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Date:      Sun, 28 Oct 2001 09:30:37 -0600
From:      Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
To:        Yonatan Bokovza <Yonatan@xpert.com>, "'Greg Lehey'" <grog@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        Stephen McKay <mckay@thehub.com.au>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   RE: Course of law (was: Islam (was: Religions (was Re: helping vi ctims of terror)))
Message-ID:  <4.3.2.7.2.20011028092854.04a58190@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <EB513E68D3F5D41191CA000255588101B4352E@mailserv.xpert.com>

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At 10:23 AM 10/28/2001, Yonatan Bokovza wrote:

>In 1991 there was a war called "The Gulf war". During this war
>the Iraqis launched ICBMs at Israeli civilians.

And this is what is now called a "war crime." But then, it has
been well established that Saddam is a terrorist.

>I understand what you say, my point is (which I seem to fail to
>pass to guys like Greg) there's a difference between "shoot" and
>"target". And the difference is that "Target" is the intention (kill
>terrorists, for example) and "Shoot" is more like, the result
>(kill civilians, for example). One difference between Terrorism
>and Military-operation, is that Terrorism sometimes "Targets",
>thus "Shoot", civilians. While Military-operation (in this day and
>age) "Targets" the enemy, civilians might get shot accidentally,
>but that's not the desired result.
>Was I clearer this time?

Yes.

--Brett




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