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To: Thomas M. who wrote (77015)	2/9/2010 3:03:31 PM
From: TimF	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) of 90947

Accidentally bombing civilians, or dropping bombs on combatants that are mixed in with civilians, isn't terrorism. Terrorism involves targeting civilians. OTOH when you have an organization which has committed terrorist attacks, and is using terrorist tactics against a military target, its not totally unreasonable to call it terrorism. Take the 9/11 attack on the Pentagon. The Pentagon is a military target, containing military personnel and civilian DoD people who are part of the broader military establishment. But it was attacked by a terrorist organization, as part of a broader op that includes actions that where unquestionably terrorism. Also the hijacking of the civilian plane for the attack was itself terrorism, so it doesn't matter what the end target is, it was a terrorist attack. If they had walked up and started shooting at the Pentagon, it might not technically have been a terrorist attack, but it would have still been a dastardly and generally unreasonable attack by a terrorist organization, and one that justified a strong response.

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