Steele, a terrorist is anyone with an (opinion, view, philosophy, cause, ideal, moral, 'religion'...whatever) that disagrees with your own and is prepared to articulate that & take it to the next level e.g. self harm, harming another - for that mindset.
Anyone, your next door neighbour, the cat down the road, the postman, each and every one of us could be considered a "terrorist" given the right environment - whatever that may entail individually. Mushrooms thrive in the dark, but only with the right humidity and nutrients, air flow etc.

We all know the phrase: " One man's freedom fighter is another man's terrorist." Osama Bin Laden was trained, funded and fostered by the US government of the day, look how that went for them ultimately.

No doubt there are many more Bin Ladens out there in Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan, so it is only a matter of time before these people turn against the US and its allies. Most of these are known quantities. It is the lone wolf attacks which are the most difficult to monitor & collect intelligence on.

In the words of Felix Frankenfurter: "It is not only under Nazi rule that police excesses are inimical to freedom. It is easy to make light of insistence on scrupulous regard for the safeguards of civil liberties when invoked on behalf of the unworthy. It is too easy. History bears testimony that by such disregard are the rights of liberty extinguished, heedlessly at first, then stealthily, and brazenly in the end."

The War on Terror, the War on Drugs...all are another excuse to bring in disharmony under the ruse of totalitarian New World Order government. Perhaps it is the Brexit being considered by the May government which has visited the horror of Manchester upon the UK ?

Steele, don't even think about getting me started on the issue of Indonesian "possibilities". 50 yrs ago, as a sprog sitting on my Dad's knee at various HMAS establishments I would listen to the crusty old CPO's warning about it. That we now host "exchange exercises" with Kopassus and the like makes my blood chill !

Albie Manton in Darwin,
I think you will find it was a CheyTac M200 rather than a Barrett .50
that picked up the new record the other day.
The yanks use the 'intervention' model I believe.
Back when I was playing soldier I used a standard Bren .303 for anything up to a 1000 yards.
This new stuff is shockingly dangerous.

Chris...do these links below help?

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-06-04/world-record-holding-british-sniper-haunted-by-bosnia-war,-ptsd/6522676

http://www.news.com.au/world/middle-east/sas-sniper-kills-isis-terrorist-24km-away-using-worlds-most-powerful-rifle/news-story/2fc227ff89367b4527529769c03150a0

http://newatlas.com/worlds-longest-sniper-kill-247km/14992/

In the right hands a Bren in .303 was used quite effectively as a sniper weapon, but when converted to 7.62 it became what it was designed for, a section weapon, nowhere near as accurate though.

Going back to the thread... experts, I have to laugh and cry at the same time when journo's put their infinite knowledge of everything into print, & nothing so entertaining as reading about the deadly 'Armalite Rifle',"... capable of tearing a human body apart with one shot..." or the "high powered .22"."

Yes, most firearms manufactured today can kill in the wrong hands, even the majority of .177 air rifles, but to misrepresent the facts for a good story? Do we see anti knife rallies down Macquarie Street or demonstrations outside Parliament House because the last death from domestic violence was committed by an ex lover with a Wiltshire 'Stay Sharp'...? Do we read about Mazda MX8's being banned because a drunk driver ran over a mother and her baby in a pram..? Do we see Border Farce & TRG breaking down the front door of a Hindu family in Bexley at 3.00 AM in the morning - because they have a couple of pounds of finely ground flour and a piezo-electric bbq starter, which could quite feasibly be used as an "explosive device"...?

May be that is the only best way he could addressed the issue,who knows?

@Yuyutsu i think the media have their own parts to play too and i think they are doing their best for now. If they did broadcast it how can we know?