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Politics : Foreign Policy Discussion Thread -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: DayTraderKidd who wrote (7771)12/18/2006 10:23:09 AM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 15987
 
There referred to as insurgents because they oppose the government of the country with armed force. In this case the elected government of their country, but it doesn't have to be elected, you can label people opposing a dictatorship "insurgents".

They are called terrorists because they target civilians.