These days the stance of Franz-Josef Strauß on the war on terror was made public by former chancellor Schmidt - an interesting way of dealing with terrorists: When RAF terrorists threatened to kill their hostages if their demands are not fulfilled, Strauß is reputed to have said "We have hostages, too."

This is worth thinking about. Rather than allowing the terrorists to move our governments around, this would allow us to react. Barbarians don´t understand civilized methods anyway. When they kill their hostages, we should reduce their numbers accordingly. Maybe this would make them think about their behavior. And if it didn´t, well then at least there won´t be any negotiations about the release of prisoners anymore :)

So while I would strongly agree to a harshers stance towards terrorists that take hostages, I don´t approve the introduction of state-run trojan horses at all. This is not exactly the kind of measurement that increases the support of the people for the government in the war on terror. Continuous cutting of personal freedom only causes discontent, which is growing. Ordinary citizens must have at least certain areas in their lives in which they can be certain that the state is not taking a secret look at them. In the modern world, the content of personal hard-drives is among these areas.

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Yeah you are right, we would first have to put more effort into hunting them. And that is very unlikely unless they start to bomb in our cities.
I think the killing of prisoners is more suited to the american war on terror. We still have a reputation to lose in the arabian world. They can proceed whatever way they like to.