Howard, At the same time as the Reagan government directly funded the contras, these groups were attacking civilian targets, such as medical clinics, relief supplies distribution centers. I have a couple of friends who were with Doctors without Frontiers at the time whose clinic was attacked by the contras more than once.
By the common definition then that is considered terrorism. regards, larry At 08:42 AM 4/2/02 -0800, you wrote: >You still haven't provided a reason as to why this isn't terrorism. In >fact, your last graph only supports the definition of terrorism. > >H. > >-----Original Message----- >From: Mark Smyth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 8:25 AM >To: CF-Community >Subject: RE: Why (Re: They invaded! 0_0) > > >not true > >groups normally turn to attacking civilian targets because they do no have >the ability to attack military ones, due to small numbers, lack of weaponry >etc > >This is evidance of this in american (the guy that was executed for the >bombing in the US, i think it was oklahoma) and from the IRA, they are from >civilised countries > >The logic seems to be that they gain more exposure for there cause in the >press (since attacking civilian targets has more shock value than attacking >military) > >-----Original Message----- >From: Howard Owens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: 02 April 2002 17:23 >To: CF-Community >Subject: RE: Why (Re: They invaded! 0_0) > > >Civilized nations and peoples do not target civilians. > >And as weapons become more advanced, civilian causalities decrease. Look at >Afghanistan as an example. There are neighborhoods where all but one house >remains untouched. That one house, all of the residents say, was occupied by >a known Taliban or Al Quada member. It is utterly destroyed. The neighbors >say no other homes were damaged and no other people hurt. Just that one >house. That's what advanced weaponry will do for you. > >As I said, civilians will inevitably be hurt in killed in a war zone. I >don't think there will ever be a time when that is 100 percent unavoidable, >but the difference between a civilized nation (such as Israel) and an >uncivilized one (such as Palestine) is who they choose as their targets. The >civilized ones pick military and government targets. The uncivilized ones >pick civilian targets. > >H. > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Will Swain [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 8:10 AM >To: CF-Community >Subject: RE: Why (Re: They invaded! 0_0) > > >Interesting point.... are you saying that a terrorist is someone who attacks >civilians? > >generally in the past, civilians have not been targeted in time of conflict >or war. For example, in WW1 about 5% of all causalities were civilian. >Obviously this has changed during the 20th century, maybe partly due to the >changing nature of weapons, and of conflict itself. > >will > >-----Original Message----- >From: Howard Owens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: 02 April 2002 17:01 >To: CF-Community >Subject: RE: Why (Re: They invaded! 0_0) > > >Illogical and wrong. The colonists attacked military and government targets. > >H. > >-----Original Message----- >From: Todd [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 7:53 AM >To: CF-Community >Subject: Re: Why (Re: They invaded! 0_0) > > >Agreed. I'm the colonists that rebelled against England were considered >terrorists at the time. Probably still could be. > >Todd > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Mark Smyth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 10:42 AM >Subject: RE: Why (Re: They invaded! 0_0) > > > > >They (the Palestinians) are the terrorists. > > > > Surely the issue of whether they are terrorists depends on your >perspective > > of the situation? I'm not condoning anything, its just an observation > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-community@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
