Amos Harel : ANALYSIS / Israel cannot defend against attacks such as one at Mumbai Chabad house
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Title:Was it a good idea to kill Imad Mughniyeh ?
Name:Manny Goldstein
City: LondonState: UK
The policy of `targeted assassination` has received a lot of coverage recently but little analysis. Does the policy actually work or is Israel in the position of winning the battle but losing the war?

Each individual killing may appear to be a success but the repercussions may do more damage than good;

a) Spain Basque/ETA,
b) the UK and iRA `shoot to kill`,
c) France and Corsica

are all examples of states who used extra-judicial killing but found it to be counter-productive and abandoned the policy.

Should Israel not also think about dropping a policy that does not work?