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To: David Alon who wrote (7037)	10/17/2001 2:26:44 PM
From: Thomas M.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23908

Bear in mind that the assassinated Israeli is a hard-liner whose goal is to cleanse the West Bank and Gaza of Arabs. He is as extreme as the Palestinians that Israel has been targeting in its assassination campaign. Tom

To: David Alon who wrote (7037)	10/17/2001 2:28:18 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Respond to of 23908

We'll see what Arafat really does about the PLFP assassins. Arafat has a long history of arresting extremists for three hours just to take the pressure off.

To: David Alon who wrote (7037)	10/17/2001 3:26:58 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23908

Blair calls for restraint after assassination Well, it's a fine line to draw, but political leadership are traditionally considered "military targets", so I can't compare this assassination to targeting 50,000 civilians in a sky-scraper. That said, I hardly believe, that in his position as Minister of Tourism, he was in any way planning to attack Palestinians, or in control over military operations (I might be wrong in this perception..).. Thus, I believe the Israelis have been targeting the right individuals, military and political leaders possessing control over attacks upon Israelis. Either way... it was merely a matter of time before Palestinians starting targeting Israeli leadership. That's the problem with political decapitation operations. They generate reciprocal attacks. Hawk