tomatolord
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1st a definition - lifted from wikipedia.org<br />The term terrorism is largely synonymous with "political violence," and refers to a strategy of using coordinated attacks that typically fall within the time, manner of conduct, and place commonly understood as unconventional warfare.<br /><br />"Terrorist attacks" are usually characterized as "indiscriminate," "targeting of civilians," or executed "with disregard for human life." The term "terrorism" is often used to assert that the political violence of an enemy is immoral, wanton, and unjustified. According to the definition of terrorism typically used by states, academics, counter-terrorism experts, and non-governmental organizations, "terrorists" are actors who don't belong to any recognized armed forces, or who don't adhere to their rules, and who are therefore regarded as "rogue actors".<br /><br />The term "terrorism" is often used to assert that the violence of an enemy is random, immoral, wanton, and unjustified and to justify violent reprisals.<br /><br />Because of the above pejorative connotations, those accused of being "terrorists" rarely identify themselves as such, and instead typically use terms that refer to their ideological or ethnic struggle, such as: separatist, freedom fighter, liberator, militant, paramilitary, guerrilla (from Spanish "small war"), rebel, jihadi or mujaheddin (both meaning "struggler"), or fedayeen ("prepared for martyrdom").<br /><br /><br />Here is the UNC article - basically an Iranian ran his car through the a college "pit" a place where students hang out for lunch.<br /><br /> http://www.newsobserver.com/102/story/415421.html <br /><br />In a review of his peers this guy does not stand a chance.<br /><br />However, it does greatly enhance the fact that there are muslims that are out there that are sleepers....<br /><br />At first I was very reluctant to give in to muslim paranoia, but not now. There trust has to be earned IMHO.<br /><br />Tomatolord
