Terrorism Flashcards

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Le terrorisme

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Terrorism

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La guerre contre Le terrorisme

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The war on terror

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Un terroriste

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A terrorist

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Un complot terroriste

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A terrorist plot

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Préparer un attentat

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To plot an attack

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Une conspiration

Un complot

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A conspiracy

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Un comploteur

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A plotter

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Un attentat (terroriste)

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A terrorist attack

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Un attentat à la bombe

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A bomb attack

A bombing

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Une tentative d’attentat

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An attempted bomb attack

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Un attentat manqué

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A failed bomb attack

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Une vague d’attentats

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A spate of bombings

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Faire exploser un bâtiment

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To carry out a bomb attack on a building

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Perpétuer un attentat

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To perpetrate a terrorist attack

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L’auteur d’un attentat

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The perpetrator of an attack

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Plastiquer un bâtiment

Faire sauter un bâtiment

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To blow up a building

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La cible d’un attentat

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The target of an attack

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Viser une ambassade

Avoir pour cible une ambassade

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To target an embassy

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When and where were the word terrorism coined ?

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In France in the days of the Terror (1793-94)

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Who has been described as “terrorists”?

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  • Jewish Zionist militants fighting the British in Palestine in the 1940s
  • Used by the German to refer to resistance fighters in France
  • The “Freedom fighters” during decolonisation
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Une organisation terroriste

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A terrorist organization

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Le terrorisme “d’origine intérieure”

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Homegrown terrorism

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Revendiquer un attentat

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To claim responsibility for an attack

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Une menace

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A threat

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Menacer
To threaten
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Céder a une menace
To give in to a threat | To yield to a threat
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Exécuter une menace
To carry out a threat
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Terroriser
To terrorize
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Faire peur aux gens
To scare people | To frighten people
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Terrorisme psychologique
Scare tactics
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Le chantage
Blackmail
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Faire chanter quelqu'un
To blackmail somebody
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Forcer quelqu'un à faire quelque chose par le chantage
To blackmail somebody into doing something
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Intimider quelqu'un
To intimidate somebody
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La violence aveugle
Indiscriminate violence
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Avoir recours à la violence
To resort to violence
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Le recours à la violence
Resorting to violence
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Semer la terreur
To sow fear
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La psychose
Obsessive fear
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La panique
Panic
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Paniquer
To panic
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Le 11 septembre
09/11
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Un kamikaze
A suicide bomber
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Se suicider
To commit suicide | To kill oneself
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Poser une bombe
To plant a bomb
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Exploser
To go off | To explode
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How is 9/11 pronounced ?
"Nine-eleven"
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Détourner
To hijack
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Un engin explosif
An explosive device
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Un explosif
An explosive
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Le plastique
Plastic explosive
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Le semtex
Semtex
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Un mélange détonant | Un mélange explosif
An explosive mixture
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Une bombe à retardement
A time bomb
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Une lettre piégée
A letter bomb
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Un objet piégé
A booby trap
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Une voiture piégée
A car bomb
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Auteur d'un attentat à la voiture piégée
A car bomber
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Désamorcer une bombe
To defuse a bomb
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Services chargés de faire respecter la loi
Law enforcement agencies
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Dossiers
Records
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How did the US react to 9/11?
The US adopted the Patriot Act on October 26, 2001
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What is the Patriot Act (October 26, 2001) ?
It gives law enforcement agencies greater powers to search telephone and e-mail communications as well as other records It gives the authorities the right to detain and deport immigrants suspected of terrorism-related acts
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La guerre contre le terrorisme
The war on terror
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Le contre-terrorisme
Counterterrorism
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La lutte antiterroriste
The battle against terrorism | The fight against terrorism
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S'attaquer au terrorisme
To tackle terrorism
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Combattre le terrorisme | Lutter contre le terrorisme
To combat terrorism To fight terrorism Tu struggle against terrorism
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Faire échouer un complot
To thwart a plot
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Déjouer un attentat | Faire échouer un attentat
To fool a terrorist attack
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Démanteler un réseau terroriste
To dismantle a terrorist network
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Éradiquer le terrorisme
To eradicate terrorism
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Le renseignement
Intelligence
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Un service de renseignement
An intelligence agency
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Extrader un suspect
To extradite a suspect
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Secte
Cult
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Gaz neurotoxique
Nerve gas
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What happened in Oklahoma in 1995?
Timothy McVeigh, a young white American, killed 168 people by blowing up a government building Because he hated the American government
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What happened in Tokyo in 1995 ?
An apocalyptic cult called Aum Shirinkyo released nerve gas on the Tokyo subway in order to precipitate the end of the world
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Un fanatique
A fanatic | A zealot
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Le fanatisme
Fanaticism
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Un intégriste
A fundamentalist
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L'intégrisme
Fundamentalism
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Le sectarisme
Bigotry
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Un extrémiste
An extremist
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L'axe du mal
The axis of Evil
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Un État-voyou
A rogue state
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Soutenir le terrorisme
To sponsor terrorism
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Héberger des terroristes | Abriter des terroristes
To harbour terrorists
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Encourager la violence
To foster violence
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CIA
The Central Intelligence Agency
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What is the CIA?
The main US government agency in charge of anti-terrorism activities External security
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FBI
The Federal Bureau of Investigation
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What is the FBI?
An agency whose role is to protect the US against terrorist threats on US territory
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Détournement d'avion
Hijacking
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Détourner un avion
To hijack a plane
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Un pirate de l'air
A hijacker
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Renforcement
Tightening
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Une victime
A casualty | A victim
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L'attentat à fait 3 victimes
Three people were killed in the attack
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Etre blessé
To be injured
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Etre mutilé
To be maimed
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Le nombre de victimes
The death toll
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Un massacre
A slaughter | A massacre
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Un carnage
Carnage
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Une effusion de sang | Un massacre
Bloodshed
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What is the Navy base in Guantanamo used for since 2002?
- detention camp by the US government to hold suspected terrorists arrested in various parts of the world - Detainees are denied protection stipulated in the Geneva conventions - The use of torture is common in the camp
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Intercepter un message
To intercept a message
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Surveiller les appels téléphoniques
To monitor phone call
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Transfert illégal de détenus vers des prisons où ils peuvent être torturés
Extraordinary rendition
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Simulation de noyade
Waterboarding
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Une menace d'attentat à la bombe
A bomb threat
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Une alerte à la bombe
A bomb scare
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Une fausse alerte à la bombe
A bomb hoax
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Mesures de sécurité
Security measures
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Renforcer les mesures de sécurité
To tighten security
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Un site sensible
A vulnerable site
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Un otage
A hostage
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Prendre quelqu'un en otage
To take somebody hostage
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Retenir quelqu'un en otage
To hold somebody hostage
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Etre pris en otage
To be taken hostage
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Libérer un otage
To free a hostage
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Relâcher un otage
To release a hostage
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Kidnapper quelqu'un | Enlever quelqu'un
To abduct somebody | To kidnap somebody
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Un enlèvement Un kidnapping Un rapt
An abduction | A kidnapping
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Un ravisseur | Un preneur d'otage
A hostage-taker An abductor A kidnapper A captor
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Une rançon
A ransom
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Négocier
To negotiate
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Un fléau
A curse A plague A scourge
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Le terrorisme n'est pas près de disparaître
Terrorism is here to stay