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From: gottlieb@alliant.UUCP (Bob Gottlieb)
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Subject: Re: Air raid on Libya
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Date: Tue, 6-May-86 20:29:28 EDT
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Posted: Tue May  6 20:29:28 1986
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   >  David Matthew Lyle
   < Mike Williams

< Many of the weapons used by IRA terrorists come from the USA and are
< financed by money collected in the USA. Does this mean that Thatcher
< should bomb New York?

>No, it means she should get proof of violation of the law and take
>the organizations/persons to court. (an option not available to the
>US in Lybia)

The problem with this is that the U.S., strangely enough in my opinion,
is giving >>>Political Asylem<<< to a number of IRA individuals accused
by the British of terrorism.  A bill pending in Congress to reverse this
is being opposed by Jesse Helms and a bunch of New England democrats
(... makes strange bedfellows).

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