Two Thoughts on the Execution of Ahmad Yassin

by Daniel Pipes
Mar 24, 2004

https://www.danielpipes.org/blog/2004/03/two-thoughts-on-the-execution-of-ahmad-yassin

At a time when coalition forces are tracking down Osama bin Laden in Pakistan with the intent of capturing or killing him, the elimination of Yassin strikes me as a very useful Israeli contribution to the global war on terror.

I am struck that anyone can think that Yassin's death could be anything but a boon for Israel in its war with the Palestinians. Has anyone ever heard of a case when killing an enemy leader does not help its war cause? (March 24, 2004)

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