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Chapter 2 Flashcards

1
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An explosive device or homemade bomb sometimes using military munitions —also referred to as roadside bombs

A

Improvised explosive device (IED)

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Generally describes the period of conflict( Catholic vs. Protestant) in Nothern Ireland between 2968 and the Belfast Agreement of 1998

A

Troubles

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3
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Term to describe governments that support terrorist groups either by ideology or through material support and training

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State-sponsored terrorism

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4
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True/False

Terrorist often see society as monstrous and out to get him/her?

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True

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5
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Act of violence can be described as a logical three-step progression

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  1. Formation of intent
  2. Execution
  3. Immediate consequences
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True/False

Terrorist acts committed individually satisfies a person more than within a group because they can claim all the credit

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True

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7
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True/False

Adrenaline can produce tunnel vision

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True

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A term used to describe a sectarian group of Muslims who were employed by their spiritual and political leader to spread terror in the form of murder and destruction among their religious enemies, with the promise of instant acceptance of being directly transported to paradise if they were killed themselves

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Assassin which comes from the Arabic term hashashin hashish eater

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9
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Became the religious leader of the Shi’ites in Iran during its religious revolution in the late 1970s

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Ayatollah Khomeini

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10
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Whether internal(against its own people or dissenters) or external (using or funding outside terrorist groups or individuals) offers a real threat to international stability and security

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State-sponsored terrorism

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True/False

During the 20th century various countries began to use terrorist organizations to promote state interest in the international domain.

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True

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12
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Depopulation or deporting (war) crime often during wartime and associated with genocide(crimes against humanity)

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Ethnic cleansing

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13
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Countries that sponsor terrorism

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Cuba
Iran
Sudan
Syria
Iraq no longer on list
Libya working its way back into international community 
North Korea
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14
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Advantages of state sponsored terrorism:

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Low cost-- financially
Low cost---politically 
High yields-- financially
High yields-- politically
Low risk-- politically and financially
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15
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First crused

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1095-1099

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16
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A conspiracy aimed at the total destruction of a group and thus requires a concerted plan of action

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Genocide

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17
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Turks were not originally from Turkey as most people think they were

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Nomadic people from Central Asia

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18
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True/False
Religious terrorism:

Suicide recruiters recruit people that are already suicidal already

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True

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True/False

Suicide bombers generally don’t work alone and require a network to train them to acquire materials and target selection

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True

20
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One of the oldest religions, it refers to the doctrine of the prophet Mohammed dating back to the 6th century

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Islam

21
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True/False
Has split into religions: Shia and Sunni ( Osama bin Laden’s al Qaeda adherents are followers of Sunni who believe in the preaching a of prophet Mohammed

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True

22
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An ideology that demands an individual’s complete adherence to the sacred law of Islam and rejects as much as possible outside influence

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Islamism

23
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True/False
Islamism is a huge change from traditional Islam, it tries to apply western-style geographic law that depends on where one lives

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True

24
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Is a term that the west has come to know and fear. It dates back to the Middle Ages and means struggling or striving and applies to any effort exerted by anyone

A

Jihad

25
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True/False

Liberal wing of Islamic fundamentalism focus on passages from the Quran with themes of spirituality, justice, personal struggle,peace and freedom

Violent wing focuses on passages with themes that they think expects them to engage in acts of terrorism, assassinations, suicide bombings and so on

A

True

26
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Phrase in which the group members accept their individual duty to participate in jihad and self designate themselves as holy warriors

A

Jihadization

27
Q

True/False

Prior to 9-11, the media in North America would not be concentrating that much on terrorism as a daily topic, but since that date terrorism has become the number one topic for every news media outlet

A

True

28
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True/False

Number of terrorist attacks is at its lowest in 20 years, media reporting of it it is at its highest

A

True

29
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True/False

Media is sometimes at fault for glamorizing a terrorist event

Ex. Hijacking of an Israeli airliner over Europe in 1970 by Palestinian group led by Leila khaled

A

True

30
Q

True/False

Terrorist are not in the market to go out and buy media space; so publicity, free publicity that a group can generate is a definite asset

A

True

31
Q

True/False

Media may sometimes spin the terrorist event to the terrorists advantage

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True

32
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True/False

Terrorist organizations may also seek to court or place sympathetic personnel in press positions– partially in wire services. The Al-Jezeera news network in the Middle East continues to be a particular favorite news wire service of terrorist as its avenue to disseminate information

A

True

33
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True/False

Terrorist need media attention to further their motives this gives them legitimacy

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True

34
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True/False

Terrorist need press to provide legitimacy to cover up non-government agencies that provide money

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True

35
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True/False

Government seeks understanding, cooperation, restraint, and loyalty from media in efforts to limit terrorist harm to society. This is especially true in the west where we have freedom of the press

A

True

36
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True/False

Both government and terrorist want to advance their agendas but, of course, from completely different perspectives

A

True

37
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True/False

Government uses media to its advantage to keep public calm where as terrorist use it to spread panic and fear

A

True

38
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True/False

Goal is to spectate terrorist from media to take away their platform and to

Have media present terrorist as criminals and avoid glamorizations

A

True

39
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True/False

In hostage situations government last often prefer to exclude the media and others from the immediate area, but they want news organizations to provide information to authorities when reporters have access to hostage sites

A

True

40
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True/False

Government does not want media to reveal their plans to defeat terrorism, if they do defeat terrorist they do not want to reveal secrets to success and they want media to boost government image

A

True

41
Q

True/False

With advancing technology terrorist are now videoing terrorist acts

Ex Isis

A

True

42
Q

True/False

Temporary withholding of the news may be legitimate in some instances such as kidnapping

A

True

43
Q

State approved use of power and resources to terrorize and attempt to liquidate a specific group of citizens, immigrants and religious or ethnic groups

A

State terror and genocide

44
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True/False

In the same way as in a case of homicide, the natural right of the individual to exist is implied, so in the case of genocide as s crime, the principle that any national, racial, or religious group has an equal right to exist is then clearly evident

A

True

45
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True/False

Evolving technology has played an immense role in allowing terrorist to publish and expand their research into any home that has access to the Internet, with programs such as You tube and live video streaming, terrorist have successfully been able to disseminate whatever acts they want shown

A

True

Terrorism (3 decks)

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