Introduction The wrath of terrorism imposed on today’s civilizations is indeed of a devastating nature in view of the accuracy of attacks resulting from the technologically advanced means available to terrorists. The recent spates of attacks by terrorists are sensational in their use of advanced techniques used in carrying out their attacks. The terrorists can encode their communications in a way that they cannot be traced by the intelligence agencies of the world. Advancements in technology used by terrorists are of such a high order that their communication with each other can be hidden within photographic images as also by using satellite mobile phones that gives them undetectable opportunities to interact in executing their tasks. The basic fact remains that new technologies cannot be restrained from reaching the masses, especially for those who find ways to misuse them in achieving their terrorist objectives (Mohamed Sid-Ahmed, 2001). It is a big question that knowledge cannot be restrained by blocking it or preventing it from spreading to all those who are searching for it. Terrorists are in the possession of means to finance such technologies at any given price and the issue of banning dangerous technologies cannot be considered except in the case of very extreme uses such as nuclear technology, which too is now in a delicate scenario in view of the recent disclosures in some countries of such technology getting into wrong hands. The Iraq war was fought primarily to prevent Iraq from acquiring weapons of mass destruction and to do away with its vulnerability in protecting the technology from getting into the possession of terrorist elements. Sure if such technologies can get into the hands of terrorists there can be havoc in the world because terrorist have no qualms about jeopardizing the life of any number of people to create the much desired fear of terrorist attacks. However the issue of preventing the availability of latest technology getting into the hands of terrorists is difficult to implement since all technologies are for the betterment and development of the human race, and it is unfortunate that terrorists use these techniques to achieve their horrific goals by harming humanity. Prevention and checks are the best means of curbing such acts (Stephen Handelman, 2006). Different kinds of terrorist activities While defining terrorism there is need to outline the different kinds of terrorist activities that are present in today’s world. The initial pangs of terrorism were experienced by the world when terrorists used techniques such as hijackings, bombings, diplomatic kidnappings and assassinations in attempts to assert their demand and ultimately such threats made a concrete impact on the world in terms of the permanent existence of these threats on mankind. In this context, politicians and lawmakers began to differentiate the types of terrorism existing in the world and began to find ways to combat such threats. State terrorism When governments sponsor terrorist acts it is referred to as state terrorism. There are many countries accused of carrying out state terrorism, like Germany did under Nazi rule. The US has also been accused of state terrorism when it sponsored the Nicaraguan Contras in the 1980s. Another terrorist form is b