Liberation struggle or terrorism? The politics of naming the LTTE

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The politics of naming between the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the Sri Lankan state, which is one of the longest-running and most intractable conflicts in the world, is examined. The contradictions between prevailing international attitudes to terrorism and the conduct of key international actors with regard to the protagonists to terrorism and the conduct of key international actors with regard to the protagonists in Sri Lanka is described.

Sri Lanka, Liberian foreign relations, Liberian history

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Know thy enemy: Hizbullah, 'terrorism' and the politics of perception

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The labeling of Hizbullah, as a terrorist and its identification as a 'lebanonised' political force that is about to make its conversion into an unarmed political party are misleading and incapable of grasping the organization's complexities. On a contrary, both 'terrorist' and 'lebanonised' labels produce a quality of knowledge inferior to that produced by Hizbullah's own conceptualization of its enemies.

Israel, Political aspects, Hezbollah

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Al-Qaeda-terrorists, hypocrites, fundamentalists? The view from within

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An investigation on the ideology of Al-Qaeda with reference to his intellectual leadership, its sociopolitical context and the nature of its recruits is presented. The message provided by Al-Qaeda inspires its followers to commit violent acts of destruction while being fully convinced that they are fulfilling the ordained will of Allah.

Al-Qaeda

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