TERRORISM Flashcards
(40 cards)
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