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To: michael97123 who wrote (241868)	9/15/2007 1:45:00 PM
From: Noel de Leon	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 281500

I don't measure terrorism in international terms, only in the number of dead. Terrorism, be it local or international, is still terrorism. But we can measure terrorism in international terms as well, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and Dresden were all international acts of terror by the definition in my post. These acts killed far more than al qaeda ever has and probable ever will provided that their goal of achieving nuclear weapons and delivering them is foiled. By the way the saturation bombing of civilian targets under WWII was designed to demoralize the axis powers civilian populations. It didn't work as is documented in numerous studies of the problem. My point is contained in the last paragraph of my post. I support that point with my reference to terrorist acts performed by non Muslim terrorists and the fact that no wide spread demonization of the groups involved has happened as it has with the Muslim population.