In fact, there have been no less than three organizations that have claimed responsibility for the attack and the loss of life. Seventeen US military personnel loss their life in the explosion, which rendered the USS Cole useless. Unfortunately for the United States and its citizens, this is not the only threat that has or could be mounted by more and future terrorist groups. Unfortunately for citizens and nations around the world, a threat of more violence and bloodshed is seeking to become reality. I would like to take an opportunity to clarify international terrorism from domestic terrorism.
Domestic terrorism tends to deal only within the United States.
An example of this would be the World Trade Center bombing. International terrorism, on the other hand, deals with violence outside of the United States, but can include the US as a target for destruction. This is not a paper for domestic terrorism or fighting terrorism in general, but it is rather a paper focused on a specific issue of terrorism that deserves our attention and debate. This topic screams for a discussion on the reasons why terrorist terrorize, the way the United States deal with terrorists, and what preventative operations the US might have in place to circumvent terrorism. International terrorism is provocative because it would finally allow our community to debate an international topic of importance and interest.