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Article: Talking terrorism.(Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu; Secretary of Defense William Perry)(Washington Notebook)(Column)
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- The New Leader
- Article date:
- July 15, 1996
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ON JULY 9, Defense Secretary William Perry delivered to the Senate Armed Services Committee approximately the same message Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was almost simultaneously delivering to President Clinton: Terrorists, operating from safe havens in outlaw states, have reached a level of organization that cannot be adequately dealt with by taking protective measures and pursuing individual perpetrators.
Under fire for misjudgments in the Dhahran bombing, Perry said the bombers were not simply Saudi dissidents; they were well-organized, used high-quality military explosives, and had "extensive support from an experienced and wellfinanced terrorist ...