7x Terrorist Strategies
Coercion
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Terrorists attack state
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State capitulates
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Decapitation
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Terrorists destroy or kill a state's top administration
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State collapses
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Indirect Action
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Terrorists attack state
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State becomes repressive
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Population rallies to terrorists
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Outside Intervention
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Terrorists attack state
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State becomes repressive
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Outside power(s) intervene to curb repression
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Demonstrate State Weakness
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Terrorists attack state
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Population 'discovers' state's weakness
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Population rallies to terrorists
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Armed Propaganda
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Terrorists attack dramatic or symbolic targets
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Media pursues the story
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Terrorists diffuse their message via a communiqué or a demand
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Social Control
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Terrorists attack state administrators, collaborators, and civilians who don't accept terrorist
administration
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Civilians forced to accept terrorist administration
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Terrorists mobilize greater resources and intensify struggle
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