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Law enforcement

The collective name for the efforts of enforcing and ensuring observance, obedience to the law.

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spore

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An asexual, usually single-celled reproductive body of plants such as fungi, mosses or ferns; a microorganism, as a bacterium, in a resting or dormant state.

state sponsored terrorism

Law enforcement; Terrorism

Defined by the U.S. government, state sponsored terrorism includes one or more of the following: * Acts of terror initiated by the organization to promote its own interests, ...

state terrorism

Law enforcement; Terrorism

Acts of terrorism by a government against its own people such as the acts practiced in Nazi Germany against the Jews, or . Iraq practiced against the Kurds.

Syria

Law enforcement; Terrorism

Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld confirmed that Syria helped Iraq by allowing foreign volunteers to enter Iraq to help Saddam defend his regime. President Bush has been very ...

Taliban

Law enforcement; Terrorism

Islamic sect and government which once ruled Afghanistan. Osama bin Laden, who had given them at least $100 million, harbored him in that country. Known for savage treatment of ...

terrorism

Law enforcement; Terrorism

The U.S. State Department defines terrorism as "premeditated, politically motivated violence perpetrated against noncombatant targets by subnational groups or clandestine agents, ...