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The Cuban dictatorship has carried out acts of state terrorism against Cuban nationals, including killing 37 men, women and children on July 13, 1994.
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John Suarez, Sun Sentinel, 2 June 2024
Federal prosecutors are seeking the death penalty against Gendron, who already is serving a life sentence after pleading guilty last year to New York state terrorism and murder charges.
—Celina Tebor, CNN, 3 Mar. 2024
Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal tackle a tricky balancing act in their new feature, celebrating the intoxicating lilt of the bossa nova and also investigating the devastating brutality of state terrorism.
—Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Sep. 2023
Separately, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced that Paul Bellar, Shawn Fix, Eric Molitor, Michael Null, William Null, Pete Musico and Joseph Morrison — all known to be members or associates of a militia group — were arrested on state terrorism charges.
—Alexis Jones, Peoplemag, 18 Sep. 2023
Many books on the left—think of Naomi Klein’s The Shock Doctrine, for example—have linked Pinochet’s state terrorism to his Friedmanite libertarian economic program.
—Patrick Iber, The New Republic, 15 May 2023
In October, Ethan Crumbley retreated from plans to pursue an insanity defense and instead pleaded guilty to two dozen charges, which include first-degree murder and the highly unusual state terrorism charge.
—Kim Bellware, Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2023
According to Rick Santorum, the erstwhile Republican candidate for president and a current standard-bearer of American conservatism, the godlessness of 1789 inevitably led to state terrorism.
—Patrice Higonnet, Foreign Affairs, 1 July 2012
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John Suarez, Sun Sentinel, 2 June 2024
Federal prosecutors are seeking the death penalty against Gendron, who already is serving a life sentence after pleading guilty last year to New York state terrorism and murder charges.
—Celina Tebor, CNN, 3 Mar. 2024
Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal tackle a tricky balancing act in their new feature, celebrating the intoxicating lilt of the bossa nova and also investigating the devastating brutality of state terrorism.
—Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Sep. 2023
Separately, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced that Paul Bellar, Shawn Fix, Eric Molitor, Michael Null, William Null, Pete Musico and Joseph Morrison — all known to be members or associates of a militia group — were arrested on state terrorism charges.
—Alexis Jones, Peoplemag, 18 Sep. 2023
Many books on the left—think of Naomi Klein’s The Shock Doctrine, for example—have linked Pinochet’s state terrorism to his Friedmanite libertarian economic program.
—Patrick Iber, The New Republic, 15 May 2023
In October, Ethan Crumbley retreated from plans to pursue an insanity defense and instead pleaded guilty to two dozen charges, which include first-degree murder and the highly unusual state terrorism charge.
—Kim Bellware, Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2023
According to Rick Santorum, the erstwhile Republican candidate for president and a current standard-bearer of American conservatism, the godlessness of 1789 inevitably led to state terrorism.
—Patrice Higonnet, Foreign Affairs, 1 July 2012
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“State terrorism.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/state%20terrorism. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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