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To: Ilaine who wrote (16323)	4/7/2006 1:11:21 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 541974

The Saudi government is enforcing a law, and not generally trying to inspire terror. The penalty might be considered unjust by some, or at least gruesome, but that doesn't make it terrorism. And yes I know your point was that the head choppers might be enforcing what they see as religious law. But 1 - It isn't the law of their state. 2 - They are not only concerned with law, but also with inspiring terror in all that oppose them. In many cases I don't think the head chopping has anything to do with enforcing either a state or religious law. 3 - Deterrence through punishment is not the same as a desire to inspire terror. Perhaps if the punishment become a collective one, and is overly harsh, if the leader of a government wipes out a village because some people from it opposed him, that might be considered "state terrorism". You are not just punishing the guilty in that situation. However I don't think the Saudi government beheading a murderer is a similar act to what happened at Hama or Halabja. Tim