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 ::::I was responding to ObsidianOrder, who argued that ""anyone who deliberately targets civilians is"" a terrorist.  The attack on Waco was a deliberate attack on civilians, as were the other incidents mentioned.  Yhe issue of psychological influence was not in the original statement.  So would you say then that Al Qaeda attacks on the USS Cole or the insurgent attacks on Iraqi police and military are not ""terrorism""? "