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To: SilentZ who wrote (388687)	6/4/2008 11:54:08 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1573088

When getting a Jewish education, you learn specifically that the Irgun was OK because they'd evacuate buildings before blowing them up and that that was the extent of their "terrorist" activities. I'm not even sure if that's true, but it's neither here nor there, I guess. It is to the people who died in their explosions. Irgun did provide some warning but their warnings did not always reach the ears of those who could have prevented a bad situation from happening: "Some 25 minutes after the telephone calls, a shattering explosion shook Jerusalem, and reverberated at a great distance. The entire southern wing of the King David Hotel - all seven storeys - was totally destroyed. For reasons unclear, the staff of the government secretariat and the military command remained in their rooms. Some of them were unaware of events, and others were not permitted to leave the building, thus accounting for the large number of victims trapped in the debris. For ten days, the British Engineering Corps cleared the wreckage, and on July 31 it was officially announced that 91 people had been killed in the explosion: 28 Britons, 41 Arabs, 17 Jews and 5 others." etzel.org.il

To: SilentZ who wrote (388687)	6/5/2008 12:32:09 AM
From: combjelly	Respond to of 1573088

"When getting a Jewish education, you learn specifically that the Irgun was OK because they'd evacuate buildings before blowing them up and that that was the extent of their "terrorist" activities" Which it very well may have been. I don't know, one way or another. I do know there were casualties, the King David Hotel springs to mind. But, if we are going to brand people who spill paint or put water into fuel tanks as terrorists, then they count too. The problem is, when you plant bombs, there will be mistakes. Considering the number of bombs planted, the WU had a good run. Probably better than the Israelis. So, if we are passing out get out of jail free cards for the Israelis, why not the WU? Or the Basque separatists? Other than the obvious, of course.