Sentence examples for characterization of terrorists from inspiring English sources

"There are lots of disarmament and nonproliferation agreements that bind states to certain standards of behavior," said John D. Negroponte, the United States ambassador, explaining that the measure would apply to "nonstate actors" -- groups and individuals not tied to states, a diplomatic characterization of terrorists.

But there are also many, many innocent dead people, mostly Muslims, who would likely love to quibble with the characterization of terrorists as incompetent, that is if they weren't already murdered by Al-Qa'eda, of course.

What Mr. Maher actually said was not that different from the comments of his guest that evening, Dinesh D'Souza, a conservative from the American Enterprise Institute, who quarreled with President Bush's characterization of the terrorists as cowards.

The media often quoted Rumsfeld's characterization of North Korea as a "terrorist regime" for its export of nuclear technology, but neither explored his meaning of "terrorist regime," nor contrasted it to the terrorism of al-Qaeda or of Saddam Hussein.

They had been outraged at Mr. Bush's characterization of the two main terrorist groups operating in Kashmir as "stateless," which they saw as a crude pander to Mr. Musharraf.

Education Secretary Rod Paige's characterization of the National Education Association as a "terrorist organization" (news article, Feb. 24) shows how the "war of terrorism" can break out whenever and wherever the administration is confronted with dissent.

Citing eyewitness accounts of Uzbeks who fled to neighboring Kyrgyzstan, the report disputed the government estimate of 187 deaths and its characterization of the victims as armed Islamic terrorists, saying the real number was between 200 and 700 and that most of them were civilian protesters and onlookers.

Scheindlin's skepticism towards the government's case and specifically its characterization of Bout as an anti-American terrorist-enabler —had been often apparent.

Despite giving few details, officials were careful to distinguish the planned shooting from a "terrorist" attack, their characterization of the attack that paralysed Ottawa in October when a troubled man went on a shooting rampage in parliament.

Pakistani officials expressed concern that the slapstick characterization of Mr. bin Laden could draw terrorist strikes in the country, which is already racked by suicide attacks claimed by the Taliban and Al Qaeda.

Vesti's repeated characterization of Assad as the last barrier to terrorist victory is Putin's strongest appeal to his domestic audience, particularly after the terrorist bombing of the Petersburg metro.