It's a highly emotive term, often used in Propaganda, but at face value it would mean a state using undue, gratuitous and indiscriminate force against its own citizens or foreigners, as a weapon of state policy.
State sponsored terrorism is terrorism that is done by a peoples own government towards its own people. Oftentimes, state sponsored terrorism is done in the name of International terrorism.
State Terrorism, Cyber Terrorism, Eco Terrorism, Bio Terrorism
State-Sponsored Terrorism. Some also say Government-Sponsored Terrorism.
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State terrorism
Laura Westra has written: 'Ecoviolence and the Law' 'Faces of state terrorism' -- subject(s): Terrorism, Political aspects, Economic aspects, State-sponsored terrorism 'An environmental proposal for ethics' -- subject(s): Ecological integrity, Environmental ethics 'Human rights' 'Environmental justice and the rights of ecological refugees' -- subject(s): Legal status, laws, Human rights, Refugees, Environmental refugees, Environmental justice 'Faces of state terrorism' -- subject(s): Terrorism, Political aspects, Economic aspects, State-sponsored terrorism
Yes, we can https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/designate-russia-state-sponsor-terrorism/XMjbTltM
Terrorism works by using violence or the threat of violence to attain goals that are political, religious, or ideological in state.
Domestic terrorism, International terrorism, State-sponsored terrorism, Narco-terrorism, Biological terrorism, at Cyberterrorism -source: Kasaysayan ng Daigdig: batayang Aklat sa Araling panlipunan Ikatlong taon
You might want to look at the American Department of State's "Country Reports on Terrorism 2007", from their website.
Terrorism against a country or group of people that is funded by a national government in some way.
National Terrorism Strike Force