Re:Power substations vandalized in Washington state
by rolph on Monday December 26, 2022 @01:59PM
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usually with terrorism there is an claim of responsibility, and an expression of aggrieviation. to my knowledge, no public display of responsible whos, and whys, have occured
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Re:Power substations vandalized in Washington state
by CharlesW on Monday December 26, 2022 @02:23PM
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> usually with terrorism there is an claim of responsibility
"In the past two decades, fewer than half of all terrorist attacks have been either claimed by their perpetrators or convincingly attributed by governments to specific terrorist groups."
https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2019/02/01/why-do-t... (http://archive.today/mL4OE)
Re:Power substations vandalized in Washington state
by rolph on Monday December 26, 2022 @03:07PM
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these are not always public, and are often not passed on to public when direct contact to actual is made.
Re:Power substations vandalized in Washington state
by CharlesW on Monday December 26, 2022 @07:11PM
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> also the definition of terroism has been applied with a broader brush over the recent years [perhaps 10 years?]
What's your source for this? Events classified as "terrorist incidents" per year in the U.S. regularly exceeded 100 in the 1970s, but haven't exceeded 65 in 10 years ending 2017.¹
¹ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorism_in_the_United_States