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This work examines recent examples of ethnic separatist and religious terrorist campaigns with special emphasis on PKK and al Qaeda. The relevance of the state in terrorism and counter-terrorism, limitations of military force in counter-terrorism, and the relevance of political objective in terrorism and counter-terrorism is discussed.