Lesson for National 5 Modern Studies.

1. THE IMPACT OF TERRORISM

2. learning objectives
• understand the existence of various terrorist
groups
• identify some of the major terrorist attacks
that took place in recent years
• explain who the main targets of terrorism are

3. main terrorist groups

4. main terrorist groups
The five most deadly terrorist groups were
responsible for 74 per cent of all deaths
from terrorism by known actors in 2014.

5. main terrorist groups
The most deadly terrorist group in 2014 was Boko
Haram which killed 6,644 people. ISIL was the
second most deadly terrorist group, killing 6,073
people in terrorist acts.

6. main terrorist groups
The Taliban, the most deadly group in 2013,
dropped to the third most deadly group in 2014
despite killing 3,477 people.

7. main terrorist groups
The fourth most deadly terrorist group of 2014
was Fulani militants, a terrorist groups based in
Nigeria. the death toll caused by this group was
1,229 people.

8. main terrorist groups
The fifth most deadly group in 2014, al-Shabaab,
was also the fifth most deadly in 2013. Despite
being ranked the same, al-Shabaab killed 504
more people in 2014 which was almost double the
number of people it killed in the previous year.

9. main terrorist groups
The five most deadly terrorist groups are also
responsible for more deaths than those caused
by their terrorist acts. All of the groups also
engaged in battle with either government or
non-state actors.

10. Source:globalterrorismindex2015

11. Boko Haram
Boko Haram was the deadliest terrorist group in
2014, killing 6,644 people. The name Boko Haram
can be translated as ‘Western education is
forbidden.’

12. Boko Haram
Boko Haram seeks to establish an Islamic state in
Nigeria. Following a dispute with Nigerian
government and the death of their leader
Mohamad Yusuf in 2009, the group began engaging
in a campaign of violence.

13. Boko Haram
In 2014 Boko Haram doubled its attacks and more
than quadrupled the number of deaths from
terrorism. in 2014 it was the first time that they
committed an attack outside of Nigeria.

14. Boko Haram
attacks in bordering countries have increased in
2015. In the past year, the group formally
pledged allegiance to ISIL.

15. Boko Haram
Private citizens, who make up 77 per cent of
fatalities, are overwhelmingly the target of Boko
Haram’s attacks. These attacks are also
extremely deadly, with an average of 17 people
killed per attack.

16. ISIL
ISIL, also known as ISIS, Islamic State or Daesh, is a
terrorist group based in Syria and Iraq. It
emerged from al-Qa’ida in Iraq, moving into Syria
during the Syrian civil war.

17. ISIL
In February 2014 al-Qa’ida formally broke ties
with ISIL, with the leader of al-Qa’ida stating ISIL
disobeyed directions from al-Qa’ida to kill fewer
civilians.

18. ISIL
Like other fundamentalist jihadi groups, ISIL seeks
to create an area of Islamic rule. They now
control a significant amount of territory in both
Iraq and Syria.

19. ISIL
ISIL has claimed to be fighting a holy war against
Shia Muslims, Christians and Yazidis, an ethno-
religious group in Iraq and Syria.

20. ISIL
In 2014 ISIL killed 5,002 more people from
terrorism than in the previous year, representing
a threefold increase. Ninety per cent of attacks
were in Iraq.

21. TALIBAN
The Taliban took control of Afghanistan in 1996 and
ruled until 2001, when they were overthrown by the
US-led invasion of Afghanistan. They have since
regrouped as an insurgency movement to fight the now
former Karsai administration and the NATO-led Forces.

22. TALIBAN
In 2014 the Taliban killed the most people from
terrorism since the invasion of Afghanistan in 2002.
There were 3,477 people killed from 891 attacks,
which is a 38 per cent increase in fatalities and 48
per cent increase in attacks from the previous year.

23. TALIBAN
The Taliban are seeking to destabilise the country
through undermining the institutions of
government. For this reason the police were the
major target of the Taliban, accounting for 45 per
cent of incidents and 53 per cent of deaths.

24. FULANI MILITANTS
Fulani militants in Nigeria come from a semi-nomadic,
ethnic group and are engaged in conflict with
farming communities. The Fulani, or Fula, people live
in at least seven countries in West Africa and the
tribe comprises over 20 million people.

25. FULANI MILITANTS
In Nigeria, Fulani communities have faced tension
with farmer communities over resources for
many years. Seventy per cent of Fulani’s are
nomadic grazers.

26. FULANI MILITANTS
Alongside the destabilised security situation in Nigeria
due to the increased activity of Boko Haram, there was
a dramatic increase in attacks by Fulani militants in
2014. From 2010 to 2013, Fulani militants killed around
80 people in total. In 2014, they killed 1,229.

27. AL-SHABAAB
Al-Shabaab is an al-Qa’ida affiliate based in
Somalia that is seeking to create an Islamic state
in Somalia. The group was in control of cities
throughout Somalia, including large areas of the
capital Mogadishu.

28. AL-SHABAAB
due to a military campaign by the African Union,
al-Shabaab no longer has the territorial reach it
once had. Nevertheless, 2014 was the deadliest year
for the group with the number of deaths from
terrorism doubling to 1,021.

29. major terrorist attacks

30. major terrorist attacks
The majority of terrorist attacks in the West are
not carried out by well-organised international
groups. Instead, the terrorist threat in the West
largely comes from lone wolf terrorism.

31. major terrorist attacks
Lone wolf terrorists are individuals or a small
number of individuals who commit an attack in
support of a group, movement, or ideology without
material assistance or orders from such group.

32. Source:globalterrorismindex2015

33. Source:globalterrorismindex2015