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• 1983 Beirut barracks bombing
  |image=Beirutbarr.jpg|300px|caption=A smoke cloud rises from the rubble of the bombed barracks at Beirut International Airport. ...0|N|35|29|17|E|type:landmark|name=DrakkarBarracks}}<br/>'Drakkar' barracks of French [[''1er Régiment de Chasseurs Parachutistes'']], Ramlet al Baida, B
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• Rikhter R-23
  ...ever, a feed mechanism that chambered the rounds base-first from the front of the weapon required a cartridge completely different from the usual design. ...ft. The DK-20 turret weighs 593kg including the R-23 cannon and 500 rounds of ammunition.
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• List of places named after people
  ...on the general etymology of place names see [[toponomy]]. For other lists of eponyms (names derived from people) see [[eponym]]. {{main|List of countries named after people}}
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• Definitions of terrorism
  ...as been slow to formulate a universally agreed, legally binding definition of this crime. These difficulties arise from the fact that the term "terrorism .../ref> These divergences have made it impossible to conclude a [[Definition of terrorism#Proposed Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism|Comp
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• History of terrorism
  ...errorism]]. Scholars agree that terrorism is a disputed term, and very few of those labelled terrorists describe themselves as such. {{See also|Definition of terrorism}}
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• Terrorism
  ...errorism''' is the systematic use of [[fear|terror]] especially as a means of [[coercion]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Terrorism ...tical or ideological goal, and deliberately target or disregard the safety of [[non-combatant]]s (civilians).{{Citation needed|date=August 2010}}
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• Hostage
  ...n under threat of serious physical harm to the hostage(s) after expiration of an [[ultimatum]]. ==Historical hostage practices==<!-- This section is linked from [[History of Japan]] -->
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• Guerrilla warfare
  {{History of war}} ...[[military tactics]], like [[ambush]]es, [[sabotage]], raids, the element of surprise, and extraordinary [[Motion (physics)|mobility]] to harass a large
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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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• Taliban
  |image = [[Image:Flag of Taliban.svg|border|200px|Taliban flag]] |previous = Students of [[Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam]]
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• Al-Qaeda
  |logo = Flag of al-Qaeda in Iraq.svg ...ww.state.gov/s/ct/rls/45394.htm|title=Council Decision|publisher=[[Council of the European Union]]|accessdate=2007-08-14| archiveurl = http://web.archive
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• Steven Hatfill
  ...of Zimbabwe]] (1984) [[University of Stellenbosch]] (1993) | employer = | occupation = | title = | salary = | networth = | height = | weight = | term = | predec ...rtment in July and August 2002 were well-attended by [[journalists]], many of whom had been pointing at Dr. Hatfill for months. Dr. Hatfill later sued th
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• United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases
  |unit_name= U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases .... It is located on [[Fort Detrick]], [[Maryland]] and is a subordinate lab of the [[United States Army Medical Research and Materiel Command|U. S. Army M
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• Sons of Iraq
  |war=the [[Iraq War]] ...<br />Sheikh Abdul-Jabbar Abu Risha<br />Sheikhs of Al-Bu Nimr<br />Sheiks of Al-Bu Issa
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• Hassan Dahir Aweys
  | occupation = former [[colonel]] <br> [[militant]] | title = Leader of [[Hizbul Islam]]
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• Moazzam Begg
  | occupation = Director of [[Cageprisoners]] ...Guantanamo Bay detainment camp]], in [[Cuba]], by the [[Federal government of the United States|U.S. government]] for nearly three years.<ref name=AkronB
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• Drone attacks in Pakistan
  |combatant1=[[Image:Roundel of the USAF.svg|30px|link=United States Air Force|United States Air Force]] [[ ...oreign Mujahideen]]<br>[[Image:Flag of Jihad.svg|22px]] [[Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan]]
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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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• Preventive war
  ...from the [[George W. Bush administration]] maintained in their discussion of the [[Bush Doctrine]] that these standards are unrealistic.<ref name ="Dela ==Advocates of Preventive War==
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• Michael Scheuer
  ...erterrorist Center]]. He then worked again as Special Advisor to the Chief of the bin Laden unit from September 2001 to November 2004. ...nstitutionalized barbarism."<ref name=ih253 /><ref>L. Ali Khan. ''A theory of international terrorism''. 2006, page 243-4</ref> Osama bin Laden acknowled
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