States Cannot Negotiate with Suicidal Terrorists

(Telegraph - UK) Janet Daley - What should the British Government do if a group of hijackers, declaring themselves eager to embrace death and martyrdom, seize a London theatre audience? There can be only one answer to people who say, "Give us what we want or we will kill anybody who is unlucky enough to fall into our hands." Terrorism must end in disaster for the perpetrators. It must not only be futile; it must be counter-productive.


2002-10-30 00:00:00

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