Terrorism

Terrorism

The use of violence and intimidation against innocent civilians in the pursuit of political or religious aims.

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Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC)

Law enforcement; Terrorism

The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia – People's Army (Spanish: Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia – Ejército del Pueblo; FARC-EP, or simply FARC) is a Marxist–Leninist revolutionary ...

Ciudad Juárez

Law enforcement; Terrorism

Ciudad Juárez is a city and seat of the municipality of Juárez in the Mexican state of Chihuahua. It is known as "the most violent zone in the world outside of declared war zones". A lot of the ...

Cambodian genocide

Military; Terrorism

The "Cambodian genocide" was a series of acts of detention, torture and mass murder both collectively and individually which currently are being tried by an international tribunal in Phnom Penh for ...

Khmer Rouge

Military; Terrorism

Khmer Rouge is the name of the Cambodian guerrilla organization that took power on April 17, 1975 (the "Fall of Phnom Penh"), founding the Democratic Kampuchea (DK), a system of government of ...

Shining Path

Military; Terrorism

The Shining Path is a Maoist guerrilla insurgent organization in Peru. The group never refers to itself as "Shining Path", and prefers to be called the "Communist Party of Peru". It initiated the ...

Biological Weapons Convention (BWC)

Law enforcement; Terrorism

Officially known as the "Convention on the Prohibition of Development, Production, and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and Destruction." The BWC works toward general and ...