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**NudiJuicervich** · 04-26-2011, 06:29 PM

But what about an organization that has multiple arms?

An organization like Hamas, for example, that has legitimate political movements as well as its less legitimate movements. Can we kill all Hamas members because some are violent?

That's a different and more interesting question, as some things can have legal and illegal aspects. For example, I'll cite some Irish examples, e.g.,the Sinn Féin party (legal) in Ireland that was regularly viewed as the political arm of the IRA (illegal) during the time of 'The Troubles' prior to the Good Friday Agreement

Sinn Féin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

or the Molly Maguires (illegal) insurrectionists that were inside local Ancient Order of Hibernians (AOH) chapters (legal) in Pennsylvania during the 1860s-1870s.

Molly Maguires - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ancient Order of Hibernians - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

AQ is not a legal political party organisation, though, no more so than gangs like Los Zetas or Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) are, etc. They are just straight up criminal organisations. Even if AQ had some kind of legal wing under a different name, AQ would still be a separate and distinct illegal organisation like the IRA, Molly Maguires, etc.

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NudiJuicervich Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 570 Senior Member	But what about an organization that has multiple arms? An organization like Hamas, for example, that has legitimate political movements as well as its less legitimate movements. Can we kill all Hamas members because some are violent? That's a different and more interesting question, as some things can have legal and illegal aspects. For example, I'll cite some Irish examples, e.g.,the Sinn Féin party (legal) in Ireland that was regularly viewed as the political arm of the IRA (illegal) during the time of 'The Troubles' prior to the Good Friday Agreement Sinn Féin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia or the Molly Maguires (illegal) insurrectionists that were inside local Ancient Order of Hibernians (AOH) chapters (legal) in Pennsylvania during the 1860s-1870s. Molly Maguires - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ancient Order of Hibernians - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia AQ is not a legal political party organisation, though, no more so than gangs like Los Zetas or Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) are, etc. They are just straight up criminal organisations. Even if AQ had some kind of legal wing under a different name, AQ would still be a separate and distinct illegal organisation like the IRA, Molly Maguires, etc.
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