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From: mroddy@enmasse.UUCP (Mark Roddy)
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Subject: Terrorism Inc.
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Date: Wed, 9-Oct-85 12:27:26 EDT
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> Is there such a big difference between
> actions by a government that lead to civilian casualties, and actions
> by terrorists (who, being fewer in number and probably low on resources,
> certainly lower than a government) choose to pick on smaller numbers of
> people (eg. a car bomb versus overthrowing a government)? 

It may not be much of a difference, but I would define terrorism as warfare
directed at civilian targets, different from the incidental civilian 
casualties that result from warfare directed at military targets. By this
definition the Israeli action against PLO headquarters in Tunis was not
terrorism, the murder of the Israeli tourists in Cypress was. 

(Also Hiroshima, Dresden, the bombing of London
etc. were all terrorism. The car bombing of the U.S. marine base in 
Lebanon was a military action, the Israeli bombing of Beirut was terrorism.)

Have I offended everybody?
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						Mark Roddy
						Net working,
						Just reading the news.

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