Ummmm...last time I checked, the word "suicide" has nothing to do with terrorism. A suicide bombing is one in which the bomber is killed in the explosion.

Here is an official definition from the encyclopedia:

A suicide attack is an attack in which the attacker (attacker being either an individual or a group) intends to kill others and intends to die in the process of doing so (see suicide).



As far as your definition requiring them to be uniform-wearing members of their country's military, you are basically discounting all types of insurgencies and rebel movements. Are you of the opinion that all types of insurgents and rebels are "terrorists"? After all, none of them wear uniforms.

And define "country". What if you have a situation like a civil war? For example, was the Confederacy considered a "country"? Their military wore uniforms.

In the case of Afghanistan in 2001, the Taliban soldiers wore uniforms while the Northern Alliance (which we backed) did not. Was Afghanistan a "country"? And if so, who were their official military during this war in November-December 2001?

If Al-Queda wore uniforms and attacked only US military targets in Iraq, would you still consider them terrorists?

Was David Ben Gurion's army during Israel's Independence War terrorists? They did not wear uniforms nor were they an army of a country (Israel was not a country at that time and was part of a British colony called Palestine)??

I get the feeling here (and whenever we have such discussions) that you have already decided in your mind who the "terrorists" are and you will change and alter your definition as need be in order to define those specific groups who you think are terrorists while not implicating groups who you think are not terrorists.

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