Terrorism/Related Articles

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Insurgency: A wide range of political and military actions intended to change a government, through means considered illegal by that government. ^[e]
Asymmetrical warfare: Conflict in which one side does not directly confront the strength of the other; often applied to guerilla warfare and terrorism but also used for high technology against a more traditional force ^[e]

Counterterrorism: A range of activities that prevent attempted terrorism well before an actual act is close to being executed, including killing or capturing terrorists; complements and can include anti-terrorism, or measures taken to minimize the impact of an attempted or completed act; counterterrorism proper is "enemy centric" rather than counterinsurgency, which is "people-centric" ^[e]

Nationalism: Strong belief that the interests of a particular nation-state are of primary importance. ^[e]
Radical Islamism: From the perspective of Western liberal democracy, the use of both political and violent methods to establish Islamist theocratic rule, either in existing democracies or in emerging states ^[e]
Radicalization: Political choices that grow from a sense, by individuals (i.e., self-radicalization) or groups in a society, that peaceful methods have brought no political dividends in terms of goals they consider legitimate ^[e]
- Self-radicalization: A phenomenon in which individuals become terrorists without joining an established radical group, although they may be influenced by its ideology and message ^[e]

Abdullah Azzam: A Salafist legal scholar and jihadist, who formed the Services Office supporting the Afghanistan War (1978-92) with Osama bin Laden, one of the organizations that formed al-Qaeda ^[e]
Carlos Marighella: (1911-1969) Brazilian Marxist who wrote the Minimanual for the Urban Guerrilla, with an especially strong advocacy of terrorism as a tactic ^[e]
George Grivas: (1898-1974) Greek Army officer and intense anticommunist who commanded guerrillas and wrote doctrinal manual including techniques of terrorism during the civil war in Cyprus ^[e]
Sayyid Qutb: Born in 1906, radicalized in 1951, and executed in 1966, an influential theorist of Salafist revolutionary Islam; considered one of the two spiritual fathers of al-Qaeda and the mentor of Ayman al-Zawahiri ^[e]

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Reign of Terror: Add brief definition or description
Great Terror: Internal Soviet investigations, mass trials, and extrajudicial detention ordered by Josef Stalin, primarily 1936-1938 ^[e]
The Troubles: Add brief definition or description
9-11 Attack: The largest terrorist attack on the continental United States of America, occurring on September 11, 2001, using hijacked airliners as suicide weapons against major buildings. ^[e]

Hamas: The most powerful political and military organization in the Occupied Territories, especially the Gaza Strip; offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood but not Salafism ^[e]
Hezbollah: An Islamist and Shi'a group, centered in Lebanon, which has conducted terrorism there and worldwide, but also acts a shadow government and provides public services ^[e]
Viet Cong: The military wing of the National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam (NLF); a generic term for Communist forces in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War ^[e]
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam: Add brief definition or description
Viet Minh: A short name for the Communist-dominated national revolutionary movement that overthrew the colonial government of French Indochina ^[e]
Shining Path: Add brief definition or description