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Israel Issues Rocket Retaliation Warning
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon warned Sunday that Israel will retaliate against Palestinan rockets even if they are fired from civilian areas, and an arms manufacturer said Israel had installed a radar system in a border town to give warning of rocket attacks. Sharon's remarks and the reported radar defense were apparently aimed at hardline critics who say Sharon's planned withdrawal from Gaza in 2005 would expose Israel to intense rocket attacks. Numerous Israeli military forays into northern Gaza have failed to still the rocket fire. In the four years of Israeli-Palestinian fighting, Palestinian militants have fired dozens of inaccurate, low-explosive rockets at Israeli border towns and Jewish settlements in Gaza. The missiles caused deaths for the first time in June, when two Israelis, including a 4-year-old boy, were killed. Many missiles have fallen into fields, while others have damaged homes and cars.
I remarked in the wake of the Beslan atrocity that it's more important to take out the terrs than it is to avoid killing the civilians they're hiding among. Sharon apparently thinks the same way.

Posted by: Fred 2004-09-19
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