Definition of Terrorism

Perspective: (Progressive)
Link: www.zmag.org
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"As Brian Whitaker notes in the Guardian 'The latest British anti- terrorism law lists 21 international terrorist organisations by name' and that membership of these is illegal in the UK... There are six Islamic groups, four anti-Israel groups, eight separatist groups and three opposition groups. The list includes Hizbullah, which though armed, is a legal political party in Lebanon, with elected members of parliament'. leading him to conclude that a more realistic definition of what we mean by terrorism is 'violence committed by those we disapprove of.' Or as historian Frank Furedi puts it: 'Terrorists become any foreign people you don't like'."
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