TERRORISM Flashcards
any act intended to CAUSE DEATH OR SERIOUS BODILY INJURY TO A CIVILIAN, or to any other person not taking an active part in the hostilities in a situation of armed conflict
TERRORISM
any GROUP PRACTICING OR HAS SIGNIFICANT SUBGROUP that practice terrorism.
Terrorist Group
The 1960s and 1970s also saw the emergence of a NEW TYPE OF NATIONALISM called
Separatism
This describes indigenous ethnic groups who have long lived in a province, but WANT TO SEPARATE FROM THEIR HOST NATION and start their own country.
Separatism
In the 1980s, the WAR ON DRUGS was launched by the United States
narco-terrorism
by REPRESENTATIVE OF A COUNTRY against another country;
International
by RESIDENTS OF A COUNTRY within that country;
Domestic
Typology of Terrorism:
Terrorism Classified by Place:
Terrorism Classified by Issue
Terrorism Classified by Place:
*Domestic
*International
*Non-state
*State-sponsored
* Internecine
extremism and REVOLUTION FOR ITS OWN SAKE
Non state
by a GOVERNMENT AGAINS ITS ON PEOPLE or in support of international terrorism against another government
State Sponsored
conflict that SPILL OVER INTO ANOTHER COUNTRY or fought on foreign soil
Internecine
Terrorism Classified by Issue:
*Revolutionary
* Political
* Nationalist
aims to REPLACE THE EXISTING GOVERNMENT by drawing out repressive responses which can be exposed as inhumane (Red Army Faction, PLO, Hezbollah)
Revolutionary
HEAVILY ARMED GROUP tending to be focused around supremacy, government intrusion, or religious revisionism (Aryan Nation, Posse Comitatus, Freemen)
Political
PROMOTES THE INTERST OF MINORITY OR RELIGIOUS GROUP that has been persecuted under majority rule (Sikh radicals, Muslim fundamentalism)
Nationalist
Modes of Attack and Tactics;
(1) rolling
(2) ambush
(3) standoff
(4) boutique
in which the terrorists DRIVE A VEHICLE by in what amounts to a hit-and-run maneuver;
Rolling
which is a standard PLATOON LEVEL MILITARY maneuver drawing the enemy into a line of fire;
Ambush
which is a BACK AGAINTS THE WALL maneuver, usually with an escape plan; and the advanced tactics are
Standoff
which usually involve a COMBINATION OF MODES OF ATTACK, but are intended primarily to have a large impact;
Boutique
The modes of attack, or weapon systems, are :
1) traditional
2) technological
3) cyber
4) narco
when makeshift or ORDINARY WEAPONS are used
Traditional
when VIRUSES, COMPUTER ATTACKS, or destruction of information infrastructure occur.
Cyber
when WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION, such as nuclear, chemical, or biological, are used
Technological
when FLOODING A MARKET WITH DRUG is used.
Narco
Characteristics of Terrorists:
a. Socioeconomics Status:
b.Education and Intellect
MIDDLE CLASS TO UPPER CLASS backgrounds, some extremely wealthy.
Socioeconomics Status:
they have HIGHER THAN AVERAGE EDUCATION; often average or higher intelligence; and usually have a secular education.
Education and Intellect
Types of Targets:
- Soft targets
- Hard targets
a person or thing that is RELATIVELY UNPROTECTED AND VULNERABLE; hard to defend against attack i.e. highly accessible and generally great in number.
Soft Targets
a structure that has been FORTIFIED AGAINST ATTACK i.e. limited accessible and generally few in numbers.
Hard Targets
Who founded The Al Qaeda
Osama bin Laden
Al Qaeda, Arabic for
The Base
is reportedly HEADQUARTERS OF AFGHANISTAN and Peshawar, Pakistan.
Al Qaeda
AN ACT TO SECURE THE STATE AND “PROTECT OUR PEOPLE FROM TERRORISM”
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9372
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9372 otherwise known as
Human Security Act of 2007
LEGAL FRAMEWORK AND INVESTIGATION OF THE CRIME OF TERRORISM:
- Article 122 (Piracy in General and Mutiny in the High Seas or in the Philippine Waters);
- Article 134 (Rebellion or Insurrection);
- Article 134-a (Coup d‘Etat)
- Article 248 (Murder);
- Article 267 (Kidnapping and Serious Illegal Detention);
- Article 324 (Crimes Involving Destruction,
- Presidential Decree No. 1613 (The Law on Arson);
- Republic Act No. 6969 (Toxic Substances and Hazardous and Nuclear Waste Control Act of 1990);
- Republic Act No. 5207, (Atomic Energy Regulatory and Liability Act of 1968);
- Republic Act No. 6235 (Anti-Hijacking Law);
- Presidential Decree No. 532 (Anti-piracy and Anti-highway Robbery Law of 1974); and,
- Presidential Decree No. 1866
Who are the Prominent Terrorist Groups in other countries?
Al Qaeda
Osama Bin Laden
Dr. Al- Zawahiri
Hamas
Hezbollah
Jemaah Islamiya
Who are the Terrorist Group in the Philippines?
Rajah Solaiman Movement
Abu Sayyaf Group
NPA/CPP
MNLF
MILF
BIFF
