a British law made in 1989 which gives the army, police, and government more powers to deal with TERRORIST s, such as being able to keep someone in prison for 7 days without charging them with a crime
the name given to the actions and other measures taken by the US, Britain, and other countries to destroy international TERRORIST groups, especially al-Qaeda after the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11th, 2001. The actions taken include the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
or the threat of violence the calculated use of violence against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear