Antiterrorism/Force Protection Flashcards
Define Terrorism
Terrorism is the calculated use of unlawful violence or threat of unlawful violence to inculcate fear; intended to coerce or to intimidate governments or societies in the pursuit of goals that are generally political, religious, or ideological.
The ideology, which motivates a terrorist, can be broken into what four general categories?
Political
Nationalist-Separatist
Religious
Special Interest
The long-range goals of terrorism will generally fall into one of what three broad categories
Revolutionary
Sub-revolutionary
Establishment
A terrorist group cannot expect to achieve its long-range goals by a single action. Terrorist groups, therefore, have typical immediate goals, which will support their long-range objectives. These typical immediate goals are to?
Obtain worldwide or local recognition for their cause
Cause an overreaction by the government
Harass, weaken, or embarrass government security forces
Obtain money and/or equipment
Destroy facilities and disrupt lines of communication
Discourage foreign investment and assistance programs
Influence government decisions
Free prisoners
Satisfy vengeance
Turn the tide in a guerrilla war
The types of cells found in a well-organized terrorist group will normally include the?
Operational cell
Intelligence cell
Auxiliary cell
The most important characteristic of a terrorist group’s operation is that they target the?
weak and undefended
Common terrorist acts include what?
Bombings Kidnappings and Hostage-Takings Armed Attacks and Assassinations Arsons and Firebombings Hijackings and Skyjackings
What are Anti-terrorism measures?
defensive measures used to reduce the vulnerability of individuals and property to terrorist acts, to include limited response and containment by local military forces.
What are Counter-terrorism measures?
offensive measures taken to prevent, deter, and respond to terrorism
Specific information to consider when assessing vulnerability to a terrorist group is?
Operational capability: mass casualty, personnel attacks, group’s potential for violence
Intentions: recent substantial attacks, attack elsewhere, anti-US, anti-host nation, preferred tactics
Activity: present, safe haven, credible specific targeting, methods of operation
Operating environment: external influences, host nation security, popular support
Security is defined as?
“those measures taken by a military unit, activity, or installation to protect itself against all acts designed to, or that may, impair its effectiveness. Every commander is responsible for the protection of his installation/unit whether in garrison, forward deployed, or in combat. No unit is secure unless it is protected in all directions from which an attack may come, whether from the front, the flanks, the rear, or the air.”
What is Operational Security (OPSEC)?
Operational security is a process of identifying critical information and subsequently analyzing friendly actions attendant to military operations and other activities to identify those actions that adversary intelligence systems can observe.
The foundations of a good operational security program are?
Deny intelligence and information to terrorists
Avoid rigid operational routines
Be familiar with techniques the terrorists use to collect information
Integrate operational security into physical security and personal security programs
Develop essential elements of friendly information to facilitate and focus efforts to deny information to terrorists
The objective of OPSEC is to deny the enemy information. The most common sources of information are?
Signals intelligence
Image intelligence
Human intelligence
Operational patterns
Define Physical Security
“that part of security concerned with physical measures designed to safeguard personnel, to prevent unauthorized access to equipment, installations, material and documents, and to safeguard them against espionage, sabotage, damage, and theft” (JCS Pub 1-02).
