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List State sponsors of terrorism
Syria, Cuba, North Korea, and Iran
What was the name of the paramilitary group involved in Spain's Dirty War against ETA?
Grupo's Antiterroristas de Liberacion (GAL) Anti-Terrorist Liberation Groups" - A government-sponsored and supposedly counter-terrorist organization
Examples of left-wing terrorism groups and events
The Weather Underground (1791) - Days of Rage (Chicago, Aug 1969) - "Declaration of a State of War", they bombed several police and military targets
ELF and ALF
Examples of Right-Wing terrorism Events and Groups
- The Whiskey Rebellion - resisted the excise tax on liquor and distilled drinks
- Aryan nation, The covenant, KKK, and The Know-Nothings in the 1850s
What were the Branch Davidians?
A religious cult led by David Koresh
What is "Terror from Above"?
Terror from above is State Sponsored Terrorism. Terrorism utilized by the state; The higher-ups plotting against its own nation
What does ETA stand for, and what crimes have they committed
Basque Nation and Liberty
Kidnapping, Assassinations, and Murder
What motivates Left-Winged terrorism?
Motivated by any government wrongdoing, and often believe they are protecting the American people.
What motivates Right-Winged terrorism?
Motivated by notions of racial supremacy, Anti-government, and anti-regulatory beliefs
What event led to the deadly 12-day standoff in 1992? and who did it involve?
Ruby Ridge - Randy Weaver and his family - US Marshals and the FBI
Examples of state terrorism
THE GREAT TERROR (THE GREAT PURGE)
THE KHMER ROUGE IN CAMBODIA
Name some Lone wolves
Eric Rudolph - Killed 2 CIA employees in Langley, VA, 1993
Theodore Kaczynski, the “UNABOMBER”
The Oklahoma City bombers - Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols
Dylann Rudolph
Left's ideologies
Reducing inequalities in the economy, society, and the political world. Typically, stand with workers rather than big corporations or wealthy elites
Targets capitalism, and has Communist/socialist beliefs
Right's ideologies
Belief that tradition preserves societal order and wisdom; Patriotism; Social hierarchies in class, race, gender, or other structures; An adherence to apocalyptic religious beliefs; United by a suspicion of, or hatred for, the federal government
What does PKK stand for?
(Partiya Karkerên Kurdistanê in Kurdish) - Kurdistan Workers' Party) -
What transpired in Rwanda? and why
800,000 people were murdered by a military group called the Hutu's
Hutu extremists were plotting to derail the peace treaty in the UN between the Tutsi and the Belgians
Someone fired a missile and shot down the Hutu president's airplane
Domestic terrorist groups
ELF - Earth Liberation Front and ALF - Animal Liberation Front
Soldiers of the army of God - Pro Anti-Abortion
Incels, Rise of ALT right, Black Identity Extremists
What is the primary goal of ethnic nationalist terrorists?
Forge a national identity and mobilize a community - Government concessions - Ethnic Conflict
What other 1993 event led to the rise of a right winged movement, and What was it about.
BRADY BILL - Federal gun-control legislation requiring a background check
The 51-day standoff by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, killing 79 people, including 21 children, and David Koresh
The WACO siege
In what documentary were there claims that young men commit suicide terrorist acts because they live in a sexually repressive environment
SUICIDE KILLERS
Why was the Lashkar-e-Taiba attack in Mumbai considered state-sponsored terrorism?
- ISI provided military training for 24-25 hours - They had handlers coaching them through the whole planned attack - Pakistan has been involved in running military intelligence programs in India.
The difference between domestic and international terrorism
DT involves violent political extremism (single-issue terrorism)
IT is defined as threats that originate outside the United States (state-sponsored terrorism)
Anti-Abortion Violence is related to several social factors: list 3
Occur in urban areas in fast-growing states - Occurs where the ratio of abortions to live births is high - When higher population of Catholics, Mormons, and Baptists is present, bombing declined - Occur in states that exhibit greater toleration for crimes against women
Initiated between 1969-1974, began “staging” various provocative bombings and other acts of terrorism against their people. Clue: SID
Italian strategy of tension - Servizio Informazione Democratica (Italian secret service)