uk response to terrorism Flashcards
1
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intro
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- look at the uks response to terrorism
- many aspects when it comes to deterring it
- include military responses, financial strategies and legislation
- fairly effective
2
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financial strategies
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- more difficult by working together with banks
- becomes more difficult for them to recruit or fund attacks when reducing their funds
- freezing assets since 2011 to tackle al qaida
- only seized £92,000 whereas isis generated $3 million a day in oil revenue
- several muslim countries allow hawala
- regulation to restrict laundering in 2017
- use legitimate businesses as cover and can avoid detection
3
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legislation
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- rules surrounding prison became a lot stricter
- closer monitoring and increasing max penalties to 15 years
- longer sentences make it simpler to radicalise others
- doesn’t make sense if they planned to die during action
- increases dna retention from 2 to 5 years
4
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military approaches
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- reduce territory and disrupt leadership of terrorist groups by attacking strongholds
- isil lost 90% of territory from drone attacks
- use of this is seen as controversial as can lead to civilian casualties
- move across borders, requiring cross country agreement
- abu bakr al-baghdadi killed by drone in october 2019
- working in partnerships shows strong unified approach
- civilian deaths can create propaganda opportunity
5
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contest/prevent strategy
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- contest reduces risk from terrorism to the uk so people can live freely
- prevent stops people from becoming terrorists
- do this through working with community groups
- teachers asked to promote british values
- led to confusion among teachers through misinterpretation
- this could lead to greater radicalisation
- overall this is proved effective through prevention of terrorism but taught in a confusing manner
6
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conclusion
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- military strategy most effective
- financial strategies least effective
- examples why no method is fully effective
