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1
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Armed assault

A

Use lethal force to kill or injure humans

2
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Unarmed Assault

A

use of non lethal force to kill or injure humans

3
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Anarchism

A

political philosophy that supports establishing a social order based on liberty unrestricted by man-made law

4
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Narodnaya Volya

A

Wanted to end the rule of the Czar

Target symbols of the state

5
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Who said propaganda by the deed?

A

sergei nechaev

6
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Attrition

A

violence used to wear down a government

7
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Provocation

A

use of violence to encourage a government overreaction

8
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Irgun

A

Jewish terrorist group.

Establish an independent Jewish state

9
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PLO

A

Palestine Liberation Organization

10
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Black Widows

A

Chechnyan women would become suicide bombers to avenge the deaths of their husbands against Russia

11
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Abdullah Azzam

A

external jihad is the duty of all muslims

enemy is those who do not follow sharia

12
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Ayman al-Zawahiri

A

Leader of the Egyptian Islamic jihad

13
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Khalid Sheikh Mohammed

A

One of the masterminds behind 9/11

14
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Modus Operandi

A

high causality/damages attacks

suicide vehicle born

15
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Abu Musab al-Zarqawi

A

credited for finding ISIS

16
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Mindset

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a mental attitude or disposition that predetermines a persons response to and interpretation of situations

17
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Push factors

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negative factors that compel people into violence

18
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pull factors

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appealing factors that draw people into groups

19
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Paranoia

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Trauma leads to split and intense fear

20
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humiliation revenge

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disgrace leads to violent reaction

21
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identity formation

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violence provides sense to self

22
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novelty seeking

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violence satisfies intense boredom

23
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GSG9

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German anti terrorist unit

24
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Operation fire magic

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mission to rescue the hostages of the Lufthansa flight. very successful

25
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Hardline Approach

A

Military useful when they have the expertise/force to appropriately balance the particular terrorist threat