkins:o The economic hitmano The real hitmano The army conquest

HITMAN – JOHN PERKINS

Ukraine coup d'état

Technic of spontainous coup d'état of US governement

The Iraq war 2003  No Democracy

Lots of people death

No connection between 9/11 and Saddam Hussein

Gaza Strip

Gaza july 2014 (source : report from journalist Christian Siever - ZDF (2nd TV generalist channel in Germany) broadcasted on16.07.2014 )

3 young israelies people « kidnaped »

Strong evidence of assassination the same day but not disclosed by israeli governement

No evidence of Hamas involvement

2014’s Conflict

We can not identify the state of terrorism when it occurs because of the secrecy.

Shut down the emotional part of the event

Search some patterns from the past affairs 

Asking ourselves questions: who could be the beneficiaries of this event?

Conclusion

Some majors goals : Control of the territory and resources, control of the territory for strategic position on the chess world game, legitimate to international public opinion or national public opinion the political decision that can follow the event.

THAT’S ALL FOLKS …….

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