Should Terrorist be prosecuted?

Terrorism, is the most dreadful and popular word heard, read, seen these days. Terrorists are growing in number everyday. I do not want to discuss any religion or terrorism/terrorist from particular religion. Terrorist no matter what name, cast, creed, country they come from they are Terrorist and they are there everywhere. So please don't take this topic to any religious discussion.

My question is should terrorist be prosecuted? I found attached link as one of the example as terrorist being tortured.http://hrw.org/english/docs/2005/11/22/usint12079.htm My question is…do you guys think terrorist should be prosecuted in world court specially made for terrorist or they should be shot on spot when caught, or tortured, or imprisoned without any trial. What do you guys think about it and please give your explanation about why you think that is the best policy to treat terrorist when caught. Now I am talking about world wide terrorism that affects other nation and NOT internal terror.

Anyone anywhere can b affected by Terrorism so i can think of it as a crime against world or humanity.

I think in handling a terrorist, Law should be involved properly. So i say yes.

Courts and law is the first step b4 any sort of imprisonment, torture or punishment in general case (im talking abt normal law practises for citizens). First we do have to prove that the person is a terrorist or not. If this is not done, then i fear that some of innocent people who don't have any connections with any terror organization and r normal innocent citizens of any country ,may b caught and misunderstood as a terrorist, may b tortured and may be even shot dead. I have heard abt some case that a young boy was suspected as a terrorist and shot dead at the spot in UK i believe. Afterwards it was discovered that he was a normal person, a respectable and innocent citizen of some other country. Now on shooting a SUSPECTED terrorist should only b done when there is some danger that he may injure/hurt/kill someone. And shooting to death on the spot is something i can't comment on becoz i don't know the law abt it.

I think that sending the terrorist to his native country for any imprisonment and punishment UNDER the supervision of INTERNATIONAL COURT/LAW may provide a better solution towards the problem. Also in his native country it should be ensured that the "Human rights laws" are NOT surpassed in torturing that particular person for any intelligence reasons.

In short i wish to have a complete SUPERVISION/MONITORING of human rights organizations AND international laws for terrorists for handling such cases to minimise ANY chance of mistreatment and unjust to anyone.

One of my fears too r completely expressed in the article. Extract from the article:
" Periodic visits, however, cannot protect an isolated detainee. Indeed, they are cruel. Imagine the dilemma of such a torture victim receiving a monitor. Does the victim pretend he was never mistreated, denying the shattering experience of torture? Or does he report his mistreatment, knowing the account will be traced back to him and, in retaliation, he might be returned to the torture chamber? No detainee should have to face that dreadful choice. "

Good points made MMS, terrorists can only be deported if countries have treaties with other countries.
I think the problem of 21 cent will be how the world responds to the terrorists who take shelter in other countries.

What are terrorist? How do you define them? It depends on the cuprit? If you are talking about Uni-bomber...yes...by all means...put him in gas chamber. But I don't believe If terrorist are the result of someon's foolishness, we shouldn't punish them. Find the root cause.

ur absolutely ryt dazzling flower and noreen ur ryt too, my dads in pakistan and im soo scared, i hope hez ok, he phones every day to tell us how he is 😭

I think terrorists are those who tend to do anti national or anti-human activities. Thery tend to create terror in the minds of the people.

To counter it, they shud be given even worse treatment like torture, public prosecution etc. Strict dealing is the only way to end terrorism.

Originally posted by: X-rebel

I think terrorists are those who tend to do anti national or anti-human activities. Thery tend to create terror in the minds of the people.

To counter it, they shud be given even worse treatment like torture, public prosecution etc. Strict dealing is the only way to end terrorism.

then in coming years, would you punish those who are the results of Bush's attack on Iraq. Children who are growing up seeing that their parents, uncles, and siblings being killed by American soldiers? One of my friend's brother is fighting in Iraq. She was telling me that his brother was going on patrol and two 5 years old threw gernades on them. It's scary. Now these 5 years old are going to grow up and will do destructive activites.

All I am saying is that you can't make these bold statements. You never know. In the past Hindus were terrorist in the eyes of Muguls. Deseus were terrorist in the eys of Hindu kinds and Sikhs were terrorists for Hindus in Mugul era and in the 80's riots. THere is a difference.

Originally posted by: Dazlingflower

then in coming years, would you punish those who are the results of Bush's attack on Iraq. Children who are growing up seeing that their parents, uncles, and siblings being killed by American soldiers? One of my friend's brother is fighting in Iraq. She was telling me that his brother was going on patrol and two 5 years old threw gernades on them. It's scary. Now these 5 years old are going to grow up and will do destructive activites.

All I am saying is that you can't make these bold statements. You never know. In the past Hindus were terrorist in the eyes of Muguls. Deseus were terrorist in the eys of Hindu kinds and Sikhs were terrorists for Hindus in Mugul era and in the 80's riots. THere is a difference.

I saw many friends lose their families on 9/11 in the planes and the World Trade Centers. Does that mean they will become terrorists? And turning to terrorism is not a solution, it an excuse to kill people. Th kids in Iraq, if they do become terrorists, who will they kill, they can't find the exact people who killed their families, so will they go and kill innocent Americans who didn't do anything?

And if those 5 year-olds aren't put in special centers and taught what is wrong or right, they will grow up and kill innocent people. So yes, terrorists should be punished. But the age of the criminals should be mentioned.

Originally posted by: Dazlingflower

What are terrorist? How do you define them? It depends on the cuprit? If you are talking about Uni-bomber...yes...by all means...put him in gas chamber. But I don't believe If terrorist are the result of someon's foolishness, we shouldn't punish them. Find the root cause.

Terrorist by all means should be punished. The root cause for terrorism, why don't you ask Al-Qaeda, ask Osama, ask Timothy McVeigh. They are sick people. The Al-Qaeda Organization just hates America, the freedom we have here. They claim they attacked America for "religious reasons". How do you explain that?