Unit 6 Quiz Flashcards
National security
Ability to maintain survival of the state through economic power, deplomacy, power projection, and political power
Escalated after ww2
5 current national security threats
- Weapons proliferation
- International terrorism
- Iran
- North Korea
- Cyber security
Weapons proliferation
Spread of chem, bio, and nuclear weapons
International terrorism
Isis, al qaeda, the taliban
Iran
Acquire nukes, arms race in Middle East
North Korea
Could sell them to the highest bidder
Cyber security
Hacking of personal information, elections
How many hijacked airlines in 911
4
Airlines flew where
Across the country
How many hijackers
19
How many middle eastern countries
4
911 coordinator
Mohammad Atta
Idea of 9-11 proposed to bin laden by
Khalid Sheikh Mohammad (KSM)
Attackers took _____ before attacks
Piloting lessons
911 targets
World Trade Center
Pentagon
Capital building (not hit)
World Trade Center attack on
Us economy and international trade
Pentagon attack on
Us military
Capital building attack on
Democracy
Total casualties
2974
Terrorism
-violence that is deliberate, targets citizens, politically or religiously motivated, usually by sub national groups, directed toward hated gov, create state of fear
Why isn’t there a universally accepted def of terrorism
UN members disagree on which groups should be treated as terrorists
What makes an act of terrorism international terrorism
When the victims, targets, terrorists, means, or location involve more than one country
What’s state sponsored terrorism
When govs use or support terrorism as an instrument of their foreign policy
which countries does the us gov consider guilty of this
Iran
Syria
Sudan
North Korea
Why rise in deadly attacks since 90s?
Number of attacks declined, casualties increased
Political goals of terrors less clear
Goal seemed to kill as many people as possible
Linked to rise of groups motivated by religion
Why are Terrorists today difficult to deter?
Islamic extremists
View themselves as fighting a jihad (holy war) against enemies of Islam
What is homegrown terrorism
Domestic
Only terrorism if political/religious reasons and uses of WMD
What did pres obama day about Guantanamo bay
Ordered halt
Closure of cias secret prisons
G bay
Max security prison
When was G bay established and by who
2002
Bush
Who does it hold
Suspected terrorists
Why controversial
Torture people
How many people there now
55
War in Iraq years
2003-2011
Why Iraq war
Us suspected Hussein had WMD
Overthrow Hussein’s gov
Mission accomplished?
May 2003
Hussein gov overthrown, he’s captured
October 2001
War in Afghanistan begins
Dep of homeland security forms
Patriot act
Why war in Afghan
They provide safe haven for al qaeda and OBL
10/7/2001
War in afghan begins against taliban for protecting OBL and terrorists
10/8/2001
Dep of homeland security forms
240000 employees
10/26/2001
Patriot act created
1/19/2002
Axis of evil speech
Iraq, Iran, NK biggest threats
3/19/2003
Iraq war begins look for wmd
05/1/2003
Mission accomplished
12/21/2011
Obama removes last group from Iraq
8/7/2014
Us airstrikes begin on Isis
How many people in al qaeda
2000
Al qaeda formed by
OBL
Al-Qaeda led by
Zawahari
Taliban founded by
Mullah Mohammad Omar
Taliban controlled afghan between the years
1996-2001
How many taliban members
60000
Where is taliban
Afghan and Pakistan
Isis founded by
Baghdadi
What year was Isis formed
2013
How many Isis members
30,000 and growing
Isis goal
Caliphate
Isis location
Iraq and syria
1st amend
Freedom of speech
2nd
Right to bear arms
3
No military housing
4
Right of search and seizure
5
Ability to fight for property
6
Miranda rights
7
More than one trial
8
No need for unfair punishments
10
Justification of rights to not be violated
