The rest, as they say, is history. Today, if you re lucky enough to visit Sarajevo, the Yugoslav city where the Archduke was killed, you might be surprised by what you would find. Or you can visit the commemorative display in the local museum honouring Princip as a freedom fighter in the battle against the expansionist Austro-Hungarian Empire. In fact the parallels are as striking as they are disturbing. Above all it emphasizes that there is no consensus on how to define political terrorism.
Terrorists seem to pop up at every turn.
South Africa denounces ANC terrorists and bombs their alleged bases in neighbouring Zambia, Zimbabwe and Botswana. Arab terrorists leave a bloody trail through Europe, machine-gunning airports and hijacking planes. Sikh nationalists are suspected of blowing up an Air India jet over Ireland. Nicaragua tries to rouse world opinion against American-backed contras whom President Reagan calls the moral equivalent of the founding fathers. In Northern Ireland the IRA continues an endless round of murders.