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. Why is the process of calculating instances of terrorism in the US hotly contested?

There are no terrorism experts correct incorrect

Some analysts include non-state terrorism correct incorrect

Some analysts include the category of state-terrorism correct incorrect

Unsuccessful acts of terrorism are not recorded correct incorrect

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. Why was the legal status of detainees at Guantanamo Bay ambiguous?

Neither the US judiciary not the Pentagon have jurisdiction over Guantanamo correct incorrect

Neither the US or Cuban judiciary have jurisdiction over Guantanamo correct incorrect

Both the US judiciary and the Cuban judiciary have jurisdiction over Guantanamo correct incorrect

Only Cuba has jurisdiction over Guantanamo correct incorrect

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. What was the significance of George W. Bush's 2002 State of the Union address in relation to the War on Terror?

It identified not only al Qaeda but also other radical Islamic groups as key opponents in the War on Terror correct incorrect

It identified 'Rogue States' as a key opponent in the War on Terror correct incorrect

Both a and b correct incorrect

It declared the US right to take 'pre-emptive' action correct incorrect

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. What was one consequence of the US-led air war on ISIS in Iraq and Syria?

ISIS absorbed the local al-Qaeda affiliate group correct incorrect

New cooperation between Russia and the United States in the region correct incorrect

ISIS was strengthened correct incorrect

ISIS began to operate beyond the Middle East region correct incorrect

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. What accounts for the resurgence of Taliban forces in Afghanistan in 2006?

Profits from a record opium harvest correct incorrect

Decreasing numbers of NATO troops correct incorrect

Russian assistance correct incorrect

All of the above correct incorrect

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. What was the initial cause of al Qaeda's opposition to the US?

The presence of Soviet forces in Afghanistan correct incorrect

US dealings with Saddam Hussein during the 1880s correct incorrect

US hostility towards Muslims living in the US correct incorrect

The presence of US forces in the Islamic world correct incorrect

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. What was the primary difference between jihadist fighters trained in Iraq and those trained in Afghanistan in the 1980s?

Insurgents in Iraq were trained primarily in rural warfare correct incorrect

Insurgents in Iraq were trained primarily in urban warfare correct incorrect

Insurgents in Iraq were trained primarily in jungle warfare correct incorrect

Insurgents in Iraq were trained to fight an occupying force correct incorrect

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. What factors make a near-term change in the conduct of the War on Terror by the US unlikely?

The rest of the international community backs the idea correct incorrect

Al Qaeda are fighting a long war correct incorrect

Oil interests make it likely the US will continue its presence in Iraq correct incorrect

Both b and c correct incorrect

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. Why did US forces launch an assault on Fallujah in November 2004?

It was seen by the US as the heart of the Iraqi insurgency correct incorrect

It was believed that Osama Bin Laden was in the city correct incorrect

It was believed that Saddam Hussein was in the city correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is not a direct challenge faced by the al-Qaeda movement?

Killing of Osama Bin Laden by US correct incorrect

Execution of Saddam Hussein correct incorrect

Arab spring correct incorrect

War on terror correct incorrect