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The 10 most useful lies about terrorism

By Bradley Burston

Note: This article will be followed by an experiment. In an effort to foster rational dialogue, Talkback responses to this piece will be subject to stringent new guidelines, as specified below.

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1. 'Not all Muslims are terrorists, but all terrorists are Muslims.'

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Perhaps the most often quoted of all chestnuts about terrorism, is the idea that it is solely a product of fundamentalist Islam.

A few examples of non-Islamic terrorist groups of the present and recent past:

The Irish Republican Army

Kach

ETA, or Basque Homeland and Freedom

Babbar Khalsa (Sikh)

Ulster Defense Association

Tamil Tigers, Sri Lanka

Aryan Nations, United States

2. 'One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter.'

More of a half-truth than an out and out lie, given the propensity of supporters of one side to explain and forgive atrocities committed by that side, while condemning and often exaggerating atrocities committed by the other.

It is worth noting that definitions of terrorism are legion and agreement is rare.

For the purposes of this piece, however, we will use a formula contained within a UN report issued last year, which defined terrorism as any action: "intended to cause death or serious bodily harm to civilians or non-combatants with the purpose of intimidating a population or compelling a government or an international organization to do or abstain from doing any act."

For the purpose of this piece, therefore, we will declare that any side which intentionally attacks non-combatants is practicing terrorism.

3. All resistance to illegal occupation is legitimate.

Intentional attacks on innocents are inherently illegitimate.

4. 'Terrorists are generally drawn from the disadvantaged sectors of a population, those who have suffered the worst oppression.'

Attempts by social scientists and intelligence agencies to create a workable profile of an "average" terrorist or terror commander have been notably unsuccessful.

There have been few common denominators found to characterize suicide terrorists. Many were model students and professionals, raised in relatively well-off home environments.

There is, before all else, the case of Osama Bin Laden, son of a multi-millionaire building contractor who made a fortune through his close ties with the Saudi royal family.

Many prominent leaders of Palestinian organizations which engage in terrorism have been physicians by profession, among them George Habash, founder of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, and Hamas founders Abdel-Aziz Rantisi, a pediatrician, and Mahmoud Zahar, a surgeon.

5. 'Profiling works.'

Terrorism, as shown by the 9/11 and 7/7 attacks and Hezbollah rocketry, has proven to be highly adaptive and relentlessly creative.

There is evidence that Islamic terror organizations are seeking out white European converts to Islam as terrorists who could easily slip through a profiling dragnet.

Lord Stevens, a former head of Scotland Yard, said recently that airport chaos could be cut if certain passengers were targeted for more intensive checks, particularly "young Muslim men."

But one of the U.K.'s most senior Muslim police officers, Metropolitan Police Chief Superintendent Ali Desai, responded that terrorists come in no easily categorized form, and that such a profiling system suggested "that we should have a new offence in this country, called 'traveling whilst Asian'."

6. 'We don't negotiate with terrorists'

Of course we do. Sooner or later everyone does. The underlying translation of this statement is, "At first, we say no. Then we say no again, even as we initiate indirect, behind-the-scenes contacts. Then we hem, haw, launch trial balloons, plant leaks.

"And then we go ahead and make the deal."

In theory, this approach buys time in such situations as efforts to trade prisoners for a captive soldier. In practice, it may squander the sole opportunity to bring the captive home alive.

In theory, it also buys time with the terrorists and with domestic public opinion. In practice, the terrorists are not fooled, and neither is the public. This is closely akin to:

7. 'There will be no compromise or accommodation with terrorists.'

It is also a blood relative of:

8. 'The objective of the [(check one) war / incursion bombing campaign / liquidation raid] in [Lebanon / Gaza / northern Samaria] is the swift release of the kidnapped soldier/s.'

There is little persuasive evidence that the kidnappers of IDF soldiers can be bombed, assassinated, or otherwise militarily pressured into agreeing to release the captives they hold.

There is more than circumstantial evidence to suggest that the kidnapping may become a pretext for military action aimed at attacking an organization which engages both in guerrilla activity and in terrorism, with Hamas and Hezbollah the primary illustrations.

9. 'If there were no occupation, there would be no terrorism.'

It is debatable whether this statement fits better into the status of a lie or a contention. It is, in any event, an argument which has lost much of its power in the wake of the pull-out from the Gaza Strip. Within days, evacuated settlements were used as launching pads for rocket attacks that markedly increased terrorist attacks against southern Israel.

10. 'Terrorism is the only defense of oppressed peoples against the vastly better equipped oppressor.'

On the surface, terrorism seems to work, despite its moral failings. But in the case of the Gaza withdrawal, hailed by Hamas as the Great Victory of Resistance, it may be persuasively argued that Israel would have withdrawn from the Strip years, perhaps even decades before, had terror groups not worked to foil every attempt at a peace agreement.

The fact is that Israelis were trying to find a formula to leave Gaza for years. There were even many in the settlement movement who viewed Gaza as a distinct liability to the wider cause.

One thing is certain - terrorism is self-destructive on the broadest levels. It has cost the Palestinians their once-broad support in Israel and around the world for the swift creation and recognition of an independent Palestine.

Terror attacks following the disengagement have persuaded most Israelis that further withdrawals would be mistaken.

Terrorism, particularly the concept of suicide bombing, has tarnished the Palestinians' good name in the world, and their image of David in the contemporary Goliath myth.

There are many diplomatic, political and public relations alternatives to terror. Had the Palestinians focused on them and not on the armed struggle, they would have had statehood long ago.

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1.	Not all Terrorists are Muslims	11:48	\|	F.R.Leavis	22/09/06

2.	TO BRADELY BURSTON	11:49	\|	CYRINE	22/09/06

3.	Great article nothing to say yet	11:51	\|	Jabadini	22/09/06

4.	kach as terrorists	12:18	\|	gee	22/09/06

5.	Terrorism, a view	12:34	\|	Free thinker	22/09/06

6.	BETWEEN TOM CRUISE AND ATTA	12:37	\|	indrajaya	22/09/06

7.	Terror is okey dokey.	12:44	\|	Kym	22/09/06

8.	half bake	12:55	\|	Barman	22/09/06

9.	Justifying Terrorism	12:56	\|	Richard	22/09/06

10.	does terrorism really not work?	13:06	\|	cristina	22/09/06

11.	You forget one	13:20	\|	John	22/09/06

12.	war or terrorism?	13:28	\|	fouad	22/09/06

13.	# 1 Irgun targeted the British colonial army	13:29	\|	Haham me Bat Yam	22/09/06

14.	Alas, the statement nr.9 is just as lie as its opposite.	13:29	\|	zmogus	22/09/06

15.	I presume Israel is talking to Hezbollah	13:33	\|	Chris Linthwaite	22/09/06

16.	To #2 F.R. Leavis	13:39	\|	Josh Korn	22/09/06

17.	To Indrajaya 7	13:45	\|	Jozef	22/09/06

18.	Mr Burston	13:49	\|	Walid	22/09/06

19.	Past Terrorist Organizations	13:51	\|	Raden	22/09/06

20.	To Free Thinker, Beirut	13:59	\|	Josh Korn	22/09/06

21.	Differentiation between types is important.	14:01	\|	Tony Price	22/09/06

22.	Let`s Get Real	14:06	\|	Peace Train	22/09/06

23.	part 1 because of space	14:07	\|	eli	22/09/06

24.	Bradley is Reversing the Spin	14:17	\|	Ronnie Wolman	22/09/06

25.	Good morning gee. No more Kach? Welcome to its official site	14:23	\|	zmogus	22/09/06

26.	If there were no occupation...	14:36	\|	Pascal	22/09/06

27.	Don`t forget Menachem Begin and the Irgun	14:51	\|	Natallie Durson	22/09/06

28.	#5 gee is not me	14:53	\|	Gee	22/09/06

29.	Burston	14:54	\|	mona	22/09/06

30.	Tell it to EL AL	14:56	\|	Gee	22/09/06

31.	They call it CRIME	15:12	\|	Mario Fiorito	22/09/06

32.	Mona	15:13	\|	JS	22/09/06

33.	One flawed premise backs up the next	15:14	\|	Joe Frazier	22/09/06

34.	An issue with point 9	15:39	\|	p	22/09/06

35.	#14, the Irgun also bombed markets, they targeted civilians.	15:41	\|	p	22/09/06

36.	Natallie Durson and the king david hotel...bad example	15:45	\|	SHIMON	22/09/06

37.	Israel must have known bombing Lebanon would kill hundreds	15:50	\|	Michael	22/09/06

38.	Bradley`s no. 9	15:53	\|	David McC	22/09/06

39.	not all terrorists are muslims	16:01	\|	Dvora	22/09/06

40.	Mr. Korn	16:02	\|	Free thinker	22/09/06

41.	To Walid	16:03	\|	Yaron	22/09/06

42.	SHIMON - a couple of questions to you	16:05	\|	Hanoman	22/09/06

43.	Re 28. Natallie Durson (Don`t forget Menachem Begin)	16:15	\|	Vittorio	22/09/06

44.	Add the IOF	16:23	\|	Geronimo	22/09/06

45.	# 21 Burston is Diluting the Topic	16:29	\|	Tony Anthony	22/09/06

46.	#36, SHIMON. The power of poetry.	16:42	\|	zmogus	22/09/06

47.	TO Michael - your premise is right, you`re dishonest	16:48	\|	Richard	22/09/06

48.	Myth: Israel Targeted Civilians in Lebanon	16:51	\|	Bruriah Sarah	22/09/06

49.	The Irgun and Stern gangs were Israeli terrorists organizations	16:53	\|	hollingsworth	22/09/06

50.	Wrong number one sentence	17:01	\|	Robert	22/09/06

51.	Bradley`s Experiment	17:03	\|	Gullible Cynic	22/09/06

52.	#42, Yaron. Little gift misunderstood	17:09	\|	zmogus	22/09/06

53.	NEVER JUSTIFIED!!!!!!	17:17	\|	Alicia	22/09/06

54.	with the purpose of intimidating a population	17:36	\|	KenB	22/09/06

55.	Pascal # 27 Ending the Occupation	17:38	\|	Jeff Northridge	22/09/06

56.	The Theory of Dilution	17:53	\|	Tony Anthony	22/09/06

57.	But a state is not what the Pal-Arabs want!!!	17:58	\|	MG	22/09/06

58.	to JS	18:03	\|	mona	22/09/06

59.	But a state is not what Pal-Arabs want!!!	18:04	\|	MG	22/09/06

60.	Feedback for Bradley on this article	18:11	\|	Gullible Cynic	22/09/06

61.	WHAT`S ASTOUNDING IS HAMAS`S REFUSAL TO PROGRESS	18:38	\|	Smadar	22/09/06

62.	Correction: Most Terrorists Today Are Muslims	18:42	\|	Jeff Northridge	22/09/06

63.	All Terrorists are muslims ?	18:43	\|	Mike	22/09/06

64.	Definition of terrorism	18:44	\|	Ben Gurion	22/09/06

65.	to peace train	18:50	\|	berl	22/09/06

66.	"Lie" Number 9 is questionable	18:56	\|	Samantha	22/09/06

67.	To Mario	18:58	\|	Berl	22/09/06

68.	"Lie" Number 10 is questionable	19:04	\|	Samantha	22/09/06

69.	#14 Haham - excusing attacks on military	19:11	\|	Pablo B	22/09/06

70.	Targeting civilians	19:20	\|	Itamar	22/09/06

71.	Indrajaya: Terrorism vs freedom fighters	19:26	\|	Robert	22/09/06

72.	List of "Terror" Organizations	19:27	\|	Bill	22/09/06

73.	Don`t forget the Neo-Nazis	19:40	\|	Bill Ross	22/09/06

74.	Arayan Nation a terrorist group?	19:42	\|	jeff	22/09/06

75.	Terrorism is not the issue	19:53	\|	Bill Ross	22/09/06

76.	Lies about occupation	20:15	\|	Fred	22/09/06

77.	5. `Profiling works.` Absolute and despot, religious or secular	20:21	\|	Joseph E .	22/09/06

78.	TO GEE - Kach as terrorists	20:28	\|	Steve Beikirch	22/09/06

79.	All Muslim Terrorists Are the same	20:32	\|	Chris	22/09/06

80.	terrorism	20:33	\|	Sebastian Santa-Cruz	22/09/06

81.	Lies about Terrorism	20:43	\|	Bronstein	22/09/06

82.	Shamir-begen-sharon...ect.ect..	20:52	\|	CHEEWAWA	22/09/06

83.	Some glaring errors	20:54	\|	Yehuda	22/09/06

84.	For #6 Free Thinker	20:58	\|	Jim	22/09/06

85.	I agree..	21:15	\|	Amir	22/09/06

86.	Islamic terror has no equal in recent times	21:18	\|	AA	22/09/06

87.	Gaza was always under occupation	22:03	\|	ruud	22/09/06

88.	58 years , Israel fights back arabs-terror	22:33	\|	Joseph E .	22/09/06

89.	Mr Burston Forgot the Hagannah !	22:40	\|	fatima	22/09/06

90.	Smadar	22:56	\|	Geronimo	22/09/06

91.	So what,Burston? --part 1	23:01	\|	Michael Greenberg	22/09/06

92.	Samantha`s twisted "truth"	23:11	\|	Akiva Patysh	22/09/06

93.	Bradley--Regarding # 9...COME ON! I Expect Better From You.-1	23:12	\|	Proud Pal Defender	22/09/06

94.	Bradley--Regarding # 9...COME ON! I Expect Better From You.-2	23:27	\|	Proud Pal Defender	22/09/06

95.	So What Buston?-part 2	23:31	\|	Michael Greenberg	22/09/06

96.	Irgun and the Stern Gangs	23:32	\|	bpaul	22/09/06

97.	two points	23:39	\|	Jack	22/09/06

98.	JEWISH TERROR WAS NEVER THE SAME!!!!!	23:46	\|	ruben	22/09/06

99.	another point	23:51	\|	jack	22/09/06

100.	"HALF"-Truths/INCOMPLETE Pictures In This Article--Regarding #2.	23:55	\|	Proud Pal Defender	22/09/06

101.	"HALF"-Truths/INCOMPLETE Pictures In This Article--Regarding #10.	00:23	\|	Proud Pal Defender	23/09/06

102.	Terrorism and Fundamentalism	00:25	\|	Marc	23/09/06

103.	burston article	00:35	\|	tom h	23/09/06

104.	to Mr Bradley Burston...It is normal,stupid	00:46	\|	abraham...mico	23/09/06

105.	"HALF"-Truths/INCOMPLETE Pictures In This Article--Re: #10. - 2	00:50	\|	Proud Pal Defender	23/09/06

106.	Non islamic terrorist organizations	00:57	\|	Mike	23/09/06

107.	# 68 Proud Pal Defender	01:24	\|	Joseph E .	23/09/06

108.	"HALF"-Truths/INCOMPLETE Pictures In This Article--Re: #10. - 3	01:44	\|	Proud Pal Defender	23/09/06

109.	# 68 Proud Pal Defender	01:45	\|	Joseph E .	23/09/06

110.	Glorifying Jewish terrorists - No. 66	01:47	\|	Marlene	23/09/06

111.	# 32 Mario Fiorito.WONDERFUL STORY WHICH DOES NOT APPLY TODAY,,,	02:05	\|	Kathy	23/09/06

112.	# 81 Proud Pal Defender	02:05	\|	Joseph E .	23/09/06

113.	#66 Cart before the horse, Akiva Patysh	02:24	\|	Tony Price	23/09/06

114.	# 32 Mario Fiorito. AN ADDENDUM,FOR BRADLEY....	02:43	\|	Kathy	23/09/06

115.	# 78 abraham...mico. re: Bradley Burston...ETC..	02:49	\|	Kathy	23/09/06

116.	#79 Thats OK then	02:58	\|	Chris Linthwaite	23/09/06

117.	# 63 Gaza always under occupation	03:05	\|	Jim	23/09/06

118.	Tony Price of Carterton New Zealand	03:55	\|	Akiva Patysh	23/09/06

119.	#97 I didn`t say it was ok	03:56	\|	Ruben	23/09/06

120.	Comment on # 77	04:01	\|	Jim	23/09/06

121.	Not all terrorists are moslem, but most terrorists are moslem	04:02	\|	Ofer	23/09/06

122.	# 91 Marlene , who said the brits were angels	04:09	\|	Joseph E .	23/09/06

123.	The 10 most useful lies about terrorism	04:15	\|	nesta	23/09/06

124.	# 83 Jewsish Terror not the same???	04:33	\|	Jim	23/09/06

125.	# 103 Jim , If you really think that a pal state will end	04:46	\|	Joseph E .	23/09/06

126.	# 105 Jim , about land grab and occupation	04:56	\|	Joseph E .	23/09/06

127.	THE FIRST LIE ABOUT TERRORISM	04:58	\|	Lebanese	23/09/06

128.	# 57, ROBERT	05:16	\|	indrajaya	23/09/06

129.	To # 104 I didn`t say it was ok	05:31	\|	Jim	23/09/06

130.	Terrorism	05:40	\|	Observer	23/09/06

131.	# 113, LEBANESE	05:50	\|	indrajaya	23/09/06

132.	Since war kills more civilians by far than soldiers,	05:54	\|	Dee Dubb	23/09/06

133.	The Nature of the "Terror."	06:01	\|	Johnson	23/09/06

134.	Reply to 2 paragraphs of # 111	06:05	\|	Jim	23/09/06

135.	Exclusively for Joseph E,	06:14	\|	Jim	23/09/06

136.	to chris, #4	06:57	\|	citizen zero	23/09/06

137.	yes I agree no I dont	07:01	\|	wally	23/09/06

138.	another lie	07:14	\|	sue	23/09/06

139.	My error	07:14	\|	JIm	23/09/06

140.	state terrorism?	07:18	\|	pw	23/09/06

141.	No 37. Plenty of warnings - so why the attack?	08:09	\|	Lebanese admirer	23/09/06

142.	Was Gaza liberated by the Israeli Pullout?Of course not!	08:15	\|	Lebanese admirer	23/09/06

143.	For Shimon	08:52	\|	Natallie Durson	23/09/06

144.	Another big lie about terrorism	09:00	\|	Voice of Reason	23/09/06

145.	Jimbo from Tenessee	09:21	\|	Richard	23/09/06

146.	Question for Indra	09:24	\|	Frustrated	23/09/06

147.	Another lie- terrorism is a serious threat to the West	09:44	\|	Voice of Reason	23/09/06

148.	A Recent Example Defined as a Terrorist	10:19	\|	Amoz	23/09/06

149.	Out of curiousity...	10:25	\|	Colin Wright	23/09/06

150.	JEWS AND ARABS	10:45	\|	ENOUGH ALREADY	23/09/06

151.	Some valid points, but (1)	11:33	\|	Alex	23/09/06

152.	Some valid points, but (2)	11:37	\|	Alex	23/09/06

153.	# 134 , Thank you JIM , same goes to you	11:44	\|	Joseph E .	23/09/06

154.	The experiment	11:49	\|	Jay	23/09/06

155.	Jim #85	12:55	\|	Free thinker	23/09/06

156.	To Pablo B: barking up the wrong tree	14:18	\|	Josh Korn	23/09/06

157.	Forgot 1: Assymetric warfare is always terrorism	14:43	\|	LisaV	23/09/06

158.	What is an "innocent civilian?"	14:44	\|	Veritas	23/09/06

159.	# 10, RICHARD	15:14	\|	indrajaya	23/09/06

160.	Re #160 `indrajaya` and #10 RICHARD have a discussion............	15:53	\|	Vittorio	23/09/06

161.	Australia behind Israel.	16:56	\|	Derek Jordan	23/09/06

162.	The 10 most useful lies about terrorism	17:03	\|	Dewey Figtree	23/09/06

163.	Terrorist get PAID PAID PAID BIG TIME	17:25	\|	melinda Lehan	23/09/06

164.	does terrorism really not work?	17:27	\|	CM	23/09/06

165.	Re:Natallie Durson from LA, USA and her postings	17:35	\|	Vittorio	23/09/06

166.	To indrajaya - targeting andkilling innocent people is terrorism	17:54	\|	Richard	23/09/06

167.	To indrajaya	18:13	\|	Eli	23/09/06

168.	#20 ans his supporters	18:17	\|	TOBIA	23/09/06

169.	10 most useful lies ...	18:46	\|	Sarbo Sen	23/09/06

170.	THE POPE GOT IT RIGHT	19:04	\|	Eli	23/09/06

171.	To indrajaya	19:39	\|	Alex	23/09/06

172.	to citizen zero, toronto #137	19:55	\|	chris	23/09/06

173.	Some Solutions for Israel	20:02	\|	Judeophile	23/09/06

174.	#8 Kym Exactly Right	20:05	\|	Judeophile	23/09/06

175.	Muslims and terrorism	20:33	\|	KUTW	23/09/06

176.	Rallies for and against terrorism	20:41	\|	KUTW	23/09/06

177.	4. chris: Talkback guidelines	20:56	\|	KUTW	23/09/06

178.	IT WAS OKAY SARBO SEN	21:02	\|	TOBIA	23/09/06

179.	144Natallie Durson re Shimon	21:21	\|	KUTW	23/09/06

180.	Burston forgot IDF as a terrorist organization	21:25	\|	Clickfool	23/09/06

181.	Top terrorists lecture the world on Virtue	21:51	\|	Sulaiman	23/09/06

182.	To Tobia	22:35	\|	Sarbojit Sen	23/09/06

183.	133 Dee Dubb	22:52	\|	KUTW	23/09/06

184.	What about zionists???	22:53	\|	Noora	23/09/06

185.	#65, BG	22:55	\|	Cipora Julianna Kohn	23/09/06

186.	143. Lebanese admirer :Was Gaza liberated by the Israeli Pullout?	22:55	\|	KUTW	23/09/06

187.	lies	23:11	\|	a wandering Jew	23/09/06

188.	KUTW	23:13	\|	Cipora Julianna Kohn	23/09/06

189.	183NooraWhat about jihadists???	23:15	\|	KUTW	23/09/06

190.	181.Clickfool: He didnt	23:29	\|	KUTW	23/09/06

191.	#184 CJ Kohn	23:35	\|	Boycott	23/09/06

192.	# 164 melinda Lehan. Terrorists get PAID PAID PAID BIG TIME..	00:12	\|	Kathy	24/09/06

193.	# 178 UKTW. EL LOCO ASTA AQUI,MIRA,MIRA...	00:28	\|	Kathy	24/09/06

194.	# 37 SHIMON. re:The King David Hotel. WELL SAID.AND,,,	00:49	\|	Kathy	24/09/06

195.	America shoot its foot: Twice so far..	01:09	\|	Akram Zekaria	24/09/06

196.	Walid # 19	01:16	\|	Avrum	24/09/06

197.	Gaza as an example	02:10	\|	dov	24/09/06

198.	Misstatements about terror in Gaza - 2nd try	03:45	\|	Ben Gurion	24/09/06

199.	Repeating the obvious (Cipora JK #184) - 2nd try	03:47	\|	Ben Gurion	24/09/06

200.	Oh Twaddle	03:48	\|	Mark Lincoln	24/09/06

201.	Jews Marrying Muslims	04:53	\|	MIchael	24/09/06

202.	#195, BG	05:13	\|	Cipora Julianna Kohn	24/09/06

203.	#188, Boycott	05:23	\|	Cipora Julianna Kohn	24/09/06

204.	Mark Lincoln # 196	05:45	\|	Nick	24/09/06

205.	L`Shanah Tovah Yisroel!	05:45	\|	Sam The Sham	24/09/06

206.	Civil Rights	05:50	\|	ron	24/09/06

207.	# 168, ELI	06:30	\|	indrajaya	24/09/06

208.	#193King David "Hotel" was British MILITARY Intelligence Center	06:39	\|	Michigan	24/09/06

209.	# 167, RICHARD	06:39	\|	indrajaya	24/09/06

210.	#157 Josh Kern - Good for Jews, good for Arabs.	06:55	\|	Pablo B	24/09/06

211.	Kathy	07:00	\|	Danite	24/09/06

212.	Ben Gurion	07:05	\|	Danite	24/09/06

213.	#166 Vittorio Re: Israel/Jew Haters. PEACE SHOULD BE The Concern!	07:37	\|	Proud Pal Defender	24/09/06

214.	Bradley: terrorism for family consumption	07:47	\|	Brigitte Meier	24/09/06

215.	Here`s The Most Useful Lie About Terrorism Of Them All!	07:55	\|	Sam The Sham	24/09/06

216.	Mark Lincoln Do You Remember...	07:59	\|	Sam The Sham	24/09/06

217.	to mike and to the proud pal defender	08:17	\|	victor	24/09/06

218.	SAM THE SHAM	08:42	\|	indrajaya	24/09/06

219.	#37, 195 The old "we warned `em" lie	08:48	\|	Pablo B	24/09/06

220.	189Cipora Julianna Kohn	09:03	\|	KUTW	24/09/06

221.	194 Kathy	09:20	\|	KUTW	24/09/06

222.	#153 Alex/Others, HYPOCRISY: MLK & Mahatma Ghandi.	09:43	\|	Proud Pal Defender	24/09/06

223.	KUTW - Gaza pullout	09:47	\|	Lebanese admirer	24/09/06

224.	Lebanese given due warning I suppose?	09:53	\|	Lebanese admirer	24/09/06

225.	212Danite	09:55	\|	KUTW	24/09/06

226.	Mr. BURSOTON YOU`RE FULL OF IT	10:14	\|	DON	24/09/06

227.	definitions	10:20	\|	Richie	24/09/06

228.	224. Lebanese admirer	10:23	\|	KUTW	24/09/06

229.	To 220 Pablo B	10:24	\|	Eli	24/09/06

230.	Brigitte Meier	10:26	\|	Sarah	24/09/06

231.	indrajaya maybe not mainstream, but most vocal	10:58	\|	Richard	24/09/06

232.	Marlene #111 glorifies her Muslim TERRORIST friends	11:43	\|	Ari ben Yisrael	24/09/06

233.	Derek Jordan #162 from DownUnda	11:52	\|	Ari ben Yisrael	24/09/06

234.	Kach not a terrorist group	11:52	\|	David	24/09/06

235.	KUTW #191Good on Ya	11:59	\|	Ari ben Yisrael	24/09/06

236.	Michigan #209 That`s a Misnomer	12:06	\|	Ari ben Yisrael	24/09/06

237.	Guidelines	12:22	\|	Frank Farbenbloom	24/09/06

238.	Just noticed @233 I referred to Marlene as Marilyn	12:23	\|	Ari ben Yisrael	24/09/06

239.	10 most useful lies -TERRORISM	12:28	\|	Mohamed Osman	24/09/06

240.	Who destroyed Twin Towers; Eta, Tamil or Kach???	12:38	\|	Isaac Haskiya	24/09/06

241.	#235 David & perhaps ignorant praise	12:39	\|	Ari ben Yisrael	24/09/06

242.	236.Ari ben Yisrael	13:23	\|	KUTW	24/09/06

243.	terrorism & war on terrorism...	14:42	\|	lisa	24/09/06

244.	RAMADAN, ROSH HASHANAH	14:58	\|	Isaac Leal	24/09/06

245.	# 212 Danite. re: King David Hotel. OF COURSE I KNEW...	15:20	\|	Kathy	24/09/06

246.	vittorio`s "arguments"/in support for Natallie Durson	15:20	\|	lisa	24/09/06

247.	First Most Useful Lie About Muslim Terrorists	15:25	\|	Michael	24/09/06

248.	#235 on self defence. couldn`t agree more.	15:35	\|	lisa	24/09/06

249.	Irgun and Stern Organizations	15:45	\|	Ben Johnson	24/09/06

250.	TERRORISM IS A MANYFOLD FENOMENON	16:09	\|	Isaac Leal	24/09/06

251.	Rosh Hashana	18:49	\|	christoph	24/09/06

252.	Ten Lies about Terrorism	19:17	\|	Zvi Zaks	24/09/06

253.	Not all muslims are terrorists	19:37	\|	Mick Roberts	24/09/06

254.	#250 Ben Johnson	19:38	\|	Boycott	24/09/06

255.	`Not all Muslims are terrorists,	19:40	\|	jdyer	24/09/06

256.	Haaretz will let you say they have no balls, and	21:54	\|	Yaakov K.	24/09/06

257.	To #223: On Nonviolence	22:06	\|	Michael	24/09/06

258.	Haaretz Preaching about Myth	22:56	\|	Pamela, AtlasShrugs	24/09/06

259.	#248 "The first most useful lie..."	23:25	\|	Kaelinda	24/09/06

260.	Bradley Burston	23:46	\|	Gullible Cynic	24/09/06

261.	Indrajaya # 160	00:05	\|	Nick	25/09/06

262.	Talkback guidelines/ #4	06:08	\|	Alan	25/09/06

263.	to KUTW #187	06:26	\|	zeev	25/09/06

264.	Two big problems	06:56	\|	Efox	25/09/06

265.	to #38 Only harmless defense is moral?	07:20	\|	Gordon	25/09/06

266.	to "free thinker" #6	07:32	\|	Gordon	25/09/06

267.	How many buses and Pizza parlors has KACH blown up?	07:39	\|	Incredulous	25/09/06

268.	to Gullible Cynic #260	07:43	\|	Gordon	25/09/06

269.	Could some terrorists be Serial Killers adopting a cause?	08:00	\|	Gordon	25/09/06

270.	# 232, RICHARD	08:04	\|	indrajaya	25/09/06

271.	to Incredulous #268	09:12	\|	zeev	25/09/06

272.	Terror of Israeli State	09:57	\|	Palestinian	25/09/06

273.	Point 2 the definition of a terrorist	10:01	\|	Johnboy	25/09/06

274.	Irgun and Stern Gangs	10:03	\|	Juan	25/09/06

275.	IDF and IAD are also terrorists according to the UN definition	10:05	\|	Tony	25/09/06

276.	Gordon	10:53	\|	Free thinker	25/09/06

277.	The 10 most useful lies about terrorism	11:41	\|	Alex	25/09/06

278.	The 11:th lie	11:47	\|	Phillies Wright	25/09/06

279.	two groups are missing from the list	12:20	\|	sam	25/09/06

280.	#9 and # 279	13:54	\|	diogenes	25/09/06

281.	not all terrorists are muslims	14:31	\|	Paolo Pozzi	25/09/06

282.	WHAT DO U EXPECT	14:35	\|	SAM	25/09/06

283.	RE: Sam	15:05	\|	Alan	25/09/06

284.	Missing from your list of terror groups	15:20	\|	Lurker	25/09/06

285.	to Cipora J. Kohn #186	15:28	\|	zeev	25/09/06

286.	For Gordon	15:42	\|	Gullible Cynic	25/09/06

287.	For Ruben at 99	15:58	\|	Gullible Cynic	25/09/06

288.	one terrorist group left out of the list	16:28	\|	SpacePunk	25/09/06

289.	Not all terrorists are Muslim	16:46	\|	peepl	25/09/06

290.	The 10 most useful lies about terrorism	19:08	\|	Dave	25/09/06

291.	What is supporting terrorism today?	19:44	\|	Kate	25/09/06

292.	who`s a terrorist	19:46	\|	michael harman	25/09/06

293.	#293 - the Geneva Conventions	20:00	\|	Kate	25/09/06

294.	How do you categorize the Israeli attacks on Lebanon	20:07	\|	M. Omary	25/09/06

295.	Your right	21:08	\|	BC_reason	25/09/06

296.	The first useful lie	21:49	\|	pauldanish	25/09/06

297.	New Guidelines	21:59	\|	Paul	25/09/06

298.	the Rules	22:46	\|	Jacob	25/09/06

299.	Principles Reloaded	22:57	\|	jwishman	25/09/06

300.	terrorism	23:51	\|	stephen tomlinson	25/09/06

301.	Would you prefer to say;"most terrorists are muslims"? (2nd try)	00:13	\|	Daniel	26/09/06

302.	The unspeakable unspoken	00:59	\|	Tom B	26/09/06

303.	to tony price	01:00	\|	gershon	26/09/06

304.	to mona	01:32	\|	gershon	26/09/06

305.	On the Alter of Islam BB will be sacrificed	02:24	\|	Jacques	26/09/06

306.	10 lies	02:44	\|	charlene.	26/09/06

307.	#285, Zeev	02:50	\|	Cipora Julianna Kohn	26/09/06

308.	To Sulaiman	02:54	\|	NJ	26/09/06

309.	Palestinians and Jordan	03:33	\|	Bruce	26/09/06

310.	The Terrorist	03:57	\|	CoreThinker	26/09/06

311.	Terrorism is illegitimate if a negotiated settlement is in view	05:43	\|	Dr. Aron Tannenbaum	26/09/06

312.	1st lie isnt a lie at all	07:10	\|	righteous Infidel	26/09/06

313.	lie #11: israel is doing all this in "self defense"	07:48	\|	avi	26/09/06

314.	Why Islamic terrorism IS different	08:35	\|	Christine Borman	26/09/06

315.	Democracy is for the Democrats	02:42	\|	Akram Zekaria	27/09/06

316.	precisely	03:23	\|	timbuktu	29/09/06

317.	lies about terrorism	08:44	\|	Ralph	08/10/06

318.	two things.	18:50	\|	Miles	08/10/06

319.	Israeli terrorism	14:14	\|	Teresa	16/10/06

320.	The 10 most useful lies about terrorism	13:45	\|	Lars	17/11/06

321.	Kach/Jewish Terrorism	03:44	\|	Dee	15/11/07

322.	terrorism	18:36	\|	gazi	13/01/08

323.	Diaper nation	05:48	\|	BRIAN WILLIAM JAMRS	21/04/08

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