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• United States Navy Hospital Corpsman
  ...Corps, rendering emergency medical treatment to include initial treatment in a combat environment. Qualified hospital corpsmen may be assigned the respo The colloquial form of address for a Hospital Corpsman is "Doc". In the U.S. Marine Corps, this term is generally used as a sign of respect.
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• 1983 Beirut barracks bombing
  ...ry of France|French military forces]]—members of the Multinational Force in Lebanon—killing 299 American and French servicemen. The organization [[Is ...ns overseas since World War II.<ref name=HouseReport>{{cite web|accessdate=2007-09-30
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• AT4
  ...oduces a large back blast, a significant problem when operating the weapon in urban environments. ...hanistan (2001-present)|Afghanistan War]]<ref name="amnestysweden"/><li> [[Iraq War]]<ref name="amnestysweden"/>
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• 9M133 Kornet
  ...M). It is a heavy ATGM intended to replace an older generation of missiles in the Russian inventory, Kornet was designed to deal with current and future .... The missile is believed to have also entered service in the Russian army in 1994<ref>http://www.deagel.com/Anti-Armor-Weapons-and-Missiles/Kornet_a0010
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• Bumbar
  | service = 2007-present | used_by = [[Serbia]], [[Iraq]]{{Citation needed|date=April 2010}}
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• Bofors 40 mm
  ...am War]], [[South African Border War]], [[Falklands War]], [[Gulf War]], [[Iraq War]] |cartridge= Complete round: -<br>L/60 40x311mmR (1.57 in), L/70 40x364mmR
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• Common Remotely Operated Weapon Station
  [[File:M240 CROWS.jpg|right|thumb|250px|[[M240|M240 machine gun]] mounted in the Common Remotely Operated Weapon System.]] ...436.htm U.S. GAO - B-310436; B-310436.2, Recon Optical, Inc., December 27, 2007<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> KONGSBERG received a frame-contract of m
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• M242 Bushmaster
  | part_length = {{convert|85.6|in}} ...US armed forces]], as well as by [[NATO]]'s and some other nations' forces in ground vehicles and watercraft.
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• M2 Browning machine gun
  ...Terror]] ([[War in Afghanistan (2001–present)|Afghanistan]], [[Iraq War|Iraq]]) |length= {{mm to in|1650|abbr=on|precision=1|wiki=yes}}
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• Phalanx CIWS
  | type = [[Close-in weapon system]] ...//www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNUS_Phalanx.htm |title=USA 20 mm Phalanx Close-in Weapon System (CIWS) |publisher=Navweaps.com |date= |accessdate=2010-04-13}
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• Encyclopedia of the Brethren of Purity
  ...; and it does claim to be a 'complete account of all things' - to contain, in epitome, all that was known at the time it was written. ...ia'' contributed to the popularization and legitimization of [[Platonism]] in the Arabic world.<ref name="ency-borges">"George Sales observes that this u
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• Petroleum
  ...roleum'' was first used in the treatise ''De Natura Fossilium'', published in 1546 by the [[Germany|German]] mineralogist [[Georg Bauer]], also known as ...nes from [[pentane]] and up are in the form of liquids or solids. However, in the underground [[oil reservoir]] the proportion which is gas or liquid var
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• Depleted uranium
  ...rs |accessdate= |author= |date= |year= |publisher= UN |pages= }}</ref> In the past, DU has been called '''Q-metal''', '''depletalloy''', and '''D-38' ...>]]. Civilian uses include counterweights in aircraft, radiation shielding in medical [[radiation therapy]] and industrial [[radiography]] equipment, and
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• Glossary of textile manufacturing
  ...arily by [[spinning (textiles)|spinning]]. (Both fibre and fiber are used in this article.) The yarn is processed by [[knitting]] or [[weaving]], which :[[Appliqué]] is a [[sewing]] technique in which [[textile|fabric]] shapes, [[lace]] or [[trim (sewing)|trim]], are se
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• White Lead (Painting) Convention, 1921
  It was established in 1921: ...certain proposals with regard to the prohibition of the use of white lead in painting, ...</blockquote>
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• Hexavalent chromium
  ...llus, Herbert Knopf, Peter Schmidt, Manfred Ohlinger, "Chromium Compounds" in Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2005.{ ...in humans for the carcinogenicity of chromium[VI] compounds as encountered in the chromate production, chromate pigment production and chromium plating i
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• Chlorine
  ...-containing molecules such as [[chlorofluorocarbons]] have been implicated in the [[ozone depletion|destruction]] of the [[ozone layer]]. ...ersity of Sheffield and WebElements Ltd, UK]}}</ref> Solutions of chlorine in water contain chlorine (Cl₂), hydrochloric acid, and hypochlorou
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• List of assassinations and acts of terrorism against Americans
  {{sync|List of terrorist incidents in the United States}} * 1881 - [[James A. Garfield]], 20th US President, is shot in Washington by [[Charles J. Guiteau]]
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• Toledo terror plot
  ...ctivity<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> The Cleveland FBI Special Agent in Charge [[C. Frank Figliuzzi]] and the U.S. attorney's general office credit ...oad by using Mazloum's car dealership as a cover for traveling to and from Iraq, and making verbal threats against the President of the United States.<ref>
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• 1993 shootings at CIA Headquarters
  ...three others wounded. The perpetrator, Mir Aimal Kasi, shot CIA employees in their cars as they were waiting at a stoplight. ...al]] and first-degree [[murder]], and was executed by [[lethal injection]] in 2002.
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• 1993 World Trade Center bombing
  {{About|the first terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in 1993|the 2001 attack and destruction of the World Trade Center|September 11 ...hilders.htm |title=Senate Judiciary Committee Hearings: Foreign Terrorists in America: Five Years After the World Trade Center |accessdate=2008-01-08 |la
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• Assassination of George Tiller
  | caption = [[George Tiller]] gives a mock [[consultation]] in 1997 in the setting of his clinic, Women’s Health Care – [[Wichita, Kansas]], w ...s |url=http://airamerica.com/news/11-13-2009/fbi-got-warning-about-suspect-in-kan-doctor-death/ |work=[[Associated Press]] |date=2009-11-13 |title=Scott
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• List of foiled Islamic terrorist plots in the post-9/11 United States
  ...tary targets. The following is a '''list of foiled Islamic terrorist plots in the [[Post-9/11]] United States'''. ...=http://www.time.com/time/covers/1101020909/aattendants.html|title=Courage In The Air|last=Thomas|first=Cathy Booth|date=September 1, 2002|work=Time Maga
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• Terrorism insurance
  ...matter. Most insurance companies therefore exclude terrorism from coverage in [[Casualty insurance|Casualty]] and [[Property insurance]], or else require ...igned into law the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007 which extends the [[Terrorism Risk Insurance Act|Terrorism Risk Insurance A
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• Counter-terrorism
  ...itaries]], [[police department]]s and [[corporation]]s adopt to prevent or in response to terrorist threats and/or acts, both real and imputed. ...ticular context. Individuals, such as [[Timothy McVeigh]], may also engage in terrorist acts such as the [[Oklahoma City bombing]].
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• Internet and terrorism
  ...vary due to difficulties measuring but, there is a general consensus that in 1996 there was just under 100 websites and to well over 5000 websites today ...h primarily occurred due to evidence recovered from [[Al Qaeda]] computers in Afghanistan, that indicate the Internet was being used to collect intellige
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• Insurgency
  [[File:Vcfightersboat.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[Viet Cong]] insurgents in the mid-1960s]] ...rd English Dictionary]] second edition 1989 "insurgent B. n. One who rises in revolt against constituted authority; a rebel who is not recognized as a be
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• Definitions of terrorism
  ...lly charged.<ref name="Hoffman-1998-p32">Hoffman (1998), p. 32, See review in The [[New York Times]][http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/h/hoffman-terrori ...o differences of opinion between various members about the use of violence in the context of conflicts over national liberation and self-determination."<
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• History of terrorism
  ...pponents.”<ref name="Hoffman-1998-p32">Hoffman (1998), p. 32, See review in The [[New York Times]][http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/h/hoffman-terrori ...se of "systematic use of terror as a policy" was first recorded in English in 1798.<ref>[http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/terrorism]</ref>
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• Terrorism
  ...niversally agreed, legally binding, criminal law [[definition of terrorism#In international law|definition of terrorism]].<ref>Angus Martyn, [http://www. ...publisher=[[Strategic Studies Institute]] (SSI) |quote=The views expressed in this report are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the offi
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• Hostage
  {{citations missing|article|date=August 2007}} ...rcise.jpeg|thumb|Police often train to recover hostages taken by force, as in this exercise]]
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• Guerrilla warfare
  ...illa warfare''' is a form of [[irregular warfare]] and refers to conflicts in which a small group of [[combatant]]s including, but not limited to, armed The term means "little war" in [[Spanish language|Spanish]], and the word, ''guerrilla'', has been used to
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• Islam and violence
  ...ainst women ostensibly supported by Islam's tenets, references to violence in the [[Qur'an]], and acts of terrorisms motivated and/or justified by Islam. ...n-copenhagen-protest-reprinting-of-danish-cartoons.html Bloomberg: Muslims in Copenhagen Protest Reprinting of Danish Cartoons<!-- Bot generated title --
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• Taliban
  ...n Afghanistan]], the [[War in Afghanistan (2001–present)]] and the [[War in North-West Pakistan|Waziristan War]] .../www.pajhwok.com/viewstory.asp?lng=eng&id=36208 Taliban have opened office in Waziristan (Pakistan)].</ref>
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• Al-Qaeda
  |logo = Flag of al-Qaeda in Iraq.svg ...0714142855/http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/45394.htm| archivedate = July 14, 2007}}</ref>
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• Steven Hatfill
  ...igation of the [[2001 anthrax attacks]]. [[FBI]] searches of his apartment in July and August 2002 were well-attended by [[journalists]], many of whom ha |title=Scientist Is Paid Millions by U.S. in Anthrax Suit
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• Ken Alibek
  ...ense]] consultant, speaker, and entrepreneur. He has actively participated in the development of biodefense strategy for the U.S. government, and has rep ...SSR]] of the [[Soviet Union]] (in present day [[Kazakhstan]]) and grew up in [[Almaty]], the republic's former capital.
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• United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases
  ...d civilian [[scientist]]s as well as highly specialized support personnel. In the 1950s and '60s, it pioneered unique, [[state-of-the-art]] [[biocontainm ...hrax, determined through [[genetic analysis]] to be the [[bacterium]] used in the [[2001 anthrax attacks]].<ref>[http://www.usamriid.army.mil/education/i
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• 2001 anthrax attacks
  ...rs. The ensuing investigation became "one of the largest and most complex in the history of law enforcement."<ref>http://www.fbi.gov/anthrax/amerithraxl ...bs at [[Fort Detrick]] in [[Frederick, Maryland|Frederick]], [[Maryland]]. In June 2008, Ivins was told of the impending prosecution, and on July 27, 200
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• Timeline of the 2001 anthrax attacks
  ...umb|250px|[[NBC Nightly News|NBC's]] [[Tom Brokaw]] was one of the targets in the first mailing.]] ...be the "murder weapon." The timeline also shows that the Ames strain used in the attacks was originally thought to be a common strain from Iowa, and it
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• Wood Green ricin plot
  ...r Pat Troop - Deputy Chief Medical Officer|title=Concern over ricin poison in the environment|publisher=Department of Health (CEM/CMO/2003/1)|accessdate= ...06-10-17|publisher=Globalsecurity.org}}</ref> Reporting restrictions were in place before the public's perceptions could be corrected.<ref name="bbcsum"
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• Abu Sayyaf
  |war =the [[Insurgency in the Philippines]] ...ead, September 4, 2006</ref><br/>[[Abdurajik Abubakar Janjalani]] [[Killed in action|KIA]] <ref>Reported dead, December 8, 1998</ref>
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• Sons of Iraq
  |war=the [[Iraq War]] |area= [[Iraq]]
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• Hassan Dahir Aweys
  ...Aweys resigned from the ICU on December 28, 2006, at the [[end of ICU rule in Mogadishu]]. ...ns his Sufi background.<ref name=SOMALI-ISLAMIST-LEADER-VAGUE-ON-TERRORISM-IN-INTERVIEW>{{cite news
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• Moazzam Begg
  ...Theater Internment Facility]] and the [[Guantanamo Bay detainment camp]], in [[Cuba]], by the [[Federal government of the United States|U.S. government] ...ters, buying a rifle and a handgun, that he "thought about" taking up arms in Chechnya, and being an acquaintance of people linked to terrorism (most not
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• Black site
  ...image removed: [[Image:SaltPitAfghanistan.jpg|thumb|225px|The [[Salt Pit]] in [[Afghanistan]].]] --> ...360817.stm | accessdate=2007-02-14 | publisher=[[BBC]] | date=February 14, 2007 }}</ref>
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• Border Security and Terrorism
  ...hreats. It also discusses the government policies and procedures currently in place at land border crossings, ports, and airports to combat the terrorist ...re capable of getting past the government screening restrictions that were in place, one could only imagine how great of a threat to America was posed by
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• Cruise missile strikes on Afghanistan and Sudan (August 1998)
  |caption=<small>[[Al-Shifa pharmaceutical factory|Pharmaceutical factory in Shifa]], Sudan destroyed during Operation Infinite Reach</small> ...bombings of US embassies]] in [[Kenya]] and [[Tanzania]], rapid escalation in Al-Qaeda operations.
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• Drone attacks in Pakistan
  |conflict=Drone attacks in Pakistan |partof= the [[War on Terrorism]], [[War in North-West Pakistan]], [[War in Afghanistan (2001–present)]]
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• Extrajudicial prisoners of the United States
  {{Wikisource|Detention, Treatment, and Trial of Certain Non-Citizens in the War Against Terrorism}} ...are suspected of being from the senior ranks of [[al Qaeda]], referred to in U.S. [[terminology|military terms]] as "high value detainees."{{Citation ne
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