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This Act includes a definition of terrorism (see above). [104] Some insurance companies exclude terrorism from general property insurance. An insurance company may include a specific definition of terrorism as part of its policy, for the purpose of excluding at least some loss or damage caused by terrorism.
No definition of terrorism has gained universal agreement. [24] [25] Challenges emerge due to the politically and emotionally charged nature of the term, the double standards used in applying it, [26] and disagreement over the nature of terrorist acts and limits of the right to self-determination.
To "engage in terrorist activity" is defined as committing, inciting to commit or planning and preparing to undertake an act of terrorism. Included in this definition is the gathering of intelligence information on potential terrorist targets, the solicitation of funds for a terrorist organization or the solicitation of others to undertake acts ...
The term "act of terrorism" is defined in the act as: any act certified by the Secretary of the Treasury, in concurrence with the Secretary of Homeland Security and Attorney General, to be an act that is dangerous to human life, property, or infrastructure and to have resulted in damage within the U.S. (or outside the U.S. in the case of a U.S ...
Under current United States law [needs update], outlined in the USA PATRIOT Act, acts of domestic terrorism are those which: "(A) involve acts dangerous to human life that are a violation of the criminal laws of the United States or of any State; (B) appear to be intended – (i) to intimidate or coerce a civilian population; (ii) to influence ...
The verdict marked the first time an incel-related incident was found to be an act of terror, Crown prosecutor Lisa Mathews was quoted as saying by CTV News in June.
Terrorist attacks took thousands of lives in 2016 from suicide bombings in Iraq and Syria to the violence in Europe and the mass shooting in Florida.
President Joe Biden branded the hostage-taking a terrorist incident and UK police are working with authorities in the US on the investigation. Manchester teens held after after 'act of terror' in ...