The contrast between the Aum Shinrikyo terrorist attack and the attack eight years later in Daegu, South Korea, suggests that __________
a. the international community will take notice of a terrorist attack with political motivations far more so than one inspired by other motives
b. a state will be far more politically weakened by a weak response to a politically motivated terrorist attack than to one inspired by other motives
c. the nature of the attack, and the identity of the attacker, do more to provoke terror than the consequences of the attack
d. the terror and panic caused by a terrorist attack grows with the number of casualties or wounded from the attack
Answer: C
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