Terrorist

A terrorist is someone who employes violence in the fight for a belief, whether it be political, social or religious. Terrorists are weaker in number and arms than the police or military force that they fight against, so they use subterfuge and target "soft" targets such as civilians. Their goal is to destabilize the ruling government and bring about a revolutionary change in the pollitical system. Terrorists cannot survive without help from the local population. As Che Geuvara suggested, the local population is the "sea" in which the terrorist "fish" swim. If one agrees with the goal of a terrorist organization, one deems them "freedom fighters" or "freedom lovers in support of regime change."