Oleh Khairil Anwar
(Diambil dari Wikipedia bahasa Indonesia.)
Menurut The US by the Code of Federal Regulations, Terorisme adalah “..the unlawful use of force and violance 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 C.F.R. Section 0.85).
Menurut Academic Consensus Definition (1988), Terrorism is an anxiety-inspiring method of repeated violent action, employed by (semi-) clandestine individual, group, or state actors, for idiosyncratic, criminal or political reasons, whereby-in contrast to assassination-the direct targets of attacks are not the main targets. The immediate human victims of violance are generally chosen randomly (target of opportunity) or selectively (representative or symbolic targets) from a target population, and serve as message generators. Threat-and violance-based communication processes between terrorist (organization), (imperiled) victims, and main targets are used to manipulate the main target (audience’s), turning it into a target of terror, a target of demands, or a target of attention, depending on whether intimidation, coercion, or propaganda is primarily sought (Schmid). Tiga unsur definisi diatas yaitu; motif politik, rencana atau niat dan penggunaan kekerasan. (Bersambung…)
