Title: 
Headings: Various Definitions of Terrorism
Various
 
Definitions
 
of
 
Terrorism
 

Controversy
 
in
 
Defining
 
Terrorism
 

United
 
Nations
 

UN
 
Security
 
Council
 
Resolution
 
1566
 
(2004)
 
gives
 
a
 
definition:
 

European
 
Union
 

United
 
Kingdom
 

United
 
States
 

State
 
Terrorism
 


Content: The
 
calculated
 
use
 
of
 
unlawful
 
violence
 
or
 
threat
 
of
 
unlawful
 
violence
 
to
 
inculcate
 
fear; intended
 
to
 
coerce
 
or
 
to
 
intimidate
 
governments
 
or
 
societies
 
in
 
the
 
pursuit
 
of
 
goals
 
that
 
are
 
generally
 
political,
 
religious,
 
or
 
ideological. State
 
Terrorism
 
State
 
terrorism
 
has
 
been
 
defined
 
as
 
acts
 
of
 
terrorism
 
conducted
 
by
 
governments
 
or
 
terrorism
 
carried
 
out
 
directly
 
by,
 
or
 
encouraged
 
and
 
funded
 
by,
 
an
 
established
 
government
 
of
 
a
 
state
 
(country)
 
or
 
terrorism
 
practiced
 
by
 
a
 
government
 
against
 
its
 
own
 
people
 
or
 
in
 
support
 
of
 
international
 
terrorism. “State
 
terrorism”
 
is
 
as
 
controversial
 
a
 
concept
 
as
 
that
 
of
 
terrorism
 
itself. Terrorism
 
is
 
often,
 
though
 
not
 
always,
 
defined
 
in
 
terms
 
of
 
four
 
characteristics: (1)
 
the
 
threat
 
or
 
use
 
of
 
violence; (2)
 
a
 
political
 
objective; the
 
desire
 
to
 
change
 
the
 
status
 
quo; (3)
 
the
 
intention
 
to
 
spread
 
fear
 
by
 
committing
 
spectacular
 
public
 
acts; (4)
 
the
 
intentional
 
targeting
 
of
 
civilians.