Original sentence: Many definitions also include only acts of unlawful violence and acts of war.Most definitions of terrorism include only those acts which are intended to create fear (terror), are perpetrated for an ideological goal (as opposed to a lone attack), and deliberately target or disregard the safety of non-combatants (civilians).Terrorism, in the modern sense, is violence against civilians to achieve political or ideological objectives by creating fear
Edited sentence: Governments, and conservative media, characterize as "terrorism" such actions by any insurgent group, even if the armed actions of such groups are directed solely at the military and "security forces" of the state.However, states normally describe as "terrorism" any armed actions, any actions using force, carried out by groupings in opposition to state policy.It has been claimed that most definitions of terrorism include only those acts which are intended to create fear (terror), are perpetrated for an ideological goal (as opposed to a lone attack), and deliberately target or disregard the safety of non-combatants (civilians).It may also be asserted that there is a global intellectual consensus in favour of motherhood and apple pie.The word "Terrorism" is – in recent times – generally used to characterize the methods or actions of guerilla or insurgent groups who resort to armed action (or "the use of force") in pursuit of their objectives.They may not, however, so characterize the actions of such groups where these are directed at the government or policies of another state, even where such groups target non-combatants.This is analogous to saying that there is an intellectual consensus globally that one should do good things and that one should not do bad things, but there is unfortunately little agreement as to what things are good and what things are bad.Whether they describe such groups as "terrorist" will depend on their attitude to, or relationship with, the other state