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They are NOT terrorists. (5.00 / 1) (#29)
by Guav on Wed May 16, 2007 at 07:56:07 AM EST
I think it's important to note that these are not terrorists and they were not planning a terrorist attack. They were planning--with some coaxing it seems--to shoot soldiers with guns on an army base. That is a military operation (a quite stupid one, of course).

Terrorist attacks are, by definition, attacks against civilians--not combatants or professional soldiers. Unless I'm misunderstanding what the generally accepted definition of terrorism is ...

Guav (1.00 / 0) (#36)
by jimakaPPJ on Wed May 16, 2007 at 08:26:21 AM EST
Actually the word guerrilla:

person who engages in irregular warfare especially as a member of an independent unit carrying out harassment and sabotage

comes to mind.

Historically they were given a tribunal and executed by various means.

Why do you want to split hairs? What is your agenda??

And if they were coaxed, it wasn't as if they were a group of teenagers being driven to a snap decision....

"Come on guys we need some money... let's rob a liquor store..."

Is not what happened.

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