04-09-2004, 03:07 PM
Eddie,
Nice research.
What are your sources?
I don't know about the exactitude of the numbers, but I believe those you list could be correct.
Just one thing: call those groups "terrorist movements" is not PC nowadays ;)
Long before the 1974 "coup d'état" in Portugal, they were already referred as "freedom fighters" or "liberation movements" by many countries and organisations, including the US and the UN.
After 1974 that is the terminology we also use in Portugal :)
As you know in politics nothing is eternal, and what was "wrong" yesterday may easily become "correct" today. Just as an example, the MPLA (a former Marxist group supported by the USSR for many years) is currently the Party in power in Angola, and it has the support of the USA... On the other hand, UNITA (for many years supported by China, Portugal - before 1974, as they helped to fight the MPLA - and the USA) became a "terrorist" group according to the recent US terminology...
Just facts, no comments... :rolleyes:
Best,
Dolf
Nice research.
What are your sources?
I don't know about the exactitude of the numbers, but I believe those you list could be correct.
Just one thing: call those groups "terrorist movements" is not PC nowadays ;)
Long before the 1974 "coup d'état" in Portugal, they were already referred as "freedom fighters" or "liberation movements" by many countries and organisations, including the US and the UN.
After 1974 that is the terminology we also use in Portugal :)
As you know in politics nothing is eternal, and what was "wrong" yesterday may easily become "correct" today. Just as an example, the MPLA (a former Marxist group supported by the USSR for many years) is currently the Party in power in Angola, and it has the support of the USA... On the other hand, UNITA (for many years supported by China, Portugal - before 1974, as they helped to fight the MPLA - and the USA) became a "terrorist" group according to the recent US terminology...
Just facts, no comments... :rolleyes:
Best,
Dolf
