Last night Israel assassinated Israel Sheik Ahmed Yassin, the founder of Hamas. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040322/ap_on_re_mi_ea/israel_palestinians&cid=540&ncid=716 Yassin was an old man and crippled, and his 'operational role' had been next to none for years. However, he has been seen as the spiritual leader of the Hamas and his assassination is going to provoke another, perhaps unprecedented wave of terrorist attacks. Israel is opting for an escalation and it knows it. O.K. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html