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Parent topics
- National Security Strategy of the United States of America (2002) [r]: The key public document on national security strategy, issued by the George W. Bush Administration between the 9/11 attack and the Iraq War [e]
- Terrorism [r]: An act, with targets including civilians or civilian infrastructure, intended to create an atmosphere of fear in order to obtain a political objective. [e]
Motivations
- Arab-Israeli Conflict [r]: The series of wars and military tension between the State of Israel and Arab states; often includes the Israel-Palestine Conflict, a remnant of the wars between countries [e]
- Israel-Palestine Conflict [r]: Politics, insurgency, terrorism, and counterinsurgency between the State of Israel and the population of the Occupied Territories of the West Bank and Gaza [e]
- Colonialism [r]: The building and maintaining of colonies in one territory by people from another territory. [e]
- Jihad [r]: Literally meaning "struggle", a Muslim concept that can refer to an inward-directed personal process to submit to God's will, or to an external combat with the enemies of Islam [e]
Subtopics
- George W. Bush [r]: (1946–) 43rd U.S. President (Republican), elected in 2000 and re-elected in 2004. [e]
- Dick Cheney [r]: (1941–) U.S. Vice President in the George W. Bush Administration and advocate of neoconservatism and unitary Presidential authority; currently a political commentator; U.S. Secretary of Defense in the George H. W. Bush Administration; spouse of Lynne Cheney; father of Liz Cheney [e]
Terrorist organizations
- Al-Qaeda [r]: International islamist terrorist network. Responsible for the 9/11 attack and other terrorist attacks. [e]
- Asbat al-Ansar [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Aum Shinrikyo [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Islamic Jihad [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Jaish-e-Mohammed [r]: A Pakistani jihadist group focused on Kashmir; formed with assistance of Inter-Services Intelligence; listed as a terrorist organization by the United States [e]
- Jemaah Islamiah [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Lashkar e-Tayyiba [r]: (LeT); A Pakistan-based Jihadist group focused on Kashmir, widely banned as a terrorist organization, and possibly responsible for the 2008 Mumbai attacks [e]
- Taliban [r]: Extremist political and religious faction that emerged in Afghanistan in the 1990s and has twice seized power in the country. [e]
Terrorists and theoreticians
- Osama bin Laden [r]: Radical jihadist who, with Ayman al-Zawahiri, founded a group known as al-Qaeda, which is credited with a series of terrorist attacks. [e]
- Ayman al-Zawahiri [r]: Generally considered the #2 leader of al-Qaeda, an Egyptian physician who was mentored, in a faction of the Muslim Brotherhood, by Sayyid Qutb [e]
Events
- 9-11 Attack [r]: A massive terrorist attack on the United States, occurring on September 11, 2001. [e]
- 1993 World Trade Center bombing [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Afghanistan War (2001-2021) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- USS Cole (DDG-67) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Iraq War [r]: Add brief definition or description
Counterterrorists and theoreticians
- Anthony Cordesman [r]: Add brief definition or description
- David McKiernan [r]: Add brief definition or description
- H.R. McMaster [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Francis Fukuyama [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Samuel Huntington [r]: Add brief definition or description
- David Petraeus [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Peter Schoomaker [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Stanley McChrystal [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Roger Trinquier [r]: Add brief definition or description
Counterterrorism organizations
- United States intelligence community [r]: Add brief definition or description
- U.S. Department of Homeland Security [r]: Add brief definition or description
- U.S. Department of Defense [r]: Add brief definition or description
Methods
- Extraordinary rendition, U.S., George W. Bush Administration [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Financial intelligence [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act [r]: Add brief definition or description
Legal framework
- Extrajudicial detention [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Extraordinary rendition [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Ex parte Milligan [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Ex parte Quirin [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Rahul v. Bush [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Prisoner of war [r]: Add brief definition or description