Selective terrorism. From: National Review | Date: September 1, 1989| Author: Haselkorn, Avigdor | COPYRIGHT 1989 National Review, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

PALO ALTO, Calif .Earlier this year, a PLO official denied that PLO guerrillas were engaged in

terrorism when they carried out "a military operation . . . aimed at attacking Israeli soldiers."

The PLO has thus joined a growing list of terrorist organizations which have recently claimed adherence to a "selective terrorism" approach aimed, they say, at avoiding noncombatant targets. For example, ETA-Militar, the dominant group within the Basque separatist...

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