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From: tischler@ihlpg.UUCP (Mark D. Tischler)
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Subject: Re: Terrorism Inc.
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Date: Mon, 7-Oct-85 19:18:14 EDT
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> Terrorism is once again on the rise all over the world.
> Some recent terrorist events seem to show that some
> nations decided that the best way to combat terrorism is
> to use the terrorist's methods.
> A few examples:
> 1) Two palestininans and one british hold for a day, then murder a
> family of israelis vacationing in Cyprus.
> 
> 2) Israeli war-jets, with the active assistance of the US (in flight
> refueling in the air) raid a palestininan camp in the suburbs of
> Tunis, the capital of Tunisia, killing 20 tunisians and 40
> palestinians.
> 
> 3) The French government sends a team of frogmen to blow up a
> boat of "Green-Peace", an anti nuke organization who was planning
> to demonstrate against french nuclear tests in the Pacific.At least one 
> person is killed. 
> 
> These events and several others show that terrorism is not the
> weapon of the weak and politically frustrated any more.
> State terrorism, State sponsored/condoned terrorism, along what 
> one might call classical terrorism, is becoming an instrument of
> international policy. 
> This new phenomen may have perturbing implications worldwide.
>  What's in store for us if governments decide to
> include terrorist methods in their political tools kit??
> Does'n't this implicitly vindicates the very terrorists we are
> seeking to combat?
> May be it's about time for governments to face and solve the
> political problem which is at the root of terrorist actions.
>  
> Any comments??? 

Realizing the fact that this does not belong in this
newsgroup, I feel compelled to reply to this newsgroup
since this is where the article was read.

If you look up the definition of "terrorism", you will
discover that you are mistaken in calling Israel's air
attack of the PLO's headquarters in Tunis a terrorist
action.  It should, in fact, be correctly referred to
as a "guerilla" attack.  This is a big distinction,
since this is, in par, what separates Israel from the PLO.
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