Jeroen wrote, quoting Bibi:
>
>> When the British bombed a Gestapo headquarters in 1944,
>> and one of their bombs unintentionally struck a children's
>> hospital that was a tragedy, but it was not terrorism.
>> When Israel fired a missile that killed two Hamas
>> arch-terrorists, and two Palestinians children who were
>> playing nearby were tragically struck down, that is not
>> terrorism.
>
> Yet, if Islamic fundamentalists would fire a missile that
> kills an Israeli government official or some Israeli
> soldiers, and two Israeli civilians who
> just happened to be there also get killed, it *will* be
> considered an act of terrorism.
>
> Whether an act is an act of terrorism is not only defined
> by the nature of the action, but also by who was attacked.
>
I have to agree with Jeroen. Otherwise, we might consider
the attack on the Pentagon - a military target - not an
act of terrorism :-/
Alberto Monteiro
