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The Elusive Big O Michelle Moshelian People often talk of the elusive Big 'O'. Typically they refer to orgasms. Personally when I consider the big O, I am thinking of an organism as opposed to an orgasm. The Big 'O' to me is Osama bin Laden. If he was hiding in a house of civilians, would you support the bombing of that house knowing that innocent people would be killed? What if he was hiding out in a school? I am quite sure that a lot of people would definitely be in favor of some 'collateral damage' if it meant getting rid of the big O. The question is how much? It has been some years since 9/11, and there is doubt that anyone will ever catch the big O considering that he has been so elusive thus far. The moral dilemma of what to do if the location of Islamic terrorist numero uno is discovered will probably never be an issue unfortunately. If he were to be assassinated then there is the risk of him becoming a martyr to the oh-so-faithful. If he were tried before a court of law, what punishment could he be given that could possibly serve justice in the eyes of the American people? If he were sentenced to death, would there be the usual candlelight vigils condemning the harshness of death penalty? Let us all hope that these issues will be addressed when the big O is found. When, not if. Now consider Israel's position. For those of the big O's ilk, the U.S. is the big Satan and Israel is the little Satan. And just as the U.S. has its big O, Israel has its little O. Well, in fact, Israel has lots of little Os (none of whose names begin with O as far as I am aware). Though Israel too faces moral dilemmas as to what do regarding leaders of Islamic terrorist groups who are opposed to the country's very existence, they are quite different from those experienced by the U.S. Unlike the U.S., Israel has a pretty good idea where its enemies are located. And Israel also knows that when it does act against these Islamic terrorist leaders, it will face outrage, criticism and condemnation from the wider world. For example, when Israel assassinated the leader of Islamic terrorist group Hamas Sheik Ahmed Yassin in March 2004, the nations of Europe, both individually and as the EU, rushed to condemn Israel for the 'extra-judicial' assassination. Kofi Annan strongly condemned the killing, while the UN Commission on Human Rights passed a resolution also condemning it. A White House spokesman pointed out that Israel has the right to defend itself, but labeled the assassination as 'troubling'. An improvement over Europe, but still an insult considering that Israel is fighting on the front line of the war against terrorism. Jack Straw said that he did not believe that Israel would benefit from killing an old man in a wheelchair, though conveniently omitted any negative comment on British strikes in Iraq. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
