The Hindu : Unprecedented

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Friday, Sep 19, 2003

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Unprecedented

Sir, — The blatant statement by the Israeli Vice-Prime Minister that killing Yasser Arafat is an option is shocking and unprecedented and unheard of in the history of global relations. Israel must realise that every action will have a reaction. And vengeance breeds vengeance. Such statements will not solve the problem but will ignite another full-scale war between Israel and Palestine, and drag the entire region into it.

C.A.C. Murugappan,
Sivagangai, T.N.

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Sir, — Mr. Sharon's two-day visit to India benefited him a lot. He cleared the sale of three Phalcons, the cost of which is $ 3 billion. Can we curb cross-border terrorism with these highly scientific and costly devices? Even Israel has failed to tackle suicide bombers — Mr. Sharon had to cut short his visit because of terror attacks back home.

Abdul Hameed,
Guwahati

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Sir, — Israel has nothing to teach us on combating terrorism as is evident from the fact that it has not been able to eliminate terrorism in its own land. It cannot effect the sale of defence equipment to us without clearance from the U.S. So why this bonhomie?

H.M. Usman,
Salem, T.N.

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Sir, — Israel is a hard state; terrorists know that they cannot get away after killing Israeli citizens or kidnapping them. Mr. Sharon is ruthless when it comes to national security. If India had had a leader like Mr. Sharon, terrorists would not have dared hijack the Indian Airlines plane to Kandahar and forced our Government to release terrorists like Masood Azhar who has raised one of the deadliest terrorist organisations.

Raj Mohanty,
Hyderabad

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