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Chapter 3 Flashcards

1
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An islamic pronouncement or ruling– considered a scholarly opinion on Islamic law

A

Fatwa

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The process of condemning and punishing a person by mob rule without any trial– dates back to the 18th century, when william Lynch self-instituted tribunals

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Lynch Law

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3
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The USA_____ Act was signed into law by President George Bush Immediately after the 9-11 terror attacks

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The Patriot Act

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4
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In Britain, the attacks in 2005 were the work of ________, so make no mistake, the same threat exists in the United states

A

Homegrown Terrorist

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5
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What was Dot No. 1 in “Connecting the Dots”

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1993– World trade Center Bombing in New York City

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6
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During the 1993– World Trade Center Bombing in New York City Approximately _________ Tons of concrete and steel were displaced by the massive Blast

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6,800

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7
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When Did the World Trade Center bombing in New York City happen?

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At Approximately 12:18 p.m. February 26, 1993.

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8
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What happened during the World Trade Center Bombing in 1993?

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An improvised explosive device in the back of a rental vehicle detonated on the second level of the parking basement. The resulting blast produce a crater approximately 150 feet in diameter and five floors deep in the parking basement

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9
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The World Trade Center Bombing killed _____ people and injured more than_____ people

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Killed 6

Injured more than a thousand

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10
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World Trade Center bombing consisted of a Fusing system that was made from_____ lengths of nonelectric, burning-type fuses. The Fuse material ended up in lead azide acting as the_______

A

220- minute

Terminator/Initiator

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11
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What was Dot No. 2. in connecting the dots?

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The Oklahoma City Bombing

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12
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True?False

The Oklahoma city Bombing was only one Bomb

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False— it was 5

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13
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In the Oklahoma City Bombing A huge____ bomb destroyed most of the federal building

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Truck

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14
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In the Oklahoma city Bombing left ____ dead and more than ___ injured

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168 dead

500 injured

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True/False

The Oklahoma City Bombing was caused by Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols.

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True

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16
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What was dot number 3 in connecting the dots?

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1998 the u.s embassies targeted in Africa

17
Q

Explosions rocked________ U.S. Embassies in _______ Africa

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Two

East

18
Q

1998 U.S. Embassies in Africa attacks were the result of?

A

Car bombs detonated near the two embassies, one in the capital of Kenya, Nairobi, and the other in Dar Es Salaam, the capital of Tanzania

19
Q

1998 U.S. Embassies bombings took the lives of_______. And truck bombs were packed with _____ pounds of TNT

A

224 including 12 Americans

1,000

20
Q

What was dot number 4 in connecting the dots?

A

200 the suicide bombing of the USS Cole

21
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How many people were killed in the suicide bombing of the USS Cole?

A

Killed 17 sailors on a U.S Navy vessel that was docked in Yemen it was caused by a small inflatable packed with explosives that rammed in the port side of the ship above the waterline

22
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What was dot number 5 in connecting dots?

A

2009 the underwear bomber Detroit

23
Q

Underwear bomber was an attempt to blow up an____ over Detroit on what day?

A

Airliner

Christmas Day 2009

24
Q

_______________ his an explosive device in his underpants

A

Omar Farouk Abdulmutallab

25
Q

What is SLA?

A

Symbol near Liberation Army

26
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What are the traditional attacker characteristics through our history

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  • Revolutionary nationalist groups
  • extreme right-wing ideological groups (kkk)
  • extreme left-wing ideological groups (weather underground)
  • foreign groups operating in the U.S.

Religious extremist groups

27
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How many hate groups are there active in the U.S.

A

926

28
Q

True/False

The FBi identified a further decline in traditional led-wing domestic extremism and an increase in activities among extremists associated with right-wing groups and special-interest , radical organizations

A

True

29
Q

The patriot act allows us_______ significant leeway in dealing with terrorist investigations and rarely if ever has the term _______ terrorism been applied to militia or extremist groups

A

Law enforcement

Terrorism

30
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What was weather underground?

A

A activist group formed originally as a splinter group that believes that peaceful protests were ineffective. They began advocating violence as a means to social and political change.

31
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Who bernardino Dohrn?

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A mainstream leader for weather underground who proclaimed a declaration of war in March 1970 and three days later three weatherman were killed by one of their own bombs that accidentally detonated in their basement apartment in Manhattan

32
Q

True/false

Over several decades left-wing-orient d extremist groups posed the predominant domestic terrorist threat in the U.S.

A

True

33
Q

True/False

Right wing extremist groups are antigovernment or racist ideology

A

True

34
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What are special interest extremist

A

Special interest extremist continue to conduct acts of politically oriented crime and terrorism

35
Q

What is the TFVAAP

A

The department of justices task force on violence against abortion providers

36
Q

Who was the black panthers?

A

The new black panther party for self-defense takes its name from the original black panther party formed by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale in Oakland, Cali. In 1966.

37
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Black panthers

A

The original panthers combined militant black nationalism with Marxism and advocated black empowerment and self defense often through violent confrontation

38
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Black panthers by 1969 the group had ________ members

A

5,000

Terrorism (3 decks)

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