Hi. Terrorism professor here. If you're wondering why I haven't commented on today's attempted bombings, it's because we don't know enough yet. The only thing I can say with confidence is some of you speculating and accusing are crawling out onto limbs that'll get sawed off soon.
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Enough public info now for early analysis of the attempted bombings. THREAD--Will update as more info becomes public. First, this fits the definition of terrorism: Non-combatant targets, violent (at least one device confirmed active), almost certainly political. 1/x
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Terrorism, by definition, is political. By contrast, criminal violence is for personal reasons. Violence by drug traffickers trying to make money, angry person seeking revenge, etc. aren't terrorism. 2/x
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As a side question: cartel atrocities, Escobar’s various acts, arguably some Russian mob activity and the
#Khashoggi murder all are terror attacks that have both “business” and political aspects. Would you place that sort of action as distinct from “pure” terrorism?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
Tough to classify. But "are they terrorists?" is different than "was that terrorism?" Escobar is one of the hardest to classify. Some of his actions are clearly for profit and some more political. But blowing up a plane he thought Gaviria was on meets definition of terrorism.
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