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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (100779)	6/8/2003 10:39:18 PM
From: Jacob Snyder	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

<I'm just curious what kinds of "crimes" attracted enough attention to warrant being killed by a dictatorship like existed in Argentina at that time> The post-dictatorship government commission published a report, Nunca Mas, which detailed the progression. There were several terrorist groups, who were waging war against the government. They did what terrorists do: planting bombs, kidnapping, assassinations. They numbered around 300-500 total. The army went to war against them, and wiped them out. Then, the definition of "terrorist" steadily, incrementally, expanded, over the years. People would disappear, if they: 1. wrote an article in a paper, criticizing the army 2. complained about a relative who had disappeared 3. were a member of a human rights organization 4. were a priest who believed in "liberation theology". By the end of the campaign, the right-wing paramilitary groups, were cruising the streets, looking for any pretty woman, who they would kidnap, rape, and murder. By the time they were done, the military had killed 10-20 times as many, as the total number of terrorists.