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In article <JIME.92Apr17094808@moses.atc.ll.mit.edu> jime@moses.atc.ll.mit.edu (Jim Eggert x6127 g41) writes:
>           The King David Hotel bombing was clearly a terrorist action
>by a terrorist organization.

I beg to disagree; the King David Hotel housed the British Mandatory
intelligence and counterintelligence organizations; the demolition
of the hotel entalied the destructionn of their files, and consequent-
ly a curtailment of their operations. Clearly, the aim was not to
scare (much less terrorize) anybody; there was a clear, practical,
pragmatic aim (to nullify British Mandatory intelligence and counter-
intelligence activities) characteristic of military operations. As
far as I can tell, the activities of the Etzel (Irgun Zvai Leumi)
were not random; they were not regular armed forces, but they strived
for regularity in their actions, and for military gains.