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Anonymous asked in Society & CultureHolidaysRamadan · 10 years ago

Ramadan...What exactly is the difference between "freedom fighters" and "terrorists"?

US used to call Afghan militants freedom fighters when they were fighting against Russia..But when they started war against US in 2001,White House declared them as terrorists !!

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  • ?
    Lv 7
    10 years ago
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    Pleasant Surprise, serious post, posted seriously by ARIF, Thank you Arif and this Q in fact deserved it,

    OBL, see how US media made a Villon out of a Hero,

    Osama Bin Laden was a Hero and a "guest" freedom fighter, When fighting against USSR,

    The same OBL was a Villon when he raised objection on US Air Basis in Saudi Arabia,

    Brother USA is a Country which is officially "interest oriented" NOT "principal oriented",

    So they are bound to adopt Double Standards".

    Edit: "A 14yrs old girl" you know only what media told you, Osama & Al Qaeda NEVER had the capability to do such a sofisticated operation like 911 in the USA, it is absolute senceless.

  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    Flirting is way in which both sexes get intimate.Its not advisable at all as it leads to dangerous situations.In flirting both men and women embrace each other sexually. Sexual harassment is that when a man does not have the womans consent and advances for sexual favors.Mostly it starts with flirting and then leads to something which is obviously disastrous.They are not same but one situation leads to another. I hope now you can differentiate between the two.

  • Anonymous
    10 years ago

    One man's meat is another man's poison.

    To the Russians, back then, they were the Terrorists, and now, they are the Terrorists to both the Russians and the Americans.

    The Point of View is really simple.

    To the Palestinians, the hijackers and murderers were "Freedom Fighters". To the victims and their families, they were Terrorists.

    Depends upon which side you're viewing it from.

    Anyways, all the Muslims keep on and on saying that Afghanistan is being "invaded" for Oil, but, what the heck, there is no Oil in Afghanistan. The Source of their Wealth is from Drugs, which is what the Americans want to destroy.

    .

  • Anonymous
    10 years ago

    All a matter of perspective and point of view, the IRA being a prime example.

    Typical is the US dropping atomic bombs on Japan in 1945 , the victims were civilians [nearly a quarter of a million] and the bombs were dropped to strike terror into the Japanese and pressure the government into surrendering [ Is this terrorism ?

    @ NB , Osama bin-Laden was not a Afghan or Pakistani , he was a Saudi.

    @ Amen , Afghanistan has 1 Trillion USD worth of natural resources according to the CIA

    ADDED , @NB. I agree but you miss my point, as deplorable an act as it was it was bringing an act of war [ re Invasion of Iraq] to the civilian population in exactly the same way as the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki took WWII to the civilian population of Japan.

    It has been part of of warfare to take the battle off the battle field and into the civilian population much noted by the bombing of German cities in WWII.

    [="Oops!"=]

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  • 10 years ago

    Bhagat singh was a freedom fighter in sub continent before partition but was declared terrorist by British colonial rule. He was a freedom fighter for his country men and fought against the interest of British colonial rule, hence was declared a terrorist. :D

  • 10 years ago

    They didn't 'start war' they didn't declare any war but they are in war now, and yes they are fighting for freedom against American Army..

  • Anonymous
    10 years ago

    The terrorist thing is a myth created to keep people in Fear and subjugation.

    CNN reported 90% of Afghans fighting in US have NEVER heard of the twin towers and have no knowledge of the events in 2001.

    Its about OIL. Everyone knows this. Bush and his WHOLE cabinet were ALL executives in the energy industry.

  • Puddy
    Lv 6
    10 years ago

    They were freedom fighters when they provided resistance against the invading Russian army.

    They became terrorists when they provided training and flew planes into buildings containing civilians and then harbored Bin Laden.

    See the difference?

  • Anonymous
    10 years ago

    well that's a good question, the differences are,

    1.freedom fighters don't start war they just defend they're country and peoples against the oppressors.

    2.And if they defended they're selves they won't kill innocent peoples.

    osama killed lots of innocent peoples that day.

    i hope you understood ;D

    Well,@Ooops, i'm sure that osama did the 9/11.

    Source(s): A 14yrs old girl
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