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Strategic Triad of Terrorism - answer Balance of key actors, which
are the terrorist organization, the government, and the audience.
Antiterrorism - answer Defensive measures used to reduce the
vulnerability of individuals and property to terrorist acts, to include
limited response and containment by local military forces.
Counterterrorism - answer Strategies of action implementation in
response to terrorist acts
Forms of US Domestic Terrorism - answer - involving acts
dangerous to human life that are a violation of the criminal laws of
the United States or of any State
- appearing to be intended to: intimidate or coerce a civilian
population; influence the policy of government by intimidation or
coercion; affect the conduct of a government by mass destruction,
assassination, or kidnapping
- occurring primarily within the territories/states of the United
States
Characteristics of Religious Terrorism - answer - perpetuators must
use religious scriptures to justify or explain their violent acts or to
gain recruits.
- clerical figures must be involved in leadership roles
- perpetuators use apocalyptic images of destruction to justify acts.
- violence is a divine duty, or even a sacramental act
, Ethical approaches of terrorists - answer Consequentialism: belief
that the violence and destruction caused are out-weighed by the
potential utopia/fulfillment of terrorists' sociopolitical agenda
Deontology: often routed in religious divine command; the belief
that God has called the terrorists to defend Him/their faith, and/or
further God's Kingdom through conversion or mass-slaughter of
those who oppose conversion
Subversive Ethics: routed in social location; the belief that, as a
powerless/oppressed/marginalized people group, there is no other
viable option for social change than resorting to violence.
Virtue (?): Sort of tied to deontology, but the idea of defending
one's religious/personal honor through acts of terror meant to
establish one's future in Jannah, one's location in society, etc. etc.
What are Cronin's 6 ways to end terrorism? - answer - Decapitation
- Negotiations
- Success
- Failure
- Repression
- Reorientation
Decapitation - answer The removal by arrest or assassination of
the top operational leaders of a terrorist organization. Capturing
reflects the view that the leader is criminal and worthy of fair trial,
killing treats the leader as a military combatant.
Negotiations - answer discussions between terrorist organizations
and governments aimed at reaching an agreement.
Success - answer Terrorists reach their main objectives and
achieve political legitimacy.
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