Chapter 2 Flashcards
An explosive device or homemade bomb sometimes using military munitions —also referred to as roadside bombs
Improvised explosive device (IED)
Generally describes the period of conflict( Catholic vs. Protestant) in Nothern Ireland between 2968 and the Belfast Agreement of 1998
Troubles
Term to describe governments that support terrorist groups either by ideology or through material support and training
State-sponsored terrorism
True/False
Terrorist often see society as monstrous and out to get him/her?
True
Act of violence can be described as a logical three-step progression
- Formation of intent
- Execution
- Immediate consequences
True/False
Terrorist acts committed individually satisfies a person more than within a group because they can claim all the credit
True
True/False
Adrenaline can produce tunnel vision
True
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
Assassin which comes from the Arabic term hashashin hashish eater
Became the religious leader of the Shi’ites in Iran during its religious revolution in the late 1970s
Ayatollah Khomeini
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
State-sponsored terrorism
True/False
During the 20th century various countries began to use terrorist organizations to promote state interest in the international domain.
True
Depopulation or deporting (war) crime often during wartime and associated with genocide(crimes against humanity)
Ethnic cleansing
Countries that sponsor terrorism
Cuba Iran Sudan Syria Iraq no longer on list Libya working its way back into international community North Korea
Advantages of state sponsored terrorism:
Low cost-- financially Low cost---politically High yields-- financially High yields-- politically Low risk-- politically and financially
First crused
1095-1099
A conspiracy aimed at the total destruction of a group and thus requires a concerted plan of action
Genocide
Turks were not originally from Turkey as most people think they were
Nomadic people from Central Asia
True/False
Religious terrorism:
Suicide recruiters recruit people that are already suicidal already
True
True/False
Suicide bombers generally don’t work alone and require a network to train them to acquire materials and target selection
True
One of the oldest religions, it refers to the doctrine of the prophet Mohammed dating back to the 6th century
Islam
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
True
An ideology that demands an individual’s complete adherence to the sacred law of Islam and rejects as much as possible outside influence
Islamism
True/False
Islamism is a huge change from traditional Islam, it tries to apply western-style geographic law that depends on where one lives
True
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
Jihad
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
True
Phrase in which the group members accept their individual duty to participate in jihad and self designate themselves as holy warriors
Jihadization
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
True
True/False
Number of terrorist attacks is at its lowest in 20 years, media reporting of it it is at its highest
True
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
True
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
True
True/False
Media may sometimes spin the terrorist event to the terrorists advantage
True
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
True
True/False
Terrorist need media attention to further their motives this gives them legitimacy
True
True/False
Terrorist need press to provide legitimacy to cover up non-government agencies that provide money
True
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
True
True/False
Both government and terrorist want to advance their agendas but, of course, from completely different perspectives
True
True/False
Government uses media to its advantage to keep public calm where as terrorist use it to spread panic and fear
True
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
True
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
True
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
True
True/False
With advancing technology terrorist are now videoing terrorist acts
Ex Isis
True
True/False
Temporary withholding of the news may be legitimate in some instances such as kidnapping
True
State approved use of power and resources to terrorize and attempt to liquidate a specific group of citizens, immigrants and religious or ethnic groups
State terror and genocide
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
True
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
True
