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What is terrorism? Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia, describes terrorism: "Terrorism is the systematic use of terror, often violent, especially as a means of coercion." See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorism.

The Maine Information and Analysis Center, at http://www.maine.gov/miac/miac_citizen_terrorism.shtml, describes terrorism this way: "There are a variety of definitions for terrorism. In general, it is considered to be the unlawful use, or threatened use, of force or violence against persons, societies, cultures or governments in order to create a desired change. The change sought may be political, religious or social in nature."

Al Jazeera, at http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2013/04/20134179548891867.html, describes terrorism this way: "The most obvious definition is that terrorism is a crime meant to terrorise." Al Jazeera goes on to explain: "The FBI admits there is no 'standard, accepted definition of terrorism', but this is what constitutes terrorism for the FBI because US law defines terrorism as, 'the unlawful use of force and violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian population, or any segment thereof, in furtherance of political or social objectives' (28 CFR Section 0.85)."

The online dictionary at, http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/terrorism, defines terrorism this way: 

ter·ror·ism [ter-uh-riz-uhm]  noun 1.   the use of violence and threats to intimidate or coerce, especially for political purposes. 2.   the state of fear and submission produced by terrorism or terrorization. 3.   a terroristic method of governing or of resisting a government.

You get the picture, right? Search the word "terrorism" at https://startpage.com/. Google terrorism. Try Bing at http://www.bing.com/. The definition results are very similar across multiple websites.

Terrorism:

- causes terror among people;
- is unlawful;
- is often used for political, or
- for religious reasons or purposes.


Have you ever simply been living your life, harming nobody, living peaceably, pursuing your own happiness in your own way, when suddenly law enforcement - the police or SWAT - descended on you out of the blue, and violently interfered with your life? Did they always obey the law and follow due process, considering you weren't doing anything harmful or violent?

Have you ever been stopped at a suspicionless checkpoint while driving, and been intimidated into unlawfully turning over your private information to the so-called authorities making the stop?

Doesn't it seem like Government and law enforcement people are constantly operating outside of their authority while using "anti-terrorism" as the excuse for doing so? At what point do Government and law-enforcement, by using violent, unlawful activity and practices, for political reasons, become the terrorists that they claim they are trying to protect us from?

Consider President Obama. Seems to me that he stated long ago that he was Christian. Google: "Is Obama Christian?"

As our friend, T.L. Winslow, has regularly commented in the Freedom's Phoenix forum, Muslim people are required to conquer non-Muslim people through any methods possible... even lies and deceit. Might President Obama really be an Islamic Fundamentalist masquerading as a Christian? Religious terrorism perpetrated on Americans by Obama?

Isn't it time that we and our attorneys start learning the anti-terrorism laws, and start applying them against Government officials who are causing terrorism in America by breaking their Oaths of Office, and not obeying the Constitution? Yes, it's way past time to start turning the tables on United States Government terrorism, using their own anti-terrorism laws against them.

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