How one defines terrorist?

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   According an Israeli columnist in Ha�aretz � �Anyone with us is freedom-fighter. The one against us is a terrorist.�

However, Judge Clementina Forleo of Italy has her own definition:
"The dividing line between guerrilla activity and terrorism is drawn almost unanimously from international doctrine." 

Foreign guerrilla activity, not a crime in an Italian court, instead targets "a foreign occupying army or against a state structure held by the combatants as illegitimate". 

She also warned defining "every violent act" by irregular forces as terrorist risked "comprising people's right to self-determination and independence". 

Her January ruling was seen as a legal defeat for the Italian government which has sent more than 3000 troops to Iraq and has tried, in coordination with the United States, to step up anti-terrorism policing at home. 

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,15048459-23109,00.html

Is the resistance in Palestine or Iraq any different than this?

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	According an Israeli columnist in Ha�aretz � �Anyone with us is freedom-fighter. The one against us is a terrorist.� However, Judge Clementina Forleo of Italy has her own definition: "The dividing line between guerrilla activity and terrorism is drawn almost unanimously from international doctrine." Foreign guerrilla activity, not a crime in an Italian court, instead targets "a foreign occupying army or against a state structure held by the combatants as illegitimate". She also warned defining "every violent act" by irregular forces as terrorist risked "comprising people's right to self-determination and independence". Her January ruling was seen as a legal defeat for the Italian government which has sent more than 3000 troops to Iraq and has tried, in coordination with the United States, to step up anti-terrorism policing at home. http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,15048459-23109,00.html Is the resistance in Palestine or Iraq any different than this?
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