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When the Prime Minister of the Chechins (from 1996-1999) Baseyov takes a maternity hospital hostage and uses pregnant women as shields it is terrorism.

Yes. Notice I've emphasized the first war (94-96)

When Baseyov leads an invasion into the province of Daghistan slaughtering (on video tape) several unwilling villages, that is terrorism.

Thats a form of terrorism, Yes.

When the Islamic Chechins blow up their president, grandmufti and former Chechin war hero Kudorov, that is terrorism.

If that's the case of assassination of the Kremlin puppet, then you're wrong- it's called political diversion, assassination but not terrorism.

When Chechin fighters in Grozny put anti-aircraft guns on top of schools and churches, while forcing the civilians to stay there so that they would become casualties, that is terrorism.

Wrong again. That's son of a b***izm not terrorism.

For the rest you're right, no doubt. But that's not the point. I was refering to a statement that guerrilla warfare is somehow connected with terrorism. And thats in deffinition separate things.

Terrorism is any kind of action made in order to achive some political, ideological, religious or territorial goals using fear as weapon. So as you see kidnapping for ransom is not terrorism, it's a crime. Killing a leader considered as enemy in war area it's not a terrorism.

WRONG! Where in the world you dug up this logic is beyond me. Frequently in a guerrilla war kidnapping is done to gain funds for the movement. However, many times the kidnapped will also be executed in order to prove the control of the movement as an added bonus. We have seen this done in Iraq where the victim is sometimes released for funds, but more often killed as an instrument of terror. Furthermore, in Iraq many leaders of the new Iraqi government have been killed with a goal of terrorizing the public.

For the rest you're right, no doubt. But that's not the point. I was refering to a statement that guerrilla warfare is somehow connected with terrorism. And thats in deffinition separate things.

You are dead wrong. Guerrilla warfare and terrorism are intimately linked.

Guerrilla warfare is the favorite tactic of terrorist organizations when they're brought to a fight. What else are they going to do? Launch a combined arms multi point offensive?

So as you see kidnapping for ransom is not terrorism, it's a crime. Killing a leader considered as enemy in war area it's not a terrorism.

Kidnapping and then terrorizing the victims is terrorism, just like those people kidnapped in Iraq and made to do videos pleading for their lives. Yes many were released when countries like Italy paid up. Assassination, especially with a bomb in a crowded stadium that got a lot of civilians is terrorism.