Which of the following is true of the international response to terrorism?
a. Egypt and Syria have blocked any UN texts that did not exempt groups such as the Palestinians from being defined as terrorists.
b. The UN General Assembly passed a resolution that established a common definition of terrorism.
c. The UN has failed to pass any conventions to suppress terrorist bombings, assassinations, hostage taking, or the financing of terrorism.
d. In 2004, a high-level panel appointed by the UN secretary-general failed to agree on even the most basic conditions of what might constitute a terrorist act.
e. There has been unanimous international consent that acts of nonstate political resistance should not be considered terrorism.
Question 2
The contrast between the Aum Shinrikyo terrorist attack and the attack eight years later in Daegu, South Korea, suggests that
a. a state will be far more politically weakened by a weak response to a politically motivated terrorist attack than to one inspired by other motives.
b. the international community will take notice of a terrorist attack with political motivations far more so than one inspired by other motives.
c. the political response of a state to a terrorist attack is the most influential factor in determining how the public will react.
d. the nature of the attack, and the identity of the attacker, do more to provoke terror than the consequences of the attack.
e. the terror and panic caused by a terrorist attack grows with the number of casualties or wounded from the attack.
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