I for one (and I'm sure there will be others who agree with me) cannot accept the fact that terrorism has got something to do with civilians alone. If we start defining and accepting terrorism to be so, it would become an escape route for justifying mindless violence against the state, if not against civilians. To me, terrorism is mindless violence, be it against the state or its leaders, the army or whatever. It's nothing but a proxy war. And how can such a thing be justified. Although Mr. Musharraf is still wishy washy on terrorism, I think his language this time around has toned down considerably. Let's hope a peaceful resolution to the conflict does happen.
