- •Contents
- •The armed forces of ukraine
- •Milestones in glorious history of military institute of kyiv national taras shevchenko university
- •Milestones in glorious history of military institute of kyiv national taras shevchenko university
- •Grammar present continuous (I am doing)
- •The armed forces of ukraine
- •Scientific and technical research and development of military institute of kyiv national taras shevchenko university
- •Scientific and technical research and development of military institute of kyiv national taras shevchenko university
- •Grammar present simple (I do)
- •Believe eat flow go grow make rise tell translate
- •I apologise I insist I promise I recommend I suggest
- •The armed forces of ukraine
- •The armed forces of ukraine
- •The armed forces of ukraine
- •Grammar present continuous and present simple (I am doing and I do)
- •The armed forces of ukraine
- •Ministry of defense of ukraine
- •Ministry of defense of ukraine
- •Grammar past simple (I did)
- •Buy catch cost drink fall hurt sell spend teach throw win write
- •The armed forces of ukraine
- •The land forces (lf) of ukraine
- •The land forces (lf): history of creation
- •The branches of the army of the armed forces of ukraine
- •Grammar past continuous (I was doing)
- •The armed forces of ukraine
- •The air forces (af)
- •The air forces (af)
- •Aviation
- •The Air Defence
- •Grammar present perfect (I have done)
- •The armed forces of ukraine
- •The naval forces of the armed forces of ukraine
- •The Naval Forces (nf)
- •Grammar present perfect continuous and simple (I have been doing and I have done)
- •The armed forces of ukraine
- •International cooperation
- •International Cooperation
- •Grammar past perfect (I had done) and past perfect continuous (I had been doing)
- •The armed forces of ukraine
- •Peacekeeping activity
- •Peacekeeping activity
- •Grammar reported speech
- •Armed forces of foreign countries
- •Us armed forces organization
- •Us armed forces organization
- •Grammar general questions
- •Armed forces of foreign countries
- •The land forces (ld) of the usa
- •Organization – Headquarters, Department of the Army
- •Grammar auxiliary (helping) verbs
- •Department of the air force
- •Us air force mission
- •Grammar question tags
- •Us navy
- •The aircraft carrier
- •Grammar who and what questions
- •3D armored cavalry regiment
- •Grammar special questions
- •Laughs parade Horse Cavalryman
- •Visions
- •Armed forces of foreign countries
- •An infantry battalion in the british army
- •An infantry battalion in the british army
- •Grammar
- •Indirect questions
- •Laughs parade Danger for Infantry
- •Gangsterers’ Habits
- •Verbal Orders
- •Armed forces of foreign countries
- •The parachute regiment
- •The parachute regiment
- •Grammar reported questions
- •Laughs parade Quick on the Draw
- •The french foreign legion: past and present
- •Grammar revision: questions
- •Laughs parade Battle Simulation
- •Belly Robber Was Not Guilty
- •History of nato
- •History
- •Grammar passive (is done / was done)
- •Cause damage hold include invite make overtake show translate write
- •Nato - the political dimension
- •Nato - the political dimension
- •Grammar passive (be / been / being done)
- •Carry cause do make repair send spend wake up
- •Political structure
- •Political structure
- •Grammar passive (3)
- •Ask attack give invite keep pay
- •Ask break damage hurt pay steal sting stop use
- •Military structure
- •Military structure
- •Grammar passive (4)
- •The partnership for peace
- •The partnership for peace
- •A menu of practical activities
- •Grammar passive (5)
- •Nato's partnership with ukraine
- •Nato's Partnership with Ukraine
- •Grammar passive (6)
- •Standardisation
- •Standardisation
- •Grammar passive (7)
- •Fundamental security tasks
- •Fundamental Security Tasks
- •Grammar passive (8)
- •Military trivia quiz
- •English is Tough Stuff
- •Peacekeeping
- •United nations peacekeeping operations
- •Un peacekeeping: the first steps
- •Peacekeeping today
- •Grammar: modals can/be able to
- •Grammar: modals must / mustn’t / needn’t
- •Peace support operations: rules of engagement
- •Grammar: modals must and can’t
- •Un police newsletter
- •1. Jealous boyfriend kills Bluegate girl
- •2. Blueport naturist arrested
- •3. Police hero gets medal for bravery
- •Grammar: modals may and might
- •101St helicopter detachment
- •Grammar: modals have to and must
- •Personal equipment
- •Grammar: modals should
- •Peace support operations
- •Grammar: modals would
- •Lessons from an infantry platoon commander
- •Grammar: modals summary
- •Coffee and tea
- •Organization – headquarters, department of the army
- •Department of the air force
- •Us air force mission
- •Us air force levels of command
- •Organization, composition and functions of us navy
- •Functions of us navy
- •Recruiting and training
- •Daily routine
- •General characteristics and role of armor in modern warfare
- •Armor missions
- •Armor capabilities
- •Us artillery general characteristics
- •Us field artillery
- •Corps of engineers
- •Engineer troop units
- •Us signal corps
- •Signal corps units
- •Airborne operations
- •Classification
- •Concept of employment
- •Characteristics of infantry
- •Type road divisions
- •Definition of terrorism
- •Combating terrorism (боротьба з тероризмом)
- •Combating terrorism program
- •Future of terrorism
- •Motivations of terrorism
- •Western europe
- •Eastern europe
- •Middle east
- •What is al-qaeda? (аль-каїда)
- •What major attacks has al-qaeda been responsible for?
- •What is eta?
- •Does eta have ties to al-qaeda?
- •Irregular verbs
- •Bibliography
- •I частина
- •03127, Київ-127, пр-т академіка Глушкова 2, корпус 8
Middle east
The area of conflict which has generated the most significant and ruthless spillover of terrorist violence since 1968 is, of course, the Middle East. This may seem surprising in view of the astonishing breakthrough in negotiations between Israel and the PLO, the agreement on the Declaration of Principles in September 1993, the agreement between Israel and Jordan, and the continuing efforts by Israel and Syria, encouraged by the USA, to resolve the prolonged dispute over the Golan Heights. Nonetheless, if one defines the Middle East as including Algeria and Turkey, both of which have spawned conflicts involving considerable terrorist violence, including some international spillover, this region remains the most dangerous source of terrorist challenges to the wider international community, accounting for over 21% of all international terrorist incidents worldwide in 1992, and over 23% in 1993. Middle East Terrorism
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Answer the questions. |
What state sponsors of terrorism do you know?
What are the main motives of terrorism?
Do you consider terrorism a high-yield weapon? Why?
What do you know about IRA and ETA?
Is it possible to stop violence in Middle East?
2. |
Translate words and word combinations into English |
Принцип, боротьба, невирішений конфлікт, спрощення, диктатура, мотив, високоефективна зброя, процвітаючі країни, самооборона, безпека, жорстокість.
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What is al-qaeda? (аль-каїда)
Al-Qaeda is an international terrorist network led by Osama bin Laden. It seeks to rid Muslim countries of what it sees as the profane influence of the West and replace their governments with fundamentalist Islamic regimes. After al-Qaeda’s September 11, 2001, attacks on America, the United States launched a war in Afghanistan to destroy al-Qaeda’s bases there and overthrow the Taliban, the country’s Muslim fundamentalist rulers who harbored bin Laden and his followers. “Al-Qaeda” is Arabic for “the base.”
Al-Qaeda grew out of the Services Office, a clearinghouse for the international Muslim brigade opposed to the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. In the 1980s, the Services Office—run by bin Laden (killed in 2011) and the Palestinian religious scholar Abdullah Azzam—recruited, trained, and financed thousands of foreign mujahadeen, or holy warriors, from more than fifty countries. Bin Laden wanted these fighters to continue the "holy war" beyond Afghanistan. He formed al-Qaeda around 1988.
According to a 1998 federal indictment, al-Qaeda is administered by a council that "discussed and approved major undertakings, including terrorist operations." At the top is bin Laden. Ayman al-Zawahiri, the head of Egyptian Islamic Jihad, is thought to be bin Laden's top lieutenant and al-Qaeda's ideological adviser. The Jordanian radical Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, who has directed a series of deadly terror attacks in Iraq—including the beheadings of kidnapped foreigner—is also associated with al-Qaeda. Zarqawi pledged his allegiance to bin Laden in October 2004, and bin Laden has praised Zarqawi as "the prince of al Qaeda in Iraq." At least one senior al-Qaeda commander, Muhammad Atef, died in the U.S. air strikes in Afghanistan, and another top lieutenant, Abu Zubaydah, was captured in Pakistan in March 2002. In March 2003, the alleged mastermind of the September 11 attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, and al-Qaeda's treasurer, Mustafa Ahmed al-Hawsawi, were also captured in Pakistan.
There is no single headquarters. From 1991 to 1996, al-Qaeda worked out of Pakistan along the Afghan border, or inside Pakistani cities. Al-Qaeda has autonomous underground cells in some 100 countries, including the United States, officials say. Law enforcement has broken up al-Qaeda cells in the United Kingdom, the United States, Italy, France, Spain, Germany, Albania, Uganda, and elsewhere.
It’s impossible to say precisely, because al-Qaeda is decentralized. Estimates range from several hundred to several thousand members.
al-Qaeda is connected to other terrorist organizations?
Among them:
Egyptian Islamic Jihad
The Libyan Islamic Fighting Group
Islamic Army of Aden (Yemen)
Jama'at al-Tawhid wal Jihad (Iraq)
Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Muhammad (Kashmir)
Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan
These groups share al-Qaeda's Sunni Muslim fundamentalist views. Some terror experts theorize that al-Qaeda, after the loss of its Afghanistan base, may be increasingly reliant on sympathetic affiliates to carry out its agenda. Intelligence officials and terrorism experts also say that al-Qaeda has stepped up its cooperation on logistics and training with Hezbollah, a radical, Iran-backed Lebanese militia drawn from the minority Shiite strain of Islam.