Terrorism

Terrorism

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

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Lassa fever

Law enforcement; Terrorism

An acute, often fatal, viral disease characterized by high fever, ulcers of the mucous membranes, headaches, and disturbances of the gastrointestinal system.

Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF)

Islamic organization formed in 1977 in Mindanao and the neighboring islands. Hashim Salamat, supported by ethnic Maguindanaos from Mindanao, split from the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF), who ...

molotov cocktail

Law enforcement; Terrorism

a crude incendiary bomb made of a bottle filled with flammable liquid and fitted with a rag wick.

monkeypox

Law enforcement; Terrorism

The Russian bioweapons program worked with this virus, which is in the same family as smallpox. In June 2003, a spate of human monkeypox cases was reported in the US midwest. This was the first time ...

Moro Islamic Liberation Front

Law enforcement; Terrorism

MILF. Islamic organization formed in 1977 in Mindanao and the neighboring islands. Hashim Salamat, supported by ethnic Maguindanaos from Mindanao, split from the Moro National Liberation Front ...