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Terror in Mumbai

Last week's terror attacks in Mumbai continue to reverberate with fond memories, mourning, questioning and soul-searching. Here's a round-up of the latest reports and commentaries:

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12/01/08 02:12 PM

Nothing should be shocking about torture.  It is a sad fact of war and the fanaticism it breeds.  This particular torture was probably done to inflame the Israeli public so it will exact some sort of revenge.  Needless to say, after all these years of perpetual war and cruelty, the revenge won’t prove anything.

12/01/08 03:18 PM

What happened to the Holtzbergs and the others in Mumbai Chabad House was just the latest example of the kind of anti-Semitic murder that has plagued the world for centuries.
It was a pogrom.
It’s been going on so long, you’d think we’d have gotten used to it by now.
But whether it rides on horseback and speaks Russian, wears a swastika or a kafiya, it’s all the same beast, and we should recognize that.
One reason it keeps happening is the world’s uncanny ability to compartmentalize each case and make itself believe each is an isolated incident and therefore nothing to worry about.
I think they’re wrong, and I, for one, am plenty worried.

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