How to tell a terrorist from a freedom fighter
How to tell a terrorist from a freedom fighter Tags: Society , terrorism , UN Security Council , World , Commentary Anatoly Kudryavtsev 28.09.2010, 17:00 The UN Security Council returns to the discussion of the "international terrorism" term. So far there is neither a general definition nor a common comprehension of what terrorism and especially international terrorism is. The UN has always had difficulties with this term. During the Cold War, when the world was divided into two camps, every state defined this concept in line with his ideological position and geopolitical interests. In that situation the same persons could be regarded as terrorists in the West and freedom fighters in the Communist camp and vice versa. The end of the Cold War did not bring single-mindedness on this issue. While the US called some people in the Middle East terrorists, they were declared freedom fighters by some developing countries. Dramatic differences in the c...