We could say that in war sometimes the tactic of terrorizing the civilian population or governmental authorities is used. See [[Shock and awe]] which is, I guess, intended to terrorize military forces. It would seem by this operational definition that the 911 attack had that intent, at least the Trade Center Towers portion with respect to the American population. One can say further that the purpose was partially effected with some small part of the population now willing to give the terrorists free rein.
Fred
From: Gareth Owen wiki@gwowen.freeserve.co.uk Reply-To: English Wikipedia wikien-l@Wikipedia.org Date: 13 Feb 2004 10:45:14 +0000 To: wikien-l@wikipedia.org Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Re: The integrity of Wikipedia
Rick giantsrick13@yahoo.com writes:
Calling the people who killed over 3000 innocent people "militants", and refusing to allow them to be labeled as "terrorists"
So terrorism = "taking thousands of innocent lives"
What about the pilot of the Enola Gay? or the RAF bombers who levelled Dresden.
Should we call them terrorists, too?
Gareth Owen
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