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The Internet,encryption applications,and social communication technologies are now used extensively by many terrorist groups and extremist movements.

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______ are conventional or unconventional adversaries who engage in armed conflict as members of regular military or irregular guerrilla fighting units.

A) Noncombatants
B) Extremists
C) Old Terrorists
D) Combatants

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List three attributes of the New Terrorism profile.

Insurgencies like those led by Mao Zedong in China,Ho Chi Minh in Vietnam,and Fidel Castro in Cuba are examples of wars of ______.

Modern-day terrorists use unconventional methods,such as asymmetrical and indiscriminate attacks,because if they used conventional methods,they would never be a match for a superpower like the United States.

The main goals of ISIS are first,to refuse to recognize the borders of Syria,Iraq,and other nations and second,______.

Beginning in the late 1960s,______ nationalists were the leading practitioners of international terrorism.

Which of the following is an attribute of the New Terrorism?

During the Cold War,the United States and the U.S.S.R.engaged in a predictable pattern of behavior whereby the United States would support established governments,and the U.S.S.R.would support nationalist insurgencies.

New Terrorism is characterized by rigid,strictly defined chains of command.

______ terrorism is political violence conducted by groups of "true believers" who have fervent faith in the sacred righteousness of their cause.

List three attributes of the "Old Terrorism" profile.

Chain networks occur when a set of actors is tied to a central node or actor and must go through that node to communicate and coordinate.

Peace processes,negotiations,and social reforms are all examples of ______.

Proponents of New Terrorism justify their goal of maximizing casualties because they want to attract attention to their cause,damage the economies of their enemies,make enemy populations scrutinize their demands,and ______.

The "Old Terrorism" profile included unclear grievances promoting ambiguous causes.

Counterterrorist experts seek to prevent terrorist groups from finalizing their plans,deter extreme activists from becoming terrorists,minimize destruction and casualties,and ______.

The ______ describes the emerging mode of conflict and crime in which the protagonists use network forms of organization and related doctrines,strategies,and technologies attuned to the information age.

The Palestinian nationalist movement created a movement characterized by the acceptance of communal dissident terrorism as a strategy.

There is no unanimity on what kind of violence constitutes an act of terrorism.