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  • So let’s look at these requirements:

    • violence: not really. Vandalism and destruction of equipment aren’t violence, to my knowledge PA has not harmed or attacked anyone.

    • non combatants: they targeted weapon shipments and military equipment. While I suppose you could argue the UK military aren’t combatants as they aren’t part of the war directly, but honestly that point is entirely moot given that they didn’t target people.

    • political and ideological aims: sure, they are a political activist organization. Obviously that alone doesn’t make them terrorists.

    So, even by what Wikipedia defines as the “broadest” definition, not terrorists.

    I mean, at an absolute minimum, terrorism requires violence against people, which they did not do. They targeted planes and other military equipment. That’s not terrorism no matter how much damage they caused.