From: J Corbally (icorb@indigo.ie)
Date: Fri Jul 19 2002 - 17:48:40 MDT
>Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2002 22:57:50 -0700
>From: "Kenneth Hurst" <k_hurst18@hotmail.com>
>Subject: Re: As war with Iraq seems to be more on the agenda...
>On Thursday, July 18, 2002 at 2:17 PM, Mike Lorrey wrote:
> > --- Samantha Atkins <samantha@objectent.com> wrote:>
> > > If you take the current US definition for the word
> > > we have
> > > clearly practiced terrorism in Latin and South
> > > America and
> > > trained, funded and aided others in doing so.
> >
> > Uh, no, Samantha, we haven't. You are crapping out
> > your mouth again. Terrorism, as we in the US define
> > it, is attacks by *ununiformed* individuals
> > specifically against completely civilian targets,
> > targets which have not and are not being used to base,
> > aid, or support opposition military or paramilitary
> > forces.
So by this definition, the IRA were/are not terrorists. Standard uniform
is camo green combat fatigues, green cotton sweater with reinforcing
patchwork on shoulders & elbows, combat boots, sam brown belt with holster
and black balaclava. You might include "Tiocfaidh ar la" tattoos as
insignia also, although I'm almost certain the harp is used on one of the
shoulders. Harp is also often present on the buckle of the sam
brown. Most of this is easily available from Army Surplus stores (except
for the Browning and the Armalite, of course :), typically the sell off of
the Irish Republics armed forces and the FCA (reservists).
Except for covert operations, of course. Is there an exemption for covert ops?
James....
>Mike, I don't know what definition you've been using, but my dictionary
>(dictionary.com) defined terrorism as "The unlawful use or threatened use of
>force or violence by a person or an organized group against people or
>property with the intention of intimidating or coercing societies or
>governments, often for ideological or political reasons." Where did you get
>the idea that terrorists have to be uniformed? You later make the
>distinction between terrorism (non-uniformed) and war crimes (uniformed),
>but
>it seems to me that if a government does it, it should still be terrorism.
>You could call it war crimes *too,* but don't call it *not* terrorism.
"If you can't take a little bloody nose, maybe you ought to go back home and
crawl under your bed. It's not safe out here. It's wondrous, with treasures
to satiate desires both subtle and gross. But it's not for the timid."
-Q, Star Trek:TNG episode 'Q Who'
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