ABSTRACT
The attacks on September 11th, 2001 on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon dramatically demonstrated the importance that terrorist acts can have for citizens and residents of the United States. These deadly attacks reinforced the fact that terrorism had been a significant problem for the rest of the world for a long time. While the 9/11 attacks were exceptional, it is important to recognize that terrorism has had a long history (F. Schulze 2004: 183). The attacks in 2001 were followed by other major attacks, including the one against the tourist facilities on Bali in 2002, the siege of a middle school in Breslan, Russia in 2003, the attacks against the Spanish commuter trains in Madrid in 2004, the London transit system in 2005, and others. These attacks resulted in major casualties and have provided ongoing evidence that terrorism is a continuing problem for many societies around the world.
