Denver Journal of International Law & Policy Volume 33 Number 2 Spring Article 5 April 2020 Democratic Responses to Terrorism: A Comparative Study of the United States, Israel, and India Arunabha Bhoumik Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.du.edu/djilp Recommended Citation Arunabha Bhoumik, Democratic Responses to Terrorism: A Comparative Study of the United States, Israel, and India, 33 Denv. J. Int'l L. & Pol'y 285 (2005). This Article is brought to you for free and open access by Digital Commons @ DU. It has been accepted for inclusion in Denver Journal of International Law & Policy by an authorized editor of Digital Commons @ DU. For more information, please contact
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[email protected]. DEMOCRATIC RESPONSES TO TERRORISM: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE UNITED STATES, ISRAEL, AND INDIA ARUNABHA BHOUMIK* I. INTRODUCTION On September 11, 2001, nineteen men hijacked four planes, crashing one each into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.' Approximately three-thousand people from eighty-seven countries were killed.2 That evening President Bush addressed the nation, stating that the full resources of the intelligence and law enforcement communities would be devoted to finding those responsible for the attacks.3 The President further stated that, "We will make no distinction between the terrorists who committed these acts and those who harbor them."4 On September 20, the President addressed a joint session of Congress, declaring, "[o]n September the 1 th, enemies of freedom committed an act of war against our country."' The war against terrorism was 6 soon in full swing.