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• M2 Browning machine gun
  ...ali Civil War]] <br>[[Operation Medak Pocket]]<br>[[War on Terror]] ([[War in Afghanistan (2001–present)|Afghanistan]], [[Iraq War|Iraq]]) |length= {{mm to in|1650|abbr=on|precision=1|wiki=yes}}
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• Simvastatin
  ...irmed that mevalonic acid was an intermediate in cholesterol biosynthesis. In 1959, the [[HMG-CoA reductase]] enzyme (a major contributor of internal cho ...ic Effects of Statins.(2005) Annu. Rev. Pharmacol. Toxicol:45:89-118</ref> In 1979, Hoffman and colleagues isolated lovastatin from a strain of the fungu
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• J. Gordon Melton
  ...or the Study of American Religion]] and is currently a research specialist in [[religion]] and [[New Religious Movement]]s with the Department of [[Relig ...s, and almanacs on American religion and new religious movements. He lives in [[Santa Barbara, California]].
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• Depleted uranium
  ...rs |accessdate= |author= |date= |year= |publisher= UN |pages= }}</ref> In the past, DU has been called '''Q-metal''', '''depletalloy''', and '''D-38' ...>]]. Civilian uses include counterweights in aircraft, radiation shielding in medical [[radiation therapy]] and industrial [[radiography]] equipment, and
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• List of National Treasures of Japan (crafts: swords)
  The term "[[National Treasures of Japan|National Treasure]]" has been used in Japan to denote [[Cultural Properties of Japan|cultural properties]] since |title= Architecture and authority in Japan
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• Mining
  ...ut| the extraction of geological materials from the Earth|the municipality in [[Austria]]|Mining, Austria|the siege tactic|Mining (military)|name of the ...cumference and second deepest [[open-pit mining|open pit]] [[copper]] mine in the world.]]
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• Post–acute withdrawal syndrome
  ...ability to keep a job and interact with family and friends. Symptoms occur in three-quarters of persons recovering from long-term use of [[Alcoholic beve ...tained use may increase anxiety and depression levels in some individuals. In most cases these drug induced psychiatric disorders fade away with prolonge
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• Los Angeles Times bombing
  ...-post-bombing.jpg|thumb|350px|Rubble of the ''Los Angeles Times'' building in 1910]] ...onvicted, and sentenced to life in prison. J.J. was sentenced to 15 years in prison for bombing a local iron manufacturing plant, and returned to the Ir
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• 16th Street Baptist Church bombing
  ...ed support for people working for civil rights. It marked a turning point in the U.S. [[African-American Civil Rights Movement (1955-1968)|1960s Civil R ...rn Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)]] to integrate public facilities in the country.
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• Counter-terrorism
  ...itaries]], [[police department]]s and [[corporation]]s adopt to prevent or in response to terrorist threats and/or acts, both real and imputed. ...ticular context. Individuals, such as [[Timothy McVeigh]], may also engage in terrorist acts such as the [[Oklahoma City bombing]].
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• Insurgency
  [[File:Vcfightersboat.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[Viet Cong]] insurgents in the mid-1960s]] ...rd English Dictionary]] second edition 1989 "insurgent B. n. One who rises in revolt against constituted authority; a rebel who is not recognized as a be
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• Definitions of terrorism
  ...lly charged.<ref name="Hoffman-1998-p32">Hoffman (1998), p. 32, See review in The [[New York Times]][http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/h/hoffman-terrori ...pinion between various members about the use of violence in the context of conflicts over national liberation and self-determination."<ref>Martyn (2002)</ref> T
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• History of terrorism
  ...pponents.”<ref name="Hoffman-1998-p32">Hoffman (1998), p. 32, See review in The [[New York Times]][http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/h/hoffman-terrori ...se of "systematic use of terror as a policy" was first recorded in English in 1798.<ref>[http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/terrorism]</ref>
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• Leaderless resistance
  ...om cell''' structure, is a [[Rebellion|political resistance]] [[strategy]] in which small, independent groups ([[covert cell]]s) challenge an established ...a movement’s role model instills motivation, ideas and assumed sympathy in the minds of potential agitators who lend further authority to the figurehe
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• Terrorism
  ...ber States Struggle to Define Terrorism], [[Inter Press Service]], 25 July 2005.</ref> Common definitions of terrorism refer only to those violent acts whi ...publisher=[[Strategic Studies Institute]] (SSI) |quote=The views expressed in this report are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the offi
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• Al-Qaeda
  |logo = Flag of al-Qaeda in Iraq.svg ...aeda's global network, as we know it today, was created while it was based in Khartoum, from December 1991 till May 1996. To coordinate its overt and cov
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• Abu Sayyaf
  |war =the [[Insurgency in the Philippines]] ...ead, September 4, 2006</ref><br/>[[Abdurajik Abubakar Janjalani]] [[Killed in action|KIA]] <ref>Reported dead, December 8, 1998</ref>
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• Sons of Iraq
  |active=2005-present |strength=103,000 in July 2008<ref name=Seeds>{{cite news
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• Moazzam Begg
  | date_of_release = 25 January 2005 ...Theater Internment Facility]] and the [[Guantanamo Bay detainment camp]], in [[Cuba]], by the [[Federal government of the United States|U.S. government]
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• Cruise missile strikes on Afghanistan and Sudan (August 1998)
  |caption=<small>[[Al-Shifa pharmaceutical factory|Pharmaceutical factory in Shifa]], Sudan destroyed during Operation Infinite Reach</small> ...bombings of US embassies]] in [[Kenya]] and [[Tanzania]], rapid escalation in Al-Qaeda operations.
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