Terrorism - the definition ( Archived) (108)

Albertaghost: He certainly killed 77 people, blew up a building and a camp for kids and certainly terrified the people that were there at the camp but to my knowledge he didn't seriously intimidate an entire population as he was apprehended by the time the nation had heard the news and, didn't disrupt a function of vital importance as the trains kept moving following his bombing of the government buildings.

He is a cold blooded murderer but no terrorist according to Norwegian definition of it.

Nikogas: this is from this link.


"Breivik himself has insisted he is mentally stable and demanded that the attacks — the most violent in Norway since World War Two — be judged as a political act rather than the work of a deranged mind."

Now I dont know why you are so persistent with this very disturbing thread. It is considered Terrorism, even if someone does not see it that way,,the admitted murderer insists himself that it is Political.
I'm done. You can simply google and find it all over the web. Also the group he is including and the other talk of it being against people immigrating into the country it is one more point that puts it in that category. Why? because it is then against again the Country and also those people of said group.
you are on your own.

Nikogas: Here is what I had looked up a few months back.#1
"Ethnic separatist violence in the 1930s provoked the League of Nations, formed after World War I to encourage world stability and peace, to define terrorism for the first time, as:

All criminal acts directed against a State and intended or calculated to create a state of terror in the minds of particular persons or a group of persons or the general public."

#2 The Department of Defense Dictionary of Military Terms defines terrorism as:

"The calculated use of unlawful violence or threat of unlawful violence to inculcate fear; intended to coerce or to intimidate governments or societies in the pursuit of goals that are generally political, religious, or ideological."

#3 Definition of Terrorism under U.S. Law
""United States Law Code – the law that governs the entire country – contains a definition of terrorism embedded in its requirement that Annual Country reports on Terrorism be submitted by the Secretary of State to Congress every year. (From U.S. Code Title 22, Ch.38, Para. 2656f(d)

(d) Definitions
As used in this section—
(1) the term “international terrorism” means terrorism involving citizens or the territory of more than 1 country;
(2) the term “terrorism” means premeditated, politically motivated violence perpetrated against noncombatant targets by subnational groups or clandestine agents;
(3) the term “terrorist group” means any group, or which has significant subgroups which practice, international terrorism;
(4) the terms “territory” and “territory of the country” mean the land, waters, and airspace of the country; and
(5) the terms “terrorist sanctuary” and “sanctuary” mean an area in the territory of the country—
(A) that is used by a terrorist or terrorist organization—
(i) to carry out terrorist activities, including training, fundraising, financing, and recruitment; or
(ii) as a transit point; and
(B) the government of which expressly consents to, or with knowledge, allows, tolerates, or disregards such use of its territory and is not subject to a determination under—
(i) section 2405(j)(1)(A) of the Appendix to title 50;
(ii) section 2371 (a) of this title; or
(iii) section 2780 (d) of this title.""

#4 FBI Definition of Terrorism
The FBI defines terrorism as:

"The unlawful use of force or violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a Government, the civilian population, or any segment thereof, in furtherance of political or social objectives."I suppose though obvious I will throw in here that these definitions are as labeled and to their respective areas, there are more that pertain to other governments as well...I hope this helps give some clarity.
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pedro27: there was a young lad in my housing estate, going around terrorising people, breaking windows, causing trouble and terror,...its just a word we use when someone is causing terror

pedro27: he also shot at houses with a gun, that was not vandalism, to me he caused terror, he might not be a terroist but he did cause terror to people