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A Pakistani man looks at a poster of Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden at a book shop in Quetta, July 3, 2006. (Photo by BANARAS KHAN/AFP/Getty Images)

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Terrorism and its goals

Broadcast: Midday, 11/13/2006, 12:06 p.m.

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Terrorism: It's a term that's been uttered countless times in the last five years, but what does it mean? What is a terrorist, and what are the goals of terrorism?

Harvard University's Louise Richardson offered some answers in a speech Tuesday at the World Affairs Council of Northern California.

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