Bulgaria: A New Stage For International Terrorism
Bulgaria: A New Stage For International Terrorism

Summary/Abstract: Bulgaria has for a long time claimed that it is a haven of peace as the various clashes happening around its territory seemed to just pass by it. There have been no serious accidents on the territory of the country for more than 10 years and terrorist attacks have been something Bulgarians learned about from TV. On 18 July 2012, however, the airport of Sarafovo, though of a smaller size, became the object of a terrorist attack. Seven people were killed, of which one Bulgarian, five Israeli tourists, and the suicide bomber. This act of aggression started a new line of thought which was presented by the government and the media through some powerful, yet familiar metaphors, of a theatre, a crime, and security as containment, among others. In this paper we will explore some of the journalistic presentations on the attack in Burgas using as a corpus articles from Bulgarian, Israeli, Iranian, and British newspapers. The method of analysis used is CDA.

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