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• Counter-terrorism
  .... [[Image:US Customs and Border Protection officers.jpg|thumb|250px|United States Customs and Border Protection officers]] | author = United Nations Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial executions
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• Insurgency
  ...nstituted authority (for example, an authority recognised as such by the [[United Nations]]) when those taking part in the rebellion are not recognised as [[ ...power, and thus Confederate warships were given the same rights as United States warships in foreign ports.
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• Definitions of terrorism
  ...]] that incorporates a single, all-encompassing, legally binding, criminal law definition terrorism.<ref>Diaz-Paniagua (2008), p. 47.</ref> ...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
  ...nal Law-the Response to the Terrorist Attacks of 11 September], Australian Law and Bills Digest Group, Parliament of Australia Web Site, February 12, 2002 ...or in the minds of particular persons or a group of persons or the general public."<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=9nH0kSUMwGIC&printsec=frontcover&so
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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> Some definitions also include acts of [[Law|unlawful]] violence and war. The history of terrorist organizations suggest
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• Islam and violence
  ...essdate = 2008-09-10}}</ref> objectives which manifested themselves in the public outcry from Muslim communities within Denmark and the subsequent apology by ...ee for Ex-Muslims]]. The national anti-terrorism coordinator's office, the public prosecution department and the police decided during a meeting on 6 August
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• Al-Qaeda
  |opponents = [[United States]], [[Israel]], [[United Nations]], [[United Kingdom]], Afghan National Army, Iraqi Armed Forces, Coalition Forces/Tribe ...</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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• Abu Sayyaf
  ...s mostly grenade, bomb (modified [[Improvised explosive device|IED]]'s and land mines), machine gun, rifle, rocket launcher and other weapons have been rep ...rilla operations, but as a status of forces agreement and under Philippine law are not allowed to engage in direct combat.
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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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• Border Security and Terrorism
  ...lso discusses the government policies and procedures currently in place at land border crossings, ports, and airports to combat the terrorist threat. ...i|km|adj=on}} long Mexican border, and the many unsecured ports.<ref>"U.S. Land Border Crossing Updated Procedures." Nov. 2008. The Department of Homeland
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• Extraordinary rendition by the United States
  ...oxy'''" is used by some critics to describe situations in which the United States has transferred suspected terrorists to countries known to practice [[tortu | title=Torture by proxy: International law applicable to ‘Extraordinary Renditions’
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• Guantanamo military commission
  ...y Commissions Act of 2006]] for prosecuting detainees held in the [[United States]] [[Guantanamo Bay detainment camp]]s. ...r have as their aim to cause, injury to or adverse effects on the [[United States]] or its citizens, or to have knowingly harbored such individuals, are subj
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• Jewish Defense League
  ...he JDL has been involved in plotting terrorist attacks within the [[United States]].<ref name=fbi />. ...s have been linked to violent, and sometimes deadly, attacks in the United States, including the killing of [[American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee]] r
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• No-hearing hearings
  ...l University School of Law]], his son [[Joshua Denbeaux]], and some of his law students, on October 17, 2006.<ref name="No-hearing_hearings"> | url=http://law.shu.edu/news/final_no_hearing_hearings_report.pdf
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• NSA warrantless surveillance controversy
  {{Multiple issues|cleanup=January 2010|expert=United States Government|prose=January 2010|tone=January 2010|update=January 2010|date=Ja ...ef> This action was challenged by a number of groups including the United States Congress as unconstitutional. This article examines the scope, nature and
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• Operation Enduring Freedom
  |caption=[[United States Marine Corps|U.S. Marines]] during Operation El Dorado. **{{flagicon|US}} [[United States]]
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• Preemptive war
  ...fy, Helen (2005). ''The 'War on Terror' and the Framework of International Law''. Cambridge University Press. p. 157.ISBN 978-0521547352</ref> ...Sofaer. On the Necessity of Pre-emption. European Journal of International Law, Vol. 14 No. 2, 2003, p.220 [http://ejil.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abs
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• Unitary executive theory
  ...ted States Constitution]], which vests "the executive power" of the United States in the President. ...e.<ref name="Lessig" /> The former group argue, for example, that [[United States Congress|Congress]]'s power to interfere with intra-executive decision-maki
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• Unlawful combatant
  ...itarian Law]] (IHL) and may be detained or prosecuted under the [[domestic law]] of the detaining state for such action.<ref name=ICRC-210705>[[Internatio ..."Unlawful Combatants" in the United States: Drawing the Fine Line Between Law and War] [[Human Rights Magazine]] Winter 2003, published by the [[American
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• War on Terror
  ...tional military campaign led by the [[United States of America]] and the [[United Kingdom]] with the support of other [[NATO]] and non-NATO countries. The ca Following the [[1998 United States embassy bombings|bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania]],<ref>
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