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To: Dayuhan who wrote (37123)	3/31/2004 1:05:24 AM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (1) of 793970

A military leader has to be alive to function. A dead spiritual leader is every bit as good as a live one, possibly better. Steven, first, we know that Yassin helped plan attacks and set the strategy for Hamas' military campaign. Second, dead spiritual leaders are not as good as live ones. They are not available to settle thorny questions and mediate disputes between underlings. Even if you plan to make them into martyrs, someone effective has to be around to lead the establishment of the cult. That someone may or may not be available. As Saul Singer of the Jpost quipped, It is amazing how sophisticated the war against terrorism has become. According to almost every government in the world, the elimination of Ahmed Yassin was counterproductive, if not downright idiotic. Peace Now called it a "prize for Hamas." Someone really ought to alert those commandos hunting down Osama bin Laden to stop before it's too late. Kill Bin Laden? What a prize for al-Qaida that would be. What a rube I am for clinging to the primitive notion that eliminating a terrorist organization's undisputed leader might prove to be a setback for it. jpost.com

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