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, when the purpose of such act, by its nature or context, is to intimidate a population, or to compel a government or an international organization to do or to abstain from doing any act.
Terrorism
any group practicing or has significant subgroups that practice
terrorism.
Terrorist group
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 residents of a country within that country
Domestic
by representatives of a country against another country
International
extremism and revolution for its own sake
Non state
by a government against its own people or in support of international terrorism against another government
State-sponsored
conflict that spills over into another country or fought on foreign soil
Internecine
Terrorism classified by PLACE:
- Domestic
- International
- Non-state
- state-sponsored
- Internecine
aims to replace the existing government by drawing out repressive responses which can be exposed as inhumane
Revolutionary
heavily armed groups tending to be focused around supremacy,
government intrusion, or religious revisionism
Political
promotes the interests of a minority or religious group that has been persecuted under majority rule
Nationalist
Terrorism Classified by ISSUE
Revolutionary
Political
Nationalist
the terrorists drive a vehicle by in what amounts to a hit-and-run maneuver;
Rolling