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From: acheng@uiucdcs.Uiuc.ARPA
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Subject: Re: Terrorism and TWA 847
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Date: Thu, 27-Jun-85 16:04:00 EDT
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>...
>From: ephraim@techunix.bitnet (Ephraim Silverberg)
>
>   When the State of Israel tries to neutralise the  military  camps  of  the
>   Shi'ites  in  Lebanon, we are condemned as facists and murderers, although
>   these people have waged an active war of terror on the Northern  residents
>   of Israel for over ten years. However, when the lives of Americans are af-
>   fected then a "different" standard seems to apply -- anything goes: random
>   killing, attack civilian populations, etc.
>
>   I do *not*, Heaven forbid, take the  lives  of  the  endangered  Americans
>   lightly and I sincerely hope and pray that they all return safely to their
>   homes and families.  I am only sickened by the *constant* double  standard
>   the  world applies to the State of Israel.  We value the blood of our peo-
>   ple and children as much as you do.
>
>...

What about the lives of the Leboron people?  Their homes?  Their country?
What about those shi'ite kidnapped under the name of war?  In name of securing
the peace for Galilee, Leboron was bombed flat?  How about one standard
to all countries, be it America, Israel, Leboron, and even Palistine?