ABSTRACT

There is no room for any doubt that, in international civil aviation management, international and domestic civil aviation should not be considered in mutual exclusivity when it comes to matters of aviation security. Some states claim that internal oppression either by foreign invasion or by an internal totalitarian regime necessitates guerrilla warfare for the achievement of freedom. With more emphasis, it has been claimed that one state must not be allowed to exploit and harass another and that the physical manifestation of desire to attain freedom should not be construed as terrorism. There are instances where terrorism extends to destabilizing an established regime or a group of persons by the use of threats which are often calculated to instil fear in the international community. A random act of violence is normally a corollary to a threat, though not necessarily so.