Week 8 Flashcards
(32 cards)
The United Nations defines “major wars” as military conflicts inflicting _____________battlefield deaths per year
1,000.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff is comprised of _________ officers who advise the president.
6.
The captain in Restrepo noted at the start of the documentary that of all bombs dropped in Afghanistan at that time_______were dropped in the Korangal Valley.
70%.
The army unit stationed in the Karangol Valley was blamed for the death of one of the villager’s cows. How did this cow die or was killed?
Tangled in wire.
The Contra rebels in Nicaragua were attempting to overthrow of the Sandinista government of what Nicaraguan president (who as of 2006 has returned to power)?
Daniel Ortega.
What was the main motivation for the FARC insurgency in Colombia?
Land ownership proliferation and libereation.
The Sons of Iraq are
Insurgents who left Al Qaeda and joined American ranks.
Local religious leaders in Afghanistan are called ___.
Mullah.
According to John Arquilla in his article on talking with the Taliban, the quote “Jaw-jaw as well as war-war” is attributed to __________.
Winston Churchill.
According to the article “Hacking the President’s DNA” which “law” states that the number of transitors on an integrated circuit will double every 12 months?
Moore’s.
Today around ____________ of those killed or wounded in wars are non-combatants.
75%.
The smallest (lowest level) unit in the Air Force is the____________.
Flight.
How many U.S. soldiers died in the Karangol Valley before the Army withdrew from this region?
50.
In the context of the war in Afghanistan, green-on-blue refers to ___.
Attack on U.S. coalition forces by Afghan forces.
Who of the following was instrumental in the northern Ireland peace process?
Gerry Adams.
A suicide bomber posing as a journalist killed Ahmad Shah Massoud, the legendary ___________commander of the Northern Alliance in Afghanistan
Tajik.
The term referring to clan or sub-tribal identity in Afghanistan is ___.
Qawam.
According to the article “Hacking the President’s DNA” releasing the president’s DNA would be considered ________________ transparency.
Promotional.
According to Dr. Arqilla, in Columbia 1% of the people own ____% of the land
50%.
The tribal canon of the Pashtun is the Pashtunwali. Its sacred tenets include protecting women’s purity referred to as ___.
Namus.
The Iran-Contra affair in which arms sales were to be used to obtain the release of hostages was ‘outed’ by ___.
A clerical error.
In order to play, the guitarist soldier in Restrepo secured the cigarette he was smoking ___.
on the guitar.
How did PFC Sebastian Restrepo die?
Bled to death in a helicopter.
The use of armed forces in engagement that is thought of as analogous to bidding in cards is ___.
Strategy.
