On Tue, Oct 19, 2004 at 04:21:03PM -0700, Russ Johnson wrote: > In another useful attempt to produce a definition, Paul Pillar, a former > deputy chief of the CIA's Counterterrorist Center, argues that there are > four key elements of terrorism: > > 1. It is premeditated?planned in advance, rather than an impulsive > act of rage. > 2. It is political?not criminal, like the violence that groups such > as the mafia use to get money, but designed to change the existing > political order. > 3. It is aimed at civilians?not at military targets or combat-ready > troops. > 4. It is carried out by subnational groups?not by the army of a country. > > So... by this definition, the US Army can't commit acts of terrorism.
by this definition, _any_ group not affiliated with a government doing _anything_ to "change the existing political order" is a terrorist. -- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
