Internal security

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Internal security, or IS, is the act of keeping domestic peace within a country. It is often carried out by police, government personnel, specialized military (such as the Italian Carabinieri or the Iranian Basij) or paramilitary forces (such as the French GIGN) who may be armed with lethal or less than lethal weapons. Noam Chomsky has defined it as "a euphemism for war against the domestic population."[1]

Internal security is also a state of society or a country in which a citizen is able to enjoy freely with in the law their social, political, economic and cultural life with out any negative constraints put upon them by either the state or non-state actors. A citizen is secure internally if they're free from: 1) social crimes (such as murder), 2) miltancy (such as violence), 3) terrorist activities by citizens with in the country who may be aided and abetted by neighboring country or 4) communal riots or oppression by majority ethnic religious caste groups. The majority of countries suffer from one problem or another related to internal security

  • List of some modern Internal security organizations

See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Noam Chomsky (December 2004). "On Colombia". . chomsky.info Retrieved on 2008-05-19.
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