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1
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Pakistan is composed of _______ major states divided primarily along ethnic lines

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5

2
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The ______ detects and disrupts terrorist activities before they occur and relies heavily on military force and national security intelligence

A

CJTF-HOA (Combined Joint Task Force, Horn of Africa)

3
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Al queda’s origin

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Can be traced to the cold war

4
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In 2001, an American-ed coalition struck Afghanistan for the purpose of descrying which group?

A

Al-Qaeda and Taliban forces

5
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President George H.W. Bush sent U.s Forces to Mogadishu to deal with what type of crisis?

A

Humanitarian

6
Q

In October 1993, a U.S. Army Black Hawk Helicopter was downed while on patrol in what city?

A

Mogadishu

7
Q

Was Forced from Sudan in 1996 by international pressure

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Bin Laden

8
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What was the name of the U.S warship attacked while in a Yemeni port in 2000?

A

USS Cole

9
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_______ has become the prime source of radicalization, and it is spreading the al Qaeda ideology to a growing network

A

The internet

10
Q

Operates in the tribal areas of Pakistan

A

Central leadership of al Qaeda

11
Q

______ is one of the newest jihadist groups grown from the tangled political situation in Yemen, and it maintains cross border ties with radicals in Saudi Arabia.

A

AQAP

12
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Al Qaeda in the islamic Maghreb (AQIM)

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The GSPC gave rise to a new group in 2006

13
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Referring to non-islamic powers or countries outside the realm of Islam ex. Israel, US, West

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jihadist term far enemy

14
Q

Are closely allied with Pakistani Taliban

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The Ghazi Brigades

15
Q

The militant theology of al Qaeda

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Islam

16
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During the cold war era, the United States supported any form of Islam as a stand against ________.

A

Communism

17
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The Soviet Union invaded _________ in 1979

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Afghanistan

18
Q

In August 1998 terrorists bombed the U.S embassies in ______ and Tanzania.

A

Nairobi, Kenya

19
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_____ is the only sub-Saharan country with known al Qaeda cells.

A

Kenya

20
Q

Arabian Peninsula has emerged as both a major tactic call threat and a propaganda machine

A

The AQAP

21
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AQIM formed from

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Salafi Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC)

22
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  1. Understand the nature of the network threat, 2. disrupt al Qaeda communications, 2. neutralize sanctuaries for leadership, and 4. deny opportunities to link networks.
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Sawyer and Reid’s four-fold strategy on combating al Qaeda?