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Terrorism Final Set 1
Groups and Operations
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Political Studies
Undergraduate 3
05/06/2013

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SAS
Definition
Secrecy and surprise of the British Special Air Service
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GSG-9
Definition
Grenzschutzgruppe formed to protect Germans after 1972 Munich massacre.
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Sayaret Mat'kal
Definition
if someone comes to kill you, rise and kill him first. The specialized Israeli anti-terrorist strike force.
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Delta Squad
Definition
Commissioned in 1977 as a hostage rescue and counter terror force.
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Special Night Squads
Definition
1930s British-Jewish terrorist group trained by Orde Wingate.
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PanAm 103
Definition
Lockerbie Bombing in 1989. Bomb placed in bag on plane.
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Entebbe Raid
Definition
June 1976 when Air France Flight 139 en route to Paris was hijacked and was rescued by Israel.
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Operation Nimrod
Definition
An assault on the Iranian Embassy in London which was successful after going through the roof and floor. 1980
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Mogadishu
Definition
In 1977 Zohair Akache terrorist hijack to support Baader-Meinhof.
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Operation Eagle's Claw
Definition
The abortive attempt to send a team to rescue the American hostages in Iran
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FLQ and Canada
Definition
War Measures Act by PM Trudeau to use Army to crush the terrorist Quebecois cell.
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UK and the IRA
Definition
Northern Ireland Act= suspects can be detained without a warrant and can search and seizure. Prevention of Terrorism Act= can detain people for 7 days
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Italy and the Red Brigades
Definition
Gave lighter sentences if they confessed in a sense to unalienate youth involved with the brigade aka (penititi).
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Interpol
Definition
Intergovernmental police organization
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TREVI
Definition
terrorism, radicalism, violence, international
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Operation Chavin de Huantar
Definition
Peruvian embassy siege where miners dug under the embassy and saved everyone.
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Osama bin Laden
Definition
was the leader of Al-Aaeda organization who is responsible for embassy attack.
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