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2007-06-24 15:39:47 · 8 answers · asked by Don Atanacio 4 in Politics & Government Military

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Terrorism is a form of civil and urban warfare where civilian populations are being threatened by zealous, stateless people with weapons.

2007-06-24 15:43:50 · answer #1 · answered by krollohare2 7 · 0 1

Its an outlawed form of war. Specifically targeting civilians is against the Geneva conventions. So is concealing your weapons, dressing as a civilian, and beheading prisoners of war.

2007-06-24 15:57:23 · answer #2 · answered by Roadkill 6 · 0 0

No, it is called terrorism, or might be call ed insurgency( the aggressor is out of country, crosses a boarder to attack, then returns back to their origination point)
Conventional war is determined by the type of military weapons the nations have to fight a battle with.
guns/bullets/bombs, clubs/arrows/knives, nuclear weapons of varying levels.
Generally, the latter is avoided at all cost, if possible.

2007-06-24 15:49:36 · answer #3 · answered by bluebird 5 · 0 0

War is a prolonged state of violent, large-scale conflict involving two or more groups of people.

It is a form of un-conventional warfare. Correct.

Lying is a form of free speech. It is still, usually, contemptible.

So is terrorism.

2007-06-24 15:46:52 · answer #4 · answered by mckenziecalhoun 7 · 0 1

Absolutely! The goal is to cause people to destabilize the government, send the message to the local populace of " See, we can do anything to you, anytime and your police, government, etc. is powerless." The Viet Cong worked this angle in Vietnam by terrorizing/killing villages where American troops helped. Insurgents, freedom fighters, rebels, whatever, they are all terrorists.

2007-06-24 15:49:58 · answer #5 · answered by nomad74 3 · 0 0

NO... terrorism is a criminal act - defined as the unlawful killing of innocent civilians, unlawful attacks against government and military installations and the unlawful disruption of commerce and industry for the purposes of instilling fear in the local population with an aim to achieving a particular political goal.

Unconventional warfare on the other hand is any offensive or defensive action with the following objectives:

"Unconventional warfare seeks to instill a belief that peace and security are not possible without compromise or concession. Objectives include inducement of weariness, curtailment of civilian standards of living and civil liberties associated with greater security demands, economic hardship linked to the costs of war; hopelessness to defend against assaults, fear, depression, and disintegration of morale. The ultimate goal of this type of warfare is to motivate an enemy to stop attacking or resisting even if it has the ability to continue. Failing this, a secondary objective can be to emasculate the enemy before a conventional invasion."

Methods used include:
"Limited conventional warfare tactics can be used unconventionally to demonstrate might and power, rather than to substantially reduce the enemy's ability to fight. In addition to the coercive use of traditional weapons, armaments that primarily target civilians can be used: atomic weapons, urban incendiary devices, white phosphorus or other such weapons. Special forces, inserted behind an enemy's front line, can be used unconventionally to spread subversion and propaganda, to aid native resistance fighters, and to ultimately build environments of fear and confusion. Tactics of destroying non-military infrastructure and blockading civilian staples are used to decrease the morale of civilians and, when applicable, also the soldiers in the field through concern for their families."

Unconventional warfare is thus defined by the US Government as:
"UW is one of the nine core missions of U.S. Army Special Forces. The United States Department of Defense defines UW as a broad spectrum of military and paramilitary operations, normally of short duration, predominantly conducted by indigenous or surrogate forces who are organized, trained, equipped, supported, and directed in varying degrees by an external source. It includes guerrilla warfare and other direct offensive, low visibility, covert, or clandestine operations, as well as the indirect activities of subversion, sabotage, intelligence activities, and evasion and escape."

2007-06-24 16:11:04 · answer #6 · answered by Greywolf 3 · 0 0

yes it is a meathod of insurgency, a criminal act, not a state or culture

2007-06-24 15:43:26 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0 1

it is the form of cowardice murder....by punkedy *** boys

2007-06-24 15:49:05 · answer #8 · answered by jstrmbill 3 · 1 0

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