The Law of War, Vol. IV: "Death w/o. Miranda Rights"

In what appears to have been the pen-ultimate example of a terrorist coming to swift justice, an eleven member Mossad assassination team reportedly killed (w/o. violence evident upon the corpse) a top Hamas military leader in his Dubai hotel room, w/o. ruffling the bed spread. It took Dubai's CSI almost two weeks to even confirm that the cause of death was other than natural causes.

As Hamas is engaged in a declared war of extermination against the Nation of Israel, which has reciprocated by having its Legislature also adopt a War Declaration against Hamas, the killing of this enemy combatant was legal, admiral even as not a single person other than the target was harmed, let alone inconvenienced.

Irrespective of the humane manner in which Israel implemented this act of self defense, numerous Arab, and several European, governments have lodged formal protests with the UN and Interpol. What nonsense.

In the late 1980's, Israel undertook a similar targeted execution of an enemy combatant hiding in North Africa. At the time, news reports stated that the Mossad team had filmed the entire operation to be used for subsequent training of new Agency recruits. My reaction was that making a recording of an execution was at best ghoulish. Now, with only some two decades of time for reflection, I appreciate the wisdom of that training movie - a luxury hotel room left in pristine condition, w/o. any need for special cleaning. Government competence and sensitivity to the needs of innocent people is alive and well. Just saying ...