Leftist imbeciles are so tiresome..... let's see group X uses "terrorist" methods but does not share identical historical roots with Al Qaeda. ergo, it is not really a "terrorist" group......and so Hamas and Islamic Jihad and Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades must not be terrorist groups either.
So the brilliant Malloch Brown is saying, in effect, that only Al Qaeda (and its official offshoots) can be a terrorist group.... and he wonders why so many REAL Americans despise and loathe the UN and pompous international bureaucrats like Malloch Brown and Kofi Annan.
The UN is far worse than the League of Nations ever was.