ansom payments, or political concessions (Connor, Michael, pg. 47)." The problem with kidnapping is maintaining stability under the pressure. . "They aim to seize or kill some specific individual when he is visiting another country (Connor, Michael, pg. 43)." This allows them to still have the power with less chance of getting caught. This gives us a less chance to end terrorism. This is a very useful tactic for terrorists. "Outbursts of irrational violence brings to the surface our deep sense of fear and anger (Wall, James, pg. 772)." To decrease terrorism effectively, the publicity that it draws needs to decrease. "Terrorists thrive on publicity; bombings in world class cities generate more television coverage and more terror then atrocities perpetrated elsewhere (Anonymous, pg. 13)."Publicity that the terrorists gets spreads their message even further. "Terrorists target big cities because thats where the most people live (Anonymous, pg. 13)." The more people the terrorists can threat creates more publicity worldwide. "Large stores remain popular terrorist targets due to the large number of people which guarantees the terrorists a wide spread of fear and publicity (Connor, Michael, pg. 56)." To protect yourself, you might want to shop at smaller stores. Important dates are likely times for terrorist attacks. "An attack maybe made at anytime during the year, but there are certain times that are more probable (Conner, Michael, pg. 56)." High shopping seasons are good times for an attack to occur. "Christmas is the most likely times for a terrorist to attack. Other likely times for attacks are dates which coincide with some known terrorist anniversary, or dates which coincide with or closely follow the announcement of some anti-terrorist or anti-cause measures by the target government (Conner, Michael, pg. 56)." To get around this you need to be aware of how to protect yourself. "Try to visit the most popular tourist...
