Businesses, industries and institutions become targets when terrorists disapprove of their relationships, policies and practices. Religious convictions and social philosophies also prompt this level of crime. Whether terrorism is government-supported or an undertaking totally isolated from such a system, innocents suffer. A second encouragement is belief that little can be done to prevent or attenuate the results of a terrorist deed. Terrorists resort to bombing, kidnapping, extortion, product tampering, armed assault, skyjacking, assassination, arson, sabotage, threats,barricades, and other operational disruptions.
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Misunderstanding, misrepresentation and false rumors magnify as circumstances unfold. Results frequently are devastating and long-lasting. Terrorists have identifiable needs. Wide-ranging sophistications exist among terrorists. Each must be dealt with according to behavioral, intellectual and motivational factors.