Terrorism Terrorism is the use of force by groups or individuals called terrorists to obtain political or other demands . Such force is known to include criminal , violent , extremist , or military acts . One terrorist leader in the 1990s and 2000s was Osama Bin Laden . An image of him appeared to Captain Archer when the time stream was corrected . ( ) In September of 2001 , a series of terrorist attacks were carried out on the United States of America on Earth . An image of the attack on New York City appeared to Archer after he had corrected the timeline that Vosk had corrupted . ( ) In 2004 , Loomis commented that he thought the Xindi - Reptilian s that he was collecting blood " samples " for might be terrorists . ( ) In 2024 , Ireland was re - unified after a successful string of terrorist attacks influenced northern counties to merge into the rest of the independent Republic of Ireland . ( ) During World War III , Colonel Phillip Green led a faction of ultra - violent eco - terrorists , which resulted in some 37 million deaths by the war ' s end in 2053 . ( production art ) In 2154 , the Vulcan High Command considered the Syrrannite movement to be a terrorist organization . That group was implicated in the bombing of the United Earth Embassy on Vulcan , which had actually been planned by members of the High Command . ( ) Prior to the Antwerp Conference , the last significant terrorist bombing on Earth took place some time prior to 2272 . ( ) In 2286 , the Klingon Ambassador Kamarag called James T . Kirk a terrorist for killing a Klingon crew and for stealing their ship . ( ) The Ansata turned to terrorism in 2296 to obtain independence for their region on Rutia IV . ( ) According to Aamin Marritza , while he was posing as Gul Darhe ' el , the most effective terrorist weapon was the random violence . ( ) After a bomb destroyed the school aboard Deep Space 9 in 2369 , Commander Sisko told Vedek Winn that this was no misguided person who did this but someone who listened to Winn ' s voice . Winn disbelieved that Sisko was holding her responsible for this act of terrorism . ( ) The Cardassian s saw the attacks on them by the Bajorans during the Occupation to be terrorist actions , although the Bajoran s considered those who carried out the attacks to be freedom fighters . Kira though , recognized that she had been a terrorist and told Thomas Riker so , explaining that he would never make a good terrorist , since he wanted to be a hero , and terrorists never get to be heroes . ( ) In 2357 , Surmak Ren was convicted of terrorism by the Cardassian Regional Court and sentenced to a term in the Velos VII internment camp , for actions arising from the kidnapping of Gul Spumco . ( ) In 2370 , the Circle , headed by Bajoran Minister Jaro Essa attempted to take control of Deep Space 9 . They were foiled by Li Nalas and Major Kira Nerys . ( ) Officially , the Federation viewed the Maquis as a terrorist group . Federation citizens who aided or joined the Maquis subsequently lost their Federation citizenship . ( ) In 2372 , the Cardassian group the True Way began terrorist attacks on Federation and Bajoran targets . They planted and detonated a bomb aboard the and attempted to assassinate First Minister Shakaar Edon . ( ) After Kira Nerys asked Weyoun to release Rom , the Vorta told her that the Dominion " takes a dim view of terrorism " . ( )