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• USS Absecon (AVP-23)
  |Ship country=United States |Ship notes=Served as U.S. [[United States Coast Guard Cutter|Coast Guard cutter]] [[USCGC Absecon (WAVP-374)|USS ''Ab
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• National Fire Fighter Near-Miss Reporting System
  | Non-profit_logo = <br /><small>Logo of the National Fire Fighter Near-Miss Reporting System</small> ...add the street address-->[[Fairfax,_VA|Fairfax, Virginia]] <br /> [[United States|U.S.]]
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• Arsenic
  ...he occurrence of arsenic in drinking water is problematic in some parts of the world. ...ree other atoms in the layer and is coordinated by each 3 arsenic atoms in the upper and lower layer. This relatively close packing leads to a high densit
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• Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
  parliament=Parliament of the United Kingdom| ...l advisory service; to amend the law relating to building regulations, and the Building (Scotland) Act 1959; and for connected purposes.</sup>|
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• John F. Kennedy assassination
  ...Texas Governor]] [[John Connally]] in the [[Presidential state car (United States)|presidential limousine]], minutes before his assassination. |caption2= [[Ike Altgens]]' photo of presidential limousine taken between the first and second shots that hit President Kennedy. Kennedy's left hand is
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• Militant
  ...the [[militiaman]] left his [[civilian]] duties and became a soldier until the emergency was over, when he returned to his [[civilian]] occupation and lif ...escribe an attitude, not the person or party exhibiting such attitude. See the [[#Adjective usage|adjective usage]] for more.)<ref>[http://www.ask.com/web
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• Insurgency
  [[File:Vcfightersboat.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[Viet Cong]] insurgents in the mid-1960s]] ...ty recognised as such by the [[United Nations]]) when those taking part in the rebellion are not recognised as [[belligerent]]s.<ref OED-revolt>[[Oxford E
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• History of terrorism
  The '''history of terrorism''' is a history of well-known and historically sign ...ings of terror and terrorism, and enacted but non-universal definitions of the term:
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• Guerrilla warfare
  ...gulars") use [[military tactics]], like [[ambush]]es, [[sabotage]], raids, the element of surprise, and extraordinary [[Motion (physics)|mobility]] to har ..., and the word, ''guerrilla'', has been used to describe the concept since the 18th century, and perhaps earlier.
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• Organized crime
  {{Redirect|Crime syndicate|the DC Comics group of villains|Crime Syndicate}} ...tm</ref> Such crime is commonly referred to as the work of the ''Mob'' in the U.S.
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• Black site
  <!-- Deleted image removed: [[Image:SaltPitAfghanistan.jpg|thumb|225px|The [[Salt Pit]] in [[Afghanistan]].]] --> ...n]]. It can refer to the facilities that are controlled by the CIA used by the [[U.S. government]] in its [[War on Terror]] to detain alleged [[unlawful e
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• Combined Task Force 150
  ...to Combined Task Force One Five Zero (CTF-150) assemble in a formation in the [[Gulf of Oman]], 6 May 2004]] ...frica]] (OEF-HOA). These activities are referred to as [[Maritime Security Operations]] (MSO).
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• Congressional response to the NSA warrantless surveillance program
  ...answer the factual and legal questions" about the program. An excerpt from the letter reads:<ref>{{cite press release |publisher=U.S. Senator Dianne Feins ...is particularly critical where civil liberties and the rule of law hang in the balance. <br>
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• Cruise missile strikes on Afghanistan and Sudan (August 1998)
  {{Expert-subject|Military history|date=November 2008}} {{Infobox Military Conflict
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• Extrajudicial prisoners of the United States
  {{Wikisource|Detention, Treatment, and Trial of Certain Non-Citizens in the War Against Terrorism}} ...g from the senior ranks of [[al Qaeda]], referred to in U.S. [[terminology|military terms]] as "high value detainees."{{Citation needed|date=August 2008}} Acco
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• Extraordinary rendition by the United States
  {{Redirect|Extraordinary Rendition|the 2007 film|Extraordinary Rendition (film)}} ...oxy'''" is used by some critics to describe situations in which the United States has transferred suspected terrorists to countries known to practice [[tortu
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• Forced disappearance
  ...carried out the act, thereby placing the victim outside the protection of the law. ...ited Nations General Assembly]] adopted the [[International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance]].
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• Georgia Train and Equip Program
  ....JPG|300px|right|thumb|Georgian troops training in October 2002 as part of the Georgia Train and Equip Program]] ...enhance its counter-terrorism capabilities and addressed the situation in the [[Pankisi Gorge]].
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• NSA warrantless surveillance controversy
  {{Dablink|For the related controversy about data-mining of domestic call records see [[NSA ca {{Multiple issues|cleanup=January 2010|expert=United States Government|prose=January 2010|tone=January 2010|update=January 2010|date=Ja
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• Operation Enduring Freedom
  {{Expert-subject|Military history|date=December 2009}} {{Infobox military conflict
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