Al-Aqsa+Martyrs+Brigade

** T​IMOTHY TAYLOR & SANG MIN KIM **
**__*What is the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades?*__** Since early 2002, the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades began more attacks on Israelis than its Islamist counterparts, Hamas and Islamic Jihad. As a result, the U.S. State Department established the organization ,Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) on March 27, 2002, to ensure the elimination of such terrorist groups and for settlement of peaces.

· The Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades are a terrorist group in Palestine. They sole purpose is to force the Israelis out of the Gaza strip by any actions necessary to do so. · They began from the destruction of a peace procedure between the Arabs and Israelis. · This treaty was broken when Likud Leader Ariel Sharon (prime minister of Israel) visited a site held sacred to both Jews and Muslims. Out of anger before this act, the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade was formed, named after a mosque on the site. · They gained true notoriety after the 2nd intifada or rebellion.

**__*What are their Goals?*__**


 * * Their goal is to drive the Israeli military and settlers from the West Bank and establish a Palestinian state loyal to the secular nationalist Fatah ideology. **

**__*What have they done?*__** On October 16, 2005, the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades charged an attack on [|Gush Etzion]  Junction, killing three Israelis and wounding three others. On March 24, 2004, a Palestinian teenager, [|Hussam Abdo] was caught in an [|IDF] checkpoint carrying an [|explosive belt]. Soon after the arrest, place where Al-Aqsa trained teenagers for soldiers were detected and destroyed. On September 23, 2004 Israeli security forces arrested a 15 years old suicide bomber who claimed to be part of Al-Aqsa Brigade.
 *  March 2, 2002: Beit Yisrael [|Jerusalem] - 11 killed. [|[11]]
 * January 5, 2003: Southern Tel Aviv central bus station - 22 killed.
 * January 29, 2004: Rehavia, Jerusalem, bus line 19 - 11 killed.
 *  March 14, 2004: Port of [|Ashdod] - 10 killed (incorporation with Hamas).


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These are the pictures of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade members. Just like other terrorist groups, they always bring guns with them to threat with. They often make a request through public media. -->


 * __ *Economic, Political, Social and Cultural Changes of the group:* __**

 As the result of economic globalization, they became able to access bomb materials and other conventional weapons like guns. Before the economic globalization, normal people couldn't have access to weapons as there were no specific ways to contact weapon dealers. However, nowadays, terrorist groups like Al Aqsa can purchase any weapons they want just with a phone call. Economic globalization made them stronger by allowing access to weapons easily.  Political globalization has affected Al-Aqsa the most among other areas of globalizations. Since the development of political globalization, the way of approaching other nations have changed significantly. The ultimate purposes and approaches of Al-Aqsa have changed following the political globalization. For example, they have changed target to public places that are considered to be an important place for a specific nation. So, instead of just killing people anywhere, they attack the symbol of a city or a country. (eg. 6star hotel in India)

The Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades began as a group that attacked civilians as part of their extreme movements, but as the group became older, they began running joint forces to keep control in the Gaza strip. For instance, they began training teenager soldiers for suicide bomb missions as teenagers are often less suspicious in public.  Socially, this group has become better known through their public statements, and increased amounts of attacks on the civilians. When they were just created and began to attack other communities, they did not used public media much and only concentrated on passing their ideas through attacks. However, after the globalization in the 21st century, they began to use public media such as TV news to broadcast their ultimate goals and requests. 

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