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King David Hotel bombing

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From: Jim Eggert x6127 g41
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 10:34
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In article <1992Apr14.050948.24611@ennews.eas.asu.edu> makowsky@enuxha.eas.asu.edu (David Makowsky) writes:
>   In article <JIME.92Apr13011518@bullwinkle.atc.ll.mit.edu> jime@bullwinkle.atc.ll.mit.edu (Jim Eggert x6127 g41) writes:
>   # I guess your definition of terrorist act is different from most
>   # people's.  The bombing of the King David Hotel is considered one of
>   # the top terrorist actions of the era.
>
>	   Very few people, even among those who mistakenly called the Irgun
>   and Stern gangs terrorists, label that bombing as terrorist.  You
>   obviously do not know even the most elementary details of that
>   incident.

Au contraire, Pierre.  The King David Hotel bombing was clearly a
terrorist action.  A military action wouldn't have been preceded by a
telephone call telling the people to get out.  (In this case, some may
find it curious that a military action would have been more brutal,
but c'est la guerre.)

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=Jim  jime%atc.ll.mit.edu (Jim Eggert)
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From: jime@bullwinkle.atc.ll.mit.edu (Jim Eggert x6127 g41)
Subject: King David Hotel bombing
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