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- Hezbollah
- radical group founded by Iran for the purpose of creating an islamic state
- CIA
- US organization that gathers info important or our national security. AKA our nations spy agency
- Military tribunal
- type of military trial for war crimes closed to suvillians that none military; usually 3 person panal
- extremist
- one who advocates radical measure to solve problems
- Presidential Decision Directive #39
- 1995, document signed by President Clinton outlining US policy of terrorism
- FBI
- US government that gathers info and facts on FEDERAL domestic criminal activity
- refugee
- person who leaves his country our of fear or of escape from danger
- moderate
- person who holds political or social beliefs that are NOT extreme
- Camp David Accords
- 1978 treaty between Israel and Egypt that tried to create peace between two nations
- terrorism
- use of threats or diect violence to intimidate and coerce
- United Nations
- 1945 established as a World political organization. head quarters in NYC
- anarchist
- person who believes all forms of government are bad and often use violent means to bring down those governments
- suicide bombers
- radicals who strap on explosives and go to public places and blow themselves up
- PLO
- Palestinean Liberation Organization, established by Nasser but soon taken over by Yasser Arafat who ran it for over 40 years. represents many palestineans and their goal to have an independent state.
- six day war
- 1967, war begun by Israel as a pre-emptive strike against arab nations with Israel capturing west bank, gaza stripe, sinai pen. and golan hights
- Taliban
- group that est a society based on their interpretation on islamic law, controlling most of afganistan till 2001 and given a safe haven for bin Laden to maintain his base of terrorism
- Ku Klux Klan
- terrorist organization found in US post civil war, in an attempt to restore white suprimacy
- USA Patriot act
- law that allows law inforcement agaency, increased authority to conduct surveillances in hopes of preventing terrorism (2001) recent
- Osama bin Laden
- member of Said royal family who dislikes his government working with the US so he fled to pakastan/afganistan and est Alkida in the early 80's from which he launches all of his terrorist training camps and his attacks
- Sinn Fein
- political party of catholic northern Ireland, use violence means to over throw british protestants and get back to be part of Ireland
- ethnic cleansing
- trying to remove all ppl who dont follow blood lines and often religions faith of the ruling group.
- RUC
- Royal Ulster Constabulary, policy force for british owned north ireland
- nationalist
- person who favors independence of his region/government
- Department of Homeland Security
- 2002, established government agency to coordinate efforts to prevent and respond to terrorism
- Hamas
- 1987 radical islamic fundamentalist organization located mostly in Gaza, using terrorist to achive goals.
- Belfast
- capital of north ireland where many catholic and protestant neighborhoods are seperated by fences and walls
- communism
- sys. of government based on teachings of Carl Marks in which all social, economic, and political decisions are made by one party or person
- jihad
- holy war. now means one that justifies terrorist actions against enemies of Islam, such as the US
- Al Qaeda
- international group formed by Osama bin Laden. late 1980's that has vowed to fight against US and over throw what he calls corrupted muslim overnments
- anthrax
- rare infectious disease that can be used as a biological weapon
- Ulster
- 6 north countries on island of Erie AKA north ireland
- IRA
- irish republican army is the armed wing off Sinn Fein. it is pro ireland, pro catholic, and hates Great Britain
- third world
- non aligned nations-newly independent nations of asia and africa and developing countries of Latin America