The pagers were carried specifically by Hezbollah operatives. You can't be both an innocent member of the general public and an operative of a paramilitary org at the same time.
So you are saying that if hezbollah exploded weapons on off-duty military walking around in malls and hospitals in the US it would not be terrorism? Because that's exactly what happened here.
Let me add some certainty back to it: both Reuters and the NYT are reporting these are pagers specifically procured by Hezbollah, directly from a manufacturer.
