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Counterterrorism [r]: Add brief definition or description
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]

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]
Salafism [r]: Add brief definition or description
Takfir [r]: Add brief definition or description

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]

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]
Muslim Brotherhood [r]: Add brief definition or description
Taliban [r]: Extremist political and religious faction that emerged in Afghanistan in the 1990s and has twice seized power in the country. ^[e]

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 ===Counterterrorists and theoreticians===
 {{r|John Abizaid}}
-{{r|David Kilcullen}}
 {{r|Anthony Cordesman}}
 {{r|David McKiernan}}