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Awake Must Be Sleeping
LORD GUTHRIE, a former Chief of the Defence Staff, this week broke with
British government policy and endorsed Israel's targeted killing of Hamas
and Islamic Jihad leaders in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
"They are a legitimate target", he said after this weeks Commonwealth Dinner
on Monday Night.
"How on earth can you allow your people to be attacked without trying to
stop it?" the General asked. " The only way to stop Suicide Bombers is to
attack the people who send them".
During his 44-year army career, Lord Guthrie, an SAS veteran, fought
terrorism in Malaysia, Borneo, Yemen, Aden, Oman, Kenya and Northern
Ireland. He retired as Britain's most senior soldier in 2001, and is now a
member of the International Institute of Strategic Studies.
He described the problem of stopping suicide bombers as astonishingly
difficult. "I am not surprised" he said, "that Israel tries to attack the
evil people who send the young bombers, who need the support, and the
equipment, who need the direction and the target. It's the people behind
them that have to be hit"
In the same speech, criticized France, Germany (is there any difference
anymore??) and other European countries for opposing the war in Iraq. "The
US" he said, have good reason to feel let down".
He acknowledged that these countries were also anxious not to stir up and
frighten their own Muslim population, with the attitude of trying to calm
rather than incite.
But he warned, "without being able to protect our military power, Europe
will not be taken seriously". He called for a united stand against
international terrorism,which he said "knew no borders".
British government policy and endorsed Israel's targeted killing of Hamas
and Islamic Jihad leaders in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
"They are a legitimate target", he said after this weeks Commonwealth Dinner
on Monday Night.
"How on earth can you allow your people to be attacked without trying to
stop it?" the General asked. " The only way to stop Suicide Bombers is to
attack the people who send them".
During his 44-year army career, Lord Guthrie, an SAS veteran, fought
terrorism in Malaysia, Borneo, Yemen, Aden, Oman, Kenya and Northern
Ireland. He retired as Britain's most senior soldier in 2001, and is now a
member of the International Institute of Strategic Studies.
He described the problem of stopping suicide bombers as astonishingly
difficult. "I am not surprised" he said, "that Israel tries to attack the
evil people who send the young bombers, who need the support, and the
equipment, who need the direction and the target. It's the people behind
them that have to be hit"
In the same speech, criticized France, Germany (is there any difference
anymore??) and other European countries for opposing the war in Iraq. "The
US" he said, have good reason to feel let down".
He acknowledged that these countries were also anxious not to stir up and
frighten their own Muslim population, with the attitude of trying to calm
rather than incite.
But he warned, "without being able to protect our military power, Europe
will not be taken seriously". He called for a united stand against
international terrorism,which he said "knew no borders".