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To: teevee who wrote (26027)	4/19/2002 3:08:34 AM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Then I would say that they too were taken in by Counterpunch's identification of the subject of that interview with Sharon. Longer quotes from the article (which is very popular on islamic and Holocaust revisionist sites, eg codoh.com show that the interviewee was not identified by name. The original interview is not online, however. Aside from Amos Oz's testimony, I find it hard to believe that Sharon would have given such an interview. First of all, it defies political sense: is this the interview of a sitting defense minister in the middle of a controversial war? Would he have given such an interview in the aftermath of Sabra and Shatilla while the Kahane commission was still debating whether he was going to have a political future? Second, it's out of character; Sharon cares quite a lot if people call him a war criminal; Time Magazine did, and he sued them for libel, and won. Third, if Sharon was going to give an interview, would he have picked one of Israel's most prominent leftists to give it to? Fourth, it doesn't sound like Sharon. It just sounds like what the Palestinians think Sharon should sound like. So until I find an Israeli source I believe who will explain to me why Amos Oz is hiding the truth, I will continue to believe that that interview was by another officer.

To: teevee who wrote (26027)	4/19/2002 11:39:38 AM
From: Alastair McIntosh	Respond to of 281500

teevee, if you click on the Globe and Mail link in your post and scroll to the bottom of the article, this correction is published: Correction A Comment article by author Erna Paris in this space Wednesday erroneously attributed certain remarks to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. The statement, said to have been made in an interview with Israeli writer Amos Oz, was in fact made by another senior Israeli military official, who remains unnamed. Ms. Paris had accepted the interview's attribution in good faith, from a reliable source, and was informed of its inaccuracy only after publication. She and The Globe and Mail regret the error. (Friday, April 19, 2002, Page A15)