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• USS Surprise (PG-97)
  |Ship out of service= The fourth '''USS ''Surprise''''' and fifth American naval ship of the name was an [[Asheville class gunboat|''Asheville'' class]] patrol [[gu
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• 37 mm automatic air defense gun M1939 (61-K)
  <!-- Service history --> |used_by={{flag|Soviet Union}}, <br>{{flag|People's Republic of China}}, <br>{{flag|North Vietnam}}, <br>{{flag|Cambodia}}
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• M2 Browning machine gun
  ...lklands War]] <br>[[South African Border War]]<br>[[United States invasion of Panama]] <br>[[Gulf War]] <br>[[Somali Civil War]] <br>[[Operation Medak Po ...Gun''', or "Ma Deuce" is a [[heavy machine gun]] designed towards the end of [[World War I]] by [[John Browning]]. It is very similar in design to John
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• Locoweed
  ...ia]]. The term locoweed usually refers only to the North American species of ''Oxytropis'' and ''Astragalus'', but this article includes the other speci ...ill seek it out. Livestock poisoned by chronic ingestion of large amounts of swainsonine develop a medical condition known as '''locoism''' (also '''swa
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• Dyeing
  {{About|the process of coloring using [[dye]]s|dying and the end of life|death}} '''Dyeing''' is the process of imparting [[colours]] to a textile material in loose fibre, [[yarn]], [[cl
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• Tile
  ...the [[Latin Language|Latin]] word ''tegula'', meaning a roof tile composed of baked clay. ...ay tiles have a waterproof glaze. A large number of shapes (or "profiles") of roof tiles have evolved. These include:
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• Arsenic
  ...The occurrence of arsenic in drinking water is problematic in some parts of the world. ...per and lower layer. This relatively close packing leads to a high density of 5.73&nbsp;g/cm³.<ref name="Holl"/> It is a [[semiconductor]] an
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• Lead
  ...lead''' from [[Långban]], Sweden. This is a very fine, very rare specimen of crystallized native lead. Size 8×3×2 cm.]] ...2. Lead is a soft, [[malleable]] [[poor metal]]. It is also counted as one of the [[heavy metal (chemistry)|heavy metal]]s. Metallic lead has a bluish-wh
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• List of colleges and universities named after people
  ...eacher]]s or other leaders associated with the institution. This is a list of [[higher education]] institutions named for people. ...d as their founders. A few institutions were named by the founder in honor of a parent, child, spouse, or other close family member.
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• List of atlases
  This is a list of [[atlas]]es, each a collection of maps, some including statistical data for the regions represented: {{main|List of atlases}}
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• Charas
  [[File:Balls and sticks of Charas.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Balls and sticks]] ...nistan]], [[Pakistan]], [[Nepal]] and [[India]]. It is made from the resin of the [[cannabis]] plant ([[Cannabis sativa]] or [[Cannabis Indica]]). The pl
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• Counter-terrorism
  The tactic of [[terrorism]] is available to [[insurgency|insurgents]] and governments. No ...and other measures may focus more on the insurgency than the specific acts of terror. [[Foreign internal defense]] (FID) is a term used by several countr
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• Tablighi Jamaat and allegations of terrorism
  ...lamist Networks: The Case of Tablighi Jamaat], ''[[United States Institute of Peace]]'', ...df}} Murat Kurnaz ARB], ''[[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]]'', pages 93-95</ref><ref name=ArbKurnaz96>
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• Islam and violence
  ...rted by Islam's tenets, references to violence in the [[Qur'an]], and acts of terrorisms motivated and/or justified by Islam. {{See also|Criticism of Islam}}
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• Black site
  ...ted States (U.S.) [[Central Intelligence Agency]] (CIA), generally outside of U.S. territory and legal [[jurisdiction]]. It can refer to the facilities t U.S. President [[George W. Bush]] acknowledged the existence of secret prisons operated by the CIA during a speech on September 6, 2006.<re
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• Extraordinary rendition by the United States
  ...are terms used to describe the apprehension and [[extrajudicial]] transfer of a person from one state to another.<ref name=MJC-2006-04-05/> "'''Torture b | quote=[[Mohamed v. Jeppesen Dataplan]], Inc. involves five victims of CIA rendition, or “torture by proxy,” as it’s also known.
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• Forced disappearance
  ...ing carried out the act, thereby placing the victim outside the protection of the law. ...neral Assembly]] adopted the [[International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance]].
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• Lists of former Guantanamo Bay detainees alleged to have returned to terrorism
  ...of [[Joint Task Force Guantanamo]] (JTF-GTMO) which has occupied a portion of the [[United States Navy]]'s [[Guantanamo Bay Naval Base|base at Guantanamo ...ranch]] of the [[Federal government of the United States|U.S. government]] of being [[al-Qaeda]] and [[Taliban]] operatives, as well as those no longer c
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• Zacarias Moussaoui
  ...pe=IRN&IDNumber=51427-054&x=27&y=30 Zacarias Moussaoui]." [[Federal Bureau of Prisons]]. Retrieved on January 5, 2010.</ref> ...|US]] as part of the [[September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks]]. As a result of his conviction, he is serving a [[Life imprisonment|life sentence]] without
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• Operation Enduring Freedom – Trans Sahara
  {{Expert-subject|Military history|date=December 2009}} | combatant2= [[Image:Flag of al-Qaeda.svg|24px]] [[al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb]]
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