... must be taken into consideration. Its conduct is usually outside the normal 'rules' of warfare (Gearty, 1991, p.1), and it can be taken to "...essentially mean any method of war which consists in intentionally attacking those who ought not to be attacked."(Teichman, 1986, p.96) Due to the very nature of a terrorist organisation it is often engaged in a struggle against a far superior, military opponent- the state, and fear caused by such indiscriminate attacks is often the most powerful weapon at their disposal. "Indeed the purpose of terrorism is not military victory, it is to terrorize, to change your behaviour if you're the victim by making you afraid of today, afraid of tomorrow and in diverse societies like ours, afraid of each other." (Clinton, 2001) Terrorism may also deploy more of a direct approach to violence through targeting certain individuals and institutions, in order to either obtain resources, remove opponents ...

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