There is no established terrorism questionnaire.
Additionally, global developments of the past decade have established terrorism as a novel and highly concerning means by which large numbers of people could be exposed to potentially lethal amounts of radiation [ 2].
The order firmly established that terrorism would henceforth be approached on a war footing, endowing the President with enhanced powers.
He is wanted in the United States, where he is accused in connection with a plot to establish a terrorism training camp in Oregon, and is alleged to have had a role in planning a terrorist ambush in Yemen in 1998 in which 16 foreign tourists, some of them Americans, were taken hostage.
Mentioning these three episodes -- the hijacking and the attacks on the Red Fort and the Kashmir assembly -- Mr. Advani said the attack on Parliament "establishes that terrorism in India is the handiwork of Pakistan-based terrorist outfits known to derive their support and sustenance from Pak I.S.I".
Authorities have established no terrorism link, nor any motive.
Abu Hamza, a father of nine and an engineer by training, was convicted of providing material support to al Qaeda; participating in a hostage plot in 1998 in Yemen that lead to the deaths of four Western tourists; conspiring to establish a terrorism training camp in Bly, Oregon; and sending one of his followers to train and fight with al Qaeda in Afghanistan in 2000.
It has had a counter-terrorism coordinator since 2004, implemented a continent-wide arrest warrant that expedites the extradition of terrorism suspects, established a counter-terrorism centre within Europol, and approved passenger name records (PNR) for flights entering and departing the EU.
Until an internationally agreed definition for terrorism is established, the debate over terrorism, by both state and non-state actors and freedom fighting will continue to rage, with scope for each side to prove his right to employ this evil.
Gordon Brown, in his speech on the war in Afghanistan last week served up that old truism: failed states are a seedbed for terrorism and establishing democratic elections are the long-term solution.
