1. Social Dynamics
   1. membership
      1. Identity
      2. Discipline
      3. Political believes
      4. Love/sense of belonging
      5. Recognition/ladder for achievement
   2. Self-help
      1. government is fundamentally wrong, no monopoly of violence
      2. lost the status quo of power and seek to regain
   3. Motivation
   4. cultural values
   5. Topic
   6. Indoctrination
      1. Intolerance of doubt
      2. Intolerance of dissent
      3. Dehumanization of targets/organization
2. Social Networks
   1. Vicarious Learning
   2. Logical Suicide
      1. "death of a salesman"
         1. Payment to family
         2. illness incurable or unaffordable
   3. Terrorists small % of real group
   4. minority, social/ethinic group shares ideaology but unwilling to engage in violence
3. What is Terrorism
   1. Definition of terrorism
      1. UN has no definition
   2. US State Department Definition
      1. Terrorist officially recognized by the US
   3. Gang violence
   4. Political groups do not engage in violence
   5. Rich in description but little analysis
      1. Clandestine nature makes research difficult
         1. Suicide bombers in Israel rarely are allowed a platform to speak or survey
4. Conclusion
   1. How to decrease terrorist recruitment and attacks
      1. Community approach
5. Terrorist background
   1. Unremorseful
      1. Speak of economic, social, political and natural conditions of their country of origin
   2. Generally educated (2 or 4 years, some with PhD)
   3. Generally not impoverished
      1. Foot soldiers in insurgencies maybe impoverished
   4. Real or perceived hostile acts (i.e. Abu Graib nake-men pyramids being generalized to all soldiers act like that)
   5. Restrictive Religious upbringings
   6. Restrictive Political upbringings
   7. Maybe Childhood violence?
   8. Terrorists are not
      1. psychopaths
      2. Fanatics