Sir, - Heather Abrahamson (August 31st) seems to have missed the point in relation to the assassinations in Israel. It seems to me that Brendan Behan's words were particularly appropriate to the situation there.
Nobody can doubt that deaths - civilian or otherwise - resulting from such conflicts are lamentable. That should never be trivialised. But the only thing more dreadful than terrorism is State-sponsored terrorism. - Yours, etc.,
Ian Turner, Douglas, Cork.