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• Definitions of terrorism
  ...ted comprehensive definition of terrorism. During the 1970s and 1980s, the United Nations attempts to define the term foundered mainly due to differences of ...igious or any other nature that may be invoked to justify them." <ref>1994 United Nations Declaration on Measures to Eliminate International Terrorism annex
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• History of terrorism
  |publisher=[[United Nations]] *'''1989'''. [[United States of America|United States]]: premeditated, politically motivated violence perpetrated against noncomb
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• Leaderless resistance
  ...via)|Yugoslav partisans]] of [[World War II]]. In the same conflict, the [[United Kingdom|British]] leadership had extensive plans for the use of such resist ...as a backup for the possibility of a [[Communist]] seizure of the [[United States]].
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• Terrorism
  ...alif Deen. [http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=29633 POLITICS: U.N. Member States Struggle to Define Terrorism], [[Inter Press Service]], 25 July 2005.</ref> ...ef name=tws11janx33225/> and potentially legitimize the state's own use of armed force against opponents (such use of force may itself be described as "terr
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• Aircraft hijacking
  ...surrender, authorities sometimes employ armed [[Counter-terrorism|special forces]] to attempt a rescue of the hostages (notably [[Operation Entebbe]]). ...n Rickards]], flying a [[Ford Tri-Motor]], was approached on the ground by armed revolutionaries. He refused to fly them anywhere and after a ten day stand-
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• Hostage
  ...ng hostages as security for the carrying out of a treaty between civilized states is now obsolete. The last occasion was at the treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle in ...acts of war or violence by persons not members of the recognized military forces of the enemy.
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• Guerrilla warfare
  ...ts in which a small group of [[combatant]]s including, but not limited to, armed civilians (or "regulars") use [[military tactics]], like [[ambush]]es, [[sa ...on of 1857]], as well as by [[Pazhassi Raja]] of [[Kerala]] to fight the [[United Kingdom|British]].
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• Islam and violence
  ...el Muhammad, professor of religious studies at San Diego State University, states, regarding his discussion with the critic Robert Spencer, that "when I am t ...sed as a last resort.<ref>[[Abdullah Yusuf Ali]] in his Quranic commentary states that: "In case of family jars four steps are mentioned, to be taken in that
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• Organized crime
  ...it (economics)|profit]]. The ''[[Organized Crime Control Act]]'' ([[United States|U.S.]], 1970) defines organized crime as "The unlawful activities of [...] ...ed in [[Sicily]], known to its members as [[Cosa Nostra]]. In the [[United States]], "the Mafia" generally refers to the [[American Mafia|Italian American Ma
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• Taliban
  ...fghanistan, including 34,000 U.S. troops, and some 150,000 Afghan security forces. '''They face an estimated 7,000 to 11,000 insurgents''', according to U.S. |international = [[Saudi Arabia]], [[Pakistan]], [[United Arab Emirates]] (before [[September 11 attacks|11 September attacks]])
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• Al-Qaeda
  ...], [[United Kingdom]], Afghan National Army, Iraqi Armed Forces, Coalition Forces/Tribes, [[Canada]], [[NATO]], [[European Union]], [[ASEAN]], [[African Unio ...</ref><br />Designated as [[Terrorism Act 2000|Proscribed Group]] by the [[United Kingdom|UK]] [[Home Office]]<ref name=UKTerrorList>{{Cite web|url=http://ww
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• William C. Patrick III
  ...iologist]] and former [[Biological warfare|bioweaponeer]] for the [[United States Army|U.S. Army]]. ...ical warfare]] (BW) program at [[Fort Detrick]], [[Maryland|MD]], [[United States|U.S.]] beginning in 1951. After biological weapons development was disconti
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• Richard O. Spertzel
  ...Commission]] in [[Iraq]]. His strongly misleading [[Congress of the United States|Congressional]] testimonial about the [[Weapons of mass destruction|WMD]] c ...q]], Spertzel provided testimony to the [[United States House Committee on Armed Services]] on September 10, 2002.
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• Ken Alibek
  ...oversaw a vast program of BW facilities. In 1992 he defected to the United States, has become an American citizen, and makes his living as a [[biodefense]] c ===Defection to the United States===
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• 2001 anthrax attacks
  ..., [[NBC News]], ''[[New York Post]]'', ''[[National Enquirer]]'', [[United States Senate|Senators]] [[Tom Daschle]] and [[Patrick Leahy]] ...a offices and two [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] [[United States Senate|U.S. Senator]]s, killing five people and infecting 17 others. The e
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• Abu Sayyaf
  *Manpower: Abu Sayyaf forces in [[Basilan]] and in [[Zamboanga Peninsula]] were, by June 2003, believed ...ces in counter terror and counter guerrilla operations, but as a status of forces agreement and under Philippine law are not allowed to engage in direct comb
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• Arbitrary arrest and detention
  ...and Exile |work=Human Rights Law |publisher=[http://cyberschoolbus.un.org/ United Nations Cyber Schoolbus] | url =http://www0.un.org/cyberschoolbus/humanrigh ...t]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Human Rights Violations by the Indonesian Armed Forces |work=Human Rights |publisher=[http://www.hrw.org/ Human Rights Watch] | ur
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• Sons of Iraq
  ...in [[Al Anbar Governorate|Anbar Province]] in 2005 to become an [[ad-hoc]] armed force across the country in less than a year.<ref name=Seeds/> ...Nuri al-Maliki]] has warned the US-armed 'concerned local citizens' are an armed Sunni opposition in the making, and has argued that such groups should be u
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• Hassan Dahir Aweys
  ...l-Qaeda]] leader [[Osama bin Laden]] which was linked to the [[1998 United States embassy bombings]] in [[Kenya]] and [[Tanzania]]<ref name="SF Gate">[http:/ .... Gedo district seats of Lugh, Balad Hawo and Burdubo were all run by IAIA forces. Lugh was entirely governed by AIAI. At the time, there were other regional
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• Moazzam Begg
  | citizenship = [[United Kingdom|British]]/ [[Pakistan]]i ...detainment camp]], in [[Cuba]], by the [[Federal government of the United States|U.S. government]] for nearly three years.<ref name=AkronBeacon060616>[[Davi
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