ABSTRACT
Terrorist groups pursuing a nationalist or separatist ideology have much in common with other kinds of terrorists. They incorporate similar kinds of tactics as other terrorists, attacking government and non-government targets, killing and wounding scores of victims, all in the pursuit of political objectives. They are typically motivated to engage in terrorism by a range of sociopolitical grievances that could include injustice, government ineptitude, endemic corruption, and repression. However, there is one vital distinction to keep in mind: territorial control is far more important to nationalists and separatists than it is for any other category of terrorism.
