Yeah, we use their attacks against the Brits and locals in classes. Jerry Johnson wrote: > This is exactly what the IRA did. And ETA. And both were terror groups. > > If Begin's actions were not terrorist, then none of the attacks in Iraq or > Afghanistan are by terrorists, not were the Oklahoma bombing, not the > Pentagon attack on 9/11. > > What percentage of the deaths at the hotel were civilian? > > Irgin is taught in counter-terrorism as one of the first successful examples > of modern terrorism (including the desire by the terrorists to label > themselves "freedon fighters", and label their opponents "government > terrorists") > > And, of course, blaming the British and the hotel staff for the deaths is > cowardly and wrong. > > On Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 7:50 PM, Michael Dinowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> wrote: > >> Again, the definition is that a militant attacks military targets while a >> terrorist is attacking civilians with a goal of terrorizing them and >> reducing their confidence in the government to protect them. >> What was the target of the attack? What was the goal of the attack? How did >> they deal with civilians? >> >> "Telephoned warnings were sent to the main switchboard of the hotel, the >> Palestine Post newspaper and the French consulate, but no evacuation was >> carried out, giving rise to much controversy over the reasons why people >> were not cleared from the building." >> >> Does that sound like the work of terrorists? Does Al Queda do this? Hamas? >> Hizballah? Any other terrorist group. How many 'militant' groups today do >> this? If all terrorists went out of their way to reduce civilian >> casualties... >> > > >
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