Exam 6: Terrorism

The IRA perfected the use of suicide bombers.

What type of warfare is an organized effort to seize political control of a region?

A fatwa is a legal decree or opinion issued by an Islamic religious leader.

What are the differences between anti-terrorism and counter-terrorism?

When and how can surveillance be legally used?

Some nations do not declare the political wing of Hezbollah as a terrorist organization.

U.N. Security Council Resolution 1373 requires all member states to follow "steps and strategies to combat international terrorism".

What type of warfare refers to methods used by small groups of non-army fighters who harass, attack, and sabotage a conventional military?

What legal principle translates to "no crime without law" and is problematic when defining terrorism?

A blow to Al Qaeda was the U.S. military forces defeating the ruling Taliban.

What is the definition of the following word: -Guerrilla.

Prisoners of war are not subject to the human rights requirements of the Geneva Conventions.

What is the legal principle that makes defining terrorism difficult?

Osama Bin Laden issued a fatwa in 1998 calling for the killing of French citizens anywhere.

The United States experience with terrorism is universal.

Policing terrorism falls almost entirely on groups at the national or federal level.

What is the definition of the following word: -Surveillance.

Hamas, in 2013 and 2014, targeted Israelis with rockets launched from the Gaza Strip.

What organization grew out of extremist groups in the Middle East, predominantly Iraq and Syria?

What is the definition of the following word: -Irregular warfare.