I am also working on my Terrorism class. It has been my toughest class as far as academics go and is pretty intense.

I have worked in Counter Terrorism for a few years, and I must point out one thing in your reply. DO NOT put too much emphasis on one man. He is a spokesperson and a figurehead for ONE terrorist organisation. Yes, he maybe the most hated of all, but by no means is he the most dangerous. There are plenty waiting in the wings to replace him, and with a desire to upstage him with greater atrocities.

I am pleased to hear these classes have been introduced as part of your degree. The knowledge you gain will be invaluable if ever called upon.

Just to show the level of threat that these terrorists pose to every country involved in the fight against terrorism, here is a list of groups that our governments see as the main threats.

Abu Nidal Organization (ANO)
Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG)
Al Qaeda
Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade
Al-Badhr Mujahedin (al-Badr)
Al-Ittihad al-Islami (AIAI)
Al-Jihad (AJ)
Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI)
Ansar al-Sunna (AS)
Armed Islamic Group (GIA)
Asbat al-Ansar
East Turkistan Islamic Movement (ETIM)
Gama'a al-Islamiyya (IG)
HAMAS
Harakat ul-Jihad-I-Islami (HUJI)
Harakat ul-Mujahedin (HUM)
Harakat-ul-Jihad-I-Islami/Bangladesh (HUJI-B)
Hizb-I Islami Gulbuddin (HIG)
Hizballah
Hizbul-Mujahedin (HM)
Islamic Army of Aden (IAA)
Islamic Great Eastern Raiders–Front (IBDA-C)
Islamic International Peacekeeping Brigade
Islamic Jihad Group (IJU)
Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU)
Jaish-e-Mohammed (JEM)
Jamaatul-Mujahedin Bangladesh (JMB)
Jamiat ul-Mujahedin (JUM)
Jemaah Islamiya (JI)
Kahane Chai
Kumpulan Mujahedin Malaysia (KMM)
Lashkar e-Tayyiba (LeT)
Lashkar-i-Jhangvi (LJ)
Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG)
Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group (GICM)
Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MEK)
Palestine Liberation Front (PLF)
Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)
People Against Gangsterism and Drugs (PAGAD)
PFLP-GC
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
Rajah Sulaiman Movement (RSM)
Riyadus-Salikhin Reconnaissance and Sabotage
Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC)
Sipah-I-Sahaba/Pakistan (SSP)
Special Purpose Islamic Regiment (SPIR)
Tunisian Combatant Group (TCG)
Turkish Hizballah

Suprised at the numbers?

I took a terrorism class, a few months ago. Now I am studying the criminology on terrorism and how they are different from violent offenders...mentally. It's interesting.

I took a class called Violence and Terrorism at California State University at Sacramento.  The class was a definite eye opener.  We each had to do a threat analysis paper on a terrorist organization for a final project.  I wrote my analysis on the Irish Republican Army.  I enjoyed the challenge.  We studied 09/11 and all related terrorist activity in the United States as well as analyzing the situation in the Middle East.  I still have all the books for that class as well as a periodical on terrorism edited by the instructor for being one of the top two scoring individuals on his mid-term.  The instructor was Jim Poland.

I took a 3 day, train the trainer covering Domestic Terrorism and Hate Crimes class that Homeland Security put together and offers at FLETC in Georgia. It was interesting and enjoyed it very much and learned alot. It also covered the history of hate groups like the Aryan Brotherhood and other similar hate groups. I'd certainly recomend it to anyone with an interest in these topics. 

I'm taking a course an online terrorism class. It is rough. I would like to hear from someone who possibly understands about the connection between terrorism and Ireland.

Thanx for the site. Just went to the site and I see I can get enough information to get me started with my writing assignment that is due in 2hrs!

the American public should be sheltered from Terrorism.  They should not go around thinking about it.  American police shouldnt even have to deal with terrorism, it should be handled by military personnel in foriegn lands.  If it even becomes an issue in the USA, then the government has failed the people. 

Americans should go about their every day business, eating, drinking, and being merry while Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, Airmen, and Coasties deal with th problem as far away from the homeland as possible while American law enforcement officers and agencies do what they must to police up the ones the military dont get to kill and somehow make it to the USA....or deal with homegrown terrorists. 

Hello Fellow Criminal Justice Students, I have been a CPD C.A.P.S Volunteercourt advocate for 15 years and followed gang crime cases that I consider as terrorism, for example: a general store owner (not an American born citizen) selling knives to teenage gangbanger (foot soldiers). This particular case was 15 years ago and the store owner's wife was only fined $100.00. At first, the store owner refused to pay the fine for his wife , but, the city attorney informed him, his wife would than go to jail for 30 days. The wife, began to cry and begged her husband to pay the fine, so he reluctantly, agreed to pay the fine. I also, as a C.A.P.S. volunteer, I stop into the business' in my district, to ask, if they notice any problems. I am always, vigilant. Next semester, I will sign up for a terrorism class. God Bless ALL.

Students............take anything and everything you can with regards to Terrorism..........it's not going away anytime soon and the more informed you are the safer you (and your loved ones )  will be !

Yeah im taking terrorism now. Its really scary and distrubing but very interesting. Like how Al Qaida spent like $200,000 for 9/11 and made us spend like 800,000,000,000 after that... its crazy... and im not liking whats going on in the middle east with hezbolah.. scary..