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Of Pirates and Terrorists
(Jerusalem Post) Saul Singer - As historian Paul Johnson has pointed out, European states in the 19th century initially found it convenient to ransom their citizens from pirates rather than fight them. It was the U.S. that broke this pattern by sending the marines across the Egyptian desert to force the Bey of Tripoli to surrender all American captives and sue for peace. The entire strategy of terrorists is based on the targeting of civilians - what is known as "war crimes."