Comparison of the British counter terrorist policies and strategies: The IRA and Al Qaeda

Abstract

This essay compares the British strategies toward two different cases: the IRA and Al Qaeda. It underlines the main similarities and differences in both cases and also gives an overview of their historical facts.

Through the comparison of both cases, this essay shows how the similarities are representative of the weaknesses that might appear in counter terrorist strategies and why the war on terror seems to be a second Vietnam War in the making