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Essay from the year 2005 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: Peace and Conflict Studies, Security, grade: 2,0, University of Wales, Aberystwyth (International Politics Department), course: September 11, International Terrorism and the Middle East, language: English, abstract: Does poverty cause terrorism? A simple equation which is frequently evoked in the media and public discourse on terrorism, but as has been shown quite frequently, terrorists tend to come from educated and middle-class backgrounds. So what does it take to make a terrorist? There is - as will hardly surprise anyone - no clear cut, simple answer, but this essay aims at providing an overview and further questions.