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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (13401)	12/9/2001 2:14:47 PM
From: MulhollandDrive	Read Replies (2) of 281500

>>They are really illegal belligerents, with no identifiable uniform, and who are given to carry arms in secrets, as well as deliberately targeting civilians.<< This seems to be such a tangled web. I am curious about the underlying supporting entities of the illegal belligerents. For example, I have read that the Palestinian suicidal attackers' families are monetarily compensated. I'm assuming the PLO had found some way to launder the money that goes to the families. If it can be shown for example that the Al-Quaida received training and funding from Iraq, even though they are considered "illegal belligerents" under international law, couldn't they be considered paid mercenaries of states such as Iraq? Would our response militarily against Iraq be justified on that basis? I just heard this morning that we have surveillance and intelligence that proves the terrorists were being trained using a Boeing 707 at a facility in Iraq. Could not the same military justification be used by the Israelis in any attack against the PLO?

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