Kevin,

I believe there is a word missing in your last paragraph and that it should read, "........selective attack on those identified as hostile by the USA,....."

I think the list of terrorist organisations identified by the US Government is fairly comprehensive, and takes into account the security fears of other nations - the Real IRA, and ETA have never been engaged in terrorist activities against the USA. As I said in my mail, the difference September 11th 2001, made was that it united and co-ordinated anti-terrorist efforts in a manner previously not seen throughout the world (Example: recent sting operation that led to the arrest of a UK citizen trying to sell SAM's to what he fully believed to be a terrorist group - close co-operation by the police, customs and intelligence agencies from quite a number of countries, most unlikely bed-fellows were the US and Russians).

Note you list examples for CIA, but not for KGB. The examples you did give were all nationally focused, not international. The first international terrorist was the man who has made a name and a fortune out of providing non-leadership for the Palestinian cause - Yasser Arafat - never actually did anything himself of course, always got others to take the risks and pay the price, while he pocketed the money.