Terrorism
The Task Force defines terrorism as "a tactic or technique by means of which a violent act or the threat thereof is used for the prime purpose of creating overwhelming fear for coercive purposes". It classified disorders and terrorism into six categories:
Definitions of terrorism
The European Union defines terrorism for legal/official purposes in Art. 1 of the "Framework Decision on Combating Terrorism" (2002). This provides that terrorist offences are certain criminal offences set out in a list consisting largely of serious offences against persons and property that;
NATO defines terrorism in the AAP-06 NATO Glossary of Terms and Definitions, Edition 2014 as "The unlawful use or threatened use of force or violence against individuals or property in an attempt to coerce or intimidate governments or societies to achieve political, religious or ideological objectives".