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To: thames_sider who wrote (3653)	9/18/2003 11:48:16 AM
From: E. T.	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 20773

"As a rule, this is less likely to work when the elected leader of one side is held at tank-point and subject to none-too-subtle assassination threats by the other side." True, but that was not the case in 2000. Israel had little choice when the suicide bombings began, imo, but to use a heavier and heavier hand. What alternative did it have, if Arafat moved to using terror tactics instead of relying on dialogue (which he had agreed to) to achieve his ends?