How do you define terrorism?
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An act or situation brought about to terrorise people....ooooooo
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A terrorist is a person who intimadates others by means of psycological and/or physical means. They want others afraid of them.\n\nFrom the time man began on this planet there were terrorists. You can see a good example of this in school yard bullies.\n\nI am afraid they are not going away and will be around as long as mankind exists.\n\nTerrorists do not always kill or blow themselves up and you can find plenty of them in all countries of the world and in all societies.
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i'm spiritual so i dont condone terrorism..\nbut as to where it came from,historically a lot of times when 1 country cant defend themselves against another by lining up their soldiers in a field somewhere they resort to kill a few here &there by stealthy means\nwe need to remember its not just 1 or 2 or 10 countries who practise it; most of the countries in the world hav done so at one time or another
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Terrorism is buisness. With out the governments and big buisness there would be no terrorism. It works the the favor the governments and big buisness. How does it benifit the supposed guilty parties and little people.... NO WAY WHAT SO EVER! ;) so who is responsible? I think we have heard the work FRAMED used before.
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Definition by US Gov't.:  "Premeditated, politically motivated violence perpetrated against noncombatant targets by subnational or clandestine agents, usually intended to influence an audience."\n\nThis word is used a lot lately in very imprecise ways.  For example, Iraqis who blow up US troops are not terrorists, because the troops are not noncombatants.  To call any government or any person working for any government "terrorist" is a contradiction in terms.  This doesn't mean that they may not be behaving in inappropriate ways, just that people should find something else to call them.\n\nFor example, if it is discovered that the men who carried out the Trade Center attacks were actually working for the government of, say, Iran, (and I am not implying that they were) then they would no longer be called "terrorists."  They would be "enemy combatants."  This is a distinction which is particulary relevant in the current political climate.
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Terrorists have a home\nIf there is a war to be fought - let it be there
191970
Terroristic threatening.
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Terrorist is someone adhering to human-hating ideology who conspires, trains, funds and directly executes achieving political aims with undiscriminated violence, jeopardizing civilians and governmental bodies.
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You clearly don't understand the concept of terrorism, which is to terrorise the masses, not the people who have the CIA protection teams.\nYou are thinking of assassins.
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Well, the translation of Arabic words doesn't communicate the way Arabic does. And, here, yes the meaning might be "terror" but it's not terrorism (or the meaning you are trying to allude). In Encarta dictionary "terror" has these meanings: \n1. intense fear \n2. terrorism \n3. something causing fear. \n\nAnd the situational plot of the hadith was clearly made to the enemies of Islam at that time who continuously worked against Islam, attacked Muhammad, terrorized Muslims & even tried to kill the prophet just because they couldn't accept the truth of Islam. But later, most of the enemies converted to Islam. Muhammad was illegally expelled from his homeland, but later he conquered Mecca. He didn't kill anybody to conquer his homeland. Even when all the hostile enemies were defeated, and Muhammad was asked what to do with those enemies, he just said "they are forgiven". \n\nTo win the war against the aggressive foes, it was necessary to cause them fear. They were scared because they were weak from inside. The hadith above mainly means that.\n\nPlease note that Hadiths are not only quoted in books. They are scrutinized by highly educated scholars according to sitauational plot, time, logic, stress & other subjects. If someone (who never knew arabic) just picks one hadith out of 10,000 & say that Islam is terrorism then won't it be erroneous? I hope you will say "yes".\n\nMay God help people to understand right from wrong.
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the term "Terrorism" should be thought of as a marketing term, a generic term for "bad guys": it's used so that the electorate will believe that a problem is being addressed and solved.  In the eighties, the "free world" confronted communism; today, we confront terrorists.\n\nSo, to answer your question, a complex definition would be confusing, but would explain the actual political and economic issues at hand; a simple definition would encourage the masses to actually read the newspaper and rally behind the US.
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theres virtual, global, local, physical, and psychological terrorism.
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Firstly,I heared alot about terrorism and its connection to Islam. so i think by false that Islam=terrorism. when i chat muslims i found them normal people but i think they know what they want and they trust their God completely.so I think that Terrorism have not any connection with Islam and muslims who kill, burn and explode are only bad people which fill all countries and all religions.
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Terrorism is only terrorism, which ever side you remain. Killings  innocents in World Trade Center, At London Railway stations or in Delhi crowded Markets are always terrorism which ever side you are. F-16  are bombing remote villages because terrorist are hiding there.
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that you are 1/2 right. First part good, second part bad. Being a terrorist happens because of a belief. Terrorists come in all shapes, sizes, colors, nationalities, and religons.
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Instilling fear in people is terrorism, eg. "shock and awe", "all options are on the table".  \n\nAnyone who uses force or the threat of force to coerce others into compliance and obedience is a terrorist.  \n\n"War is terrorism practiced by the rich.  \nTerrorism is war practiced by the poor."\n- unknown\n\n\n.
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terrorism isnt a thought, its an act. and a networked group of people who infiltrate governments and societies for the purpose of destroying other countries who they claim are against Allah.