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This characterization is heavily biased, and it badly confuses cause and effect. When rockets and mortars are launched over a sovereign nation's borders against innocent civilians, a military reaction is entirely proper (according to U.N. Charter Art. 51), and need not be limited to a “proportionate?? response. The attack, not the retaliation, is the “cause” of the escalation...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Letters | 5/9/2001 | See Source »

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