"It's not clear to me why that should be: this is clearly a case of state-sponsored terrorism directed against an American citizen."
During the cold war, the paradigm of "state-sponsored terrorism" was useful, if not entirely correct.
"However, the use of sophisticated bombs like these are more likely to be the work of state-sponsored terrorism than anything else."
"This is a terrible precedent for how to handle state-sponsored terrorism."
Under a 1996 law, victims of state-sponsored terrorism are allowed to seek compensation from the guilty country.
More complicated, the 56-year-old police officer conceded, are cases of state-sponsored terrorism.
However, the United States must do more to really end the threat of state-sponsored terrorism.
His two previous presidential terms, from 1989 to 1997, were scarred by state-sponsored terrorism at home and abroad.
The Tripoli attack became a famous model for aggressive action against state-sponsored terrorism.
It also appears to me that whole subjects have been left out completely - state-sponsored terrorism, for example.