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A blast and gunfire were heard at the premises of the headquarters of Turkish Aerospace Industries. The Turkish interior minister called it a "terrorist attack," adding that it caused deaths and injuries.

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[-] pandapoo@sh.itjust.works 2 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

The WWII allied strategic bombing campaigns are nothing close to what occurred here. The comparison is at best, ilconceived, but at worst, intentionally disingenuous.

This company manufactures weapons to sell to their government for a profit, which are then used to kill a particular ethnic group. That means it's a part of their military industry, and as such is a legitimate target.

Terrorism does not require a non-state actor, I don't where you got that definition from. Terrorism is any attack that is strictly against civilian non-combatants, for the express purpose of achieving a ideological or political objective. This was an attack on a military contractor who is actively profiting and engaged in this specific conflict.

A very lopsided conflict that Turkey has been engaged in for decades, so for Turkey to cry foul about this, and decry it as terrorism, is particularly loathsome.

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