I’m not well versed enough to answer.
Were the Beirut marine barracks attacks terrorism?
Didn’t target civilians.
I posted the textbook definition of terrorism it is not all inclusive but it is exclusive.
It was Iran’s doing
If they targeted civilians to incite terror=terrorist attack.
Based on my limited knowledge-the early settlers were terrorized by the Indians.
One thing to note about your textbook definition of terrorism is that it would also seem to include the bombing of civilian populations during World War II in cities like Dresden, Tokyo, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, etc. Is that a road you really want to go down?