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A terrorist is one who fights for the purpose of inflicting damage and sorrow on one community without actually caring for his own community. As such he doesnt care if people from his community are hurt in the process.
A freedom fighter, on the other hand, is one who fights a community so that his own community benefits. he cares deeply for his community and will prevent it getting hurt.
No argument over the general idea of "fighting a community so his own community benefits", though the "benefit of the community" can become subject to relativistic distortions. The Taliban probably believe that their way of life is the "perfect way" and one that would provide the maximum "benefits" to their community.
Many groups fighting in palestine fight from in between civillian areas. this shows that they dont care for their people, but are fighting just to hurt the israelis. that would definitely fall under the category of terrorism.
you call it indian occupation. but in 1948, kashmir acceded to Indian rule and thus joined the indian union. so in reality indian troops are not occupying any land that doesnt belong to india.
The groups fighting the IDF from within the PT have no choice really. Going back to Bhagat Singh, if you were to cast the Israelis into British shoes, the damage inflicted on the civilian population in India would have been comparable. Bhagat Singh's fight, as Asim pointed out, was not that different from today's Palestinians or Kashmiris, the weaponry has changed though, resulting in much higher collateral damage.
The "accession" to India was not done by the "community of Kahmir" but by one individual. it could be argued that since the "community" was never consulted, the freedom movement is a manifestation of that communities desire to have its voice heard and its "benefits" taken into account.
No. Mushraff himself has linked the Mumbai blasts to th kashmir issue. So your argumen of Bhagat Singh = kashmiri Terrorists is wrong. Bhagat singh nor any Indian freedom fighter had taken civilian lives intentionally.
what about LeT blowing up bombs in indian cities?
and about bhagat singh, he never got civillians hurt on his account. the kashmiri terrorists always fight from civilian areas, resulting in civilians getting hurt in the crossfire.
If the LeT is setting off bombs in civilian areas, then they are terrorists. But LeT is not the entire Kashmir Freedom Movement. There are many others who do not participate in the deliberate killing of civilians.
Musharaf has linked the blasts to the Kashmir issue, as have the Arabs the suicide bombs to Palestinian oppression. These groups use the occupation to validate their violence, and if that "excuse" is taken away that violence might cease. That is all that Musharaf meant - not that the majority of the freedom movement is killing civilians, which it isn't.
Groups like the LeT are liability to the Kashmir cause.