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World > Perspectives on Terrorism > PART 2: You decide

You Decide
Terrorism: Recklessness toward noncombatants to achieve political ends.
Change your definition

Case 1:
Powerful state-sponsored troops ravage insurgent resources to hasten the end of civil war. They burn their way through a swath of rebel territory, sparing only civilians and their homes.

Do you consider this case to be terrorism?

Case 2:
A loosely knit group of rebels band together to vandalize corporate goods in an effort to protest tax policy.

Do you consider this case to be terrorism?

Case 3:
A group fighting a "war of liberation" against a government it deems oppressive bombs a hotel used as a military installation. The group calls ahead, warning of the attack, but the blast still claims scores of victims, some civilians.

Do you consider this case to be terrorism?

Case 4:
Marxist group takes foreign embassy hostage, demanding release of political prisoners. No hostages are harmed.

Do you consider this case to be terrorism?

Case 5:
Band of political rebels, aiming to overthrow a government they claim is oppressive, assassinate the head of state.

Do you consider this case to be terrorism?

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