damn, I am looking up various shit at the state department and you guys hit me with 5 or 6 more.....lolol...
anyway... I am going to eat dinner and then I will address more stuff.. But the OFFICIAL definition of terrorism prior to 9/11 was:
from:
http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/pgtrpt/2000/2419.htm
Patterns of Global terrorism - 2000
No one definition of terrorism has gained universal acceptance. For the purposes of this report, however, we have chosen the definition of terrorism contained in Title 22 of the United States Code, Section 2656f(d). That statute contains the following definitions:
The term "terrorism" means premeditated, politically motivated violence perpetrated against noncombatant/*/ targets by subnational groups or clandestine agents, usually intended to influence an audience.
The term "international terrorism" means terrorism involving citizens or the territory of more than one country.
The term "terrorist group" means any group practicing, or that has significant subgroups that practice, international terrorism.
The US Government has employed this definition of terrorism for statistical and analytical purposes since 1983.
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so perhaps I spoke too loosely when I stated:
"Their definition of terrorism requires the terrorists to strike outside of their particular country...
So, therefore, by their rationale, Arafat is not a terrorist because the PLO does not operate outside the boundaries of Israel-Palestine.... "
and should have stated that the PLO and Arafat as their leader are not a Terrorist Group by their definition..... Because using the definition prior to 9/11 a terrorist group had to practice international terrorism.
I am being called to dinner and if you ever want to see a terrorist, watch my Jen when dinner is ready and I don't come...
I will bring in the current definition at that point....
But waiting for fucking pdfs to load is a pain in the ass and most of this stuff is located in pdfs....
Last edited by sarettah at Sep 15 2003, 09:00 PM