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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (54427)	10/24/2002 1:46:45 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Well, I would say that if they are in uniform, they are a fair military target. If we're talking about Geneva Convention-type standards, they talk about "due care" not to kill civilians -- neither giving carte blanche to attack civilians because you know they are probably some soldiers among them, nor forbidding attacking civilian areas if it's the only way to attack the soldiers. Of course, the Pals themselves just say, 'all Israelis are soldiers,' and have not shown the slightest discrimination among their targets, beyond preferring to kill Jews. They don't even make a serious attempt to avoid killing Arabs. As long as they kill some Jews, they treat the attack as a success.

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (54427)	10/24/2002 3:29:33 PM
From: Bilow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Hi Hawkmoon; Re: "I'm still aghast that Bilow would assert civilian buses are fair game, just because they carry a few soldiers." I haven't said that civilian buses are fair game, except in wartime and when they're being used to carry large numbers of soldiers. Israel and the Palestinians are not at war. But if they were, it does appear that Israel uses buses to carry lots of armed soldiers. Otherwise they wouldn't be having all the reports of deaths of soldiers in buses. -- Carl