What is Terrorism?

Definitions of Terrorism:

Terrorism: Any act including, but not limited to, the use of force or violence and/or threat thereof of any person or group(s) of persons whether acting alone or on behalf of, or in connection with, any organisation(s) or government(s) committed for political, religions, ideological or similar purposes, including the intention to influence any government and/or to put the public or any section of the public in fear.

Terrorism: Acts of murder and destruction deliberately directed against civilians or military in non-military situations.

Terrorism: As defined by the FBI, "the unlawful use of force against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian population or any segment thereof, in the furtherance of political or social objectives". This definition includes three elements: (1) Terrorist activities are illegal and involve the use of force. (2) The actions are intended to intimidate or coerce. (3) The actions are committed in support of political or social objectives. (FEMA-SS)


Terrorism: Use of violence to achieve political ends. Many would restrict the definition to include only those acts committed by non-government groups, but state Terrorism is also a major factor in the social world.


Terrorism: The unlawful use or threatened use of force or violence by a person or an organized group against people or property with the intention of intimidating or coercing societies or governments, often for ideological or political reasons.

Terrorism: The calculated use of violence (or threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimindation or coercion or instilling fear


Terrorist: One who governs by Terrorism or intimidation; specifically, an agent or partisan of the revolutionary tribunal during the Reign of Terror in France. --Burke.

Terrorist: characteristic of someone who employs Terrorism (especially as a political weapon); "terrorist activity"; "terrorist state"

Terrorist: a radical who employs terror as a political weapon; usually organizes with other terrorists in small cells; often uses religion as a cover for terrorist activities






Definitions of Terrorism on the Web:

As defined by the FBI, "the unlawful use of force against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian population or any segment thereof, in the furtherance of political or social objectives". This definition includes three elements: (1) Terrorist activities are illegal and involve the use of force. (2) The actions are intended to intimidate or coerce. (3) The actions are committed in support of political or social objectives. (FEMA-SS)
www.mema.domestic-preparedness.net/glossary.html


(From Latin terror: "to frighten.") The sustained clandestine use of violence for a political purpose.
august1.com/pubs/dict/t.htm


use of terror, especially the systematic use of terror by the government or other authority against particular persons or groups; a method of opposing a government internally or externally through the use of terror
www.imuna.org/manual/app_a.html


Any act including, but not limited to, the use of force or violence and/or threat thereof of any person or group(s) of persons whether acting alone or on behalf of, or in connection with, any organisation(s) or government(s) committed for political, religions, ideological or similar purposes, including the intention to influence any government and/or to put the public or any section of the public in fear.
www.ecis.org/finance/paisdefin.htm


to use force and threats to frighten governments etc.
library.thinkquest.org/CR0212088/terglos.htm


Acts of murder and destruction deliberately directed against civilians or military in non-military situations.
www.jajz-ed.org.il/hasbara/glossary.html


employing acts or threats of violence. Terrorism is often used today as a political weapon to bring attention to a group’s goals or to gain those goals.
web.isp.cz/jcrane/Glossary.html


terrorize terrorist 恐怖行動
www.geocities.com/tzungying0217/glossary-down-law.htm


Use of violence to achieve political ends. Many would restrict the definition to include only those acts committed by non-government groups, but state terrorism is also a major factor in the social world.
www.jdar.org/dico/dico/T.htm


n. The use of force and threats to frighten people into obeying completely.
www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Trails/1018/cwgloss.html


JP 1-02
www.adtdl.army.mil/cgi-bin/atdl.dll/fm/3-0/gloss.htm


shall also include any act, which is verified or recognized by the (relevant) government as an act of terrorism.
www.sa-tourmed.com/content/details/definitions.asp


Any act of violence by the Palestinians.
www.arabia.com/news/article/english/0,11827,43838,00.html


(n.) Any act of resistance by the Palestinians
www.iap.org/mediadefinitions.htm


the calculated use of violence (or threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimindation or coercion or instilling fear
www.cogsci.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/webwn
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