Final exam Flashcards
Armed assault
Use lethal force to kill or injure humans
Unarmed Assault
use of non lethal force to kill or injure humans
Anarchism
political philosophy that supports establishing a social order based on liberty unrestricted by man-made law
Narodnaya Volya
Wanted to end the rule of the Czar
Target symbols of the state
Who said propaganda by the deed?
sergei nechaev
Attrition
violence used to wear down a government
Provocation
use of violence to encourage a government overreaction
Irgun
Jewish terrorist group.
Establish an independent Jewish state
PLO
Palestine Liberation Organization
Black Widows
Chechnyan women would become suicide bombers to avenge the deaths of their husbands against Russia
Abdullah Azzam
external jihad is the duty of all muslims
enemy is those who do not follow sharia
Ayman al-Zawahiri
Leader of the Egyptian Islamic jihad
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
One of the masterminds behind 9/11
Modus Operandi
high causality/damages attacks
suicide vehicle born
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
credited for finding ISIS
Mindset
a mental attitude or disposition that predetermines a persons response to and interpretation of situations
Push factors
negative factors that compel people into violence
pull factors
appealing factors that draw people into groups
Paranoia
Trauma leads to split and intense fear
humiliation revenge
disgrace leads to violent reaction
identity formation
violence provides sense to self
novelty seeking
violence satisfies intense boredom
GSG9
German anti terrorist unit
Operation fire magic
mission to rescue the hostages of the Lufthansa flight. very successful
Hardline Approach
Military useful when they have the expertise/force to appropriately balance the particular terrorist threat
