What I don't understand...

Post #34,339 by ben_tilly 4/3/02 7:23:44 PM Reply	What I don't understand... is why Israel doesn't target the families of suicide bombers. We know that payments assist people to make the decision. Well isn't it reasonable to make it a crime to receive money for suicide bombing, and thereby discourage it? Cheers, Ben "... I couldn't see how anyone could be educated by this self-propagating system in which people pass exams, teach others to pass exams, but nobody knows anything." --Richard Feynman
Post #34,346 by hnick 4/3/02 8:23:29 PM Reply	Try targeting sand on the beach... You will get some real ones and some wanabees and some innocents. To do it effectively, you're talking genocide. The Israelies may have issues with that... but then, they may not have a whole lot of other options. I don't have any easy answers either. Regards, Hugh
Post #34,351 by ben_tilly 4/3/02 9:12:20 PM Reply	I don't see the issue The idea is to make it illegal to accept money from suicide bombing. Whenever there is a successful suicide bombing, make the parents cough up money you know they are getting, or else put them in jail for a few years. No wannabes. There are enough successful suicide bombers whose family you can go after. Many countries have laws that deny people the proceeds of criminal activities, even if you are not the one who did the foul deeds. (Mostly directed against money laundering.) Why shouldn't there be a law against receiving money for murder committed by someone else? Cheers, Ben "... I couldn't see how anyone could be educated by this self-propagating system in which people pass exams, teach others to pass exams, but nobody knows anything." --Richard Feynman
Post #34,352 by boxley 4/3/02 9:13:30 PM Reply	There has been questions raised about deportation of the families, but Egypt and Jordan say no thanks, Bill TAM ARIS QUAM ARMIPOTENS
Post #34,673 by bluke 4/8/02 4:08:05 AM Reply	Very simple Most of the suicide bombers live in Area A, until now under PA civil and security control. Israel is not in control there and the PA has not only not discouraged the phenomenon, but has blessed it. Israel has repeatedly given the PA information about various terrorists planning suicide attacks and the PA has done nothing about it. In fact, the terrorist who committed the PAssover eve bombing was freed by the PA days before to go commit the bombing. This is precisely the reason why Israel has now gone and entered into Area A, to catch the terrorists, their weapons etc.
Post #34,354 by a6l6e6x 4/3/02 9:50:04 PM Reply	But they do target the family. The Israeli bulldozers level their home. The family of the Passover suicide bomber is waiting. [link\|http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/01/international/middleeast/01ARAB.html\|NY Times article.] "We will stay here in the house, and they can come if they want," said his father, a prosperous vegetable wholesaler. I don't know that the homes are always leveled, but I recall reading of instances in the past. Alex "Never express yourself more clearly than you think." -- Neils Bohr (1885-1962)
Post #34,377 by ben_tilly 4/4/02 5:11:34 AM Reply	That explains that "... I couldn't see how anyone could be educated by this self-propagating system in which people pass exams, teach others to pass exams, but nobody knows anything." --Richard Feynman

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