"Through diplomatic steps, we need to give careful and thorough explanation that we are talkingabout attacks strictly for the purpose of self defense, " he said.
This is -- the entire purpose of the law that you're talkingabout was written in the '80s to prevent a private company or an investor from evading taxes in owning a profitable company and then in purchasing one that was losing money in order to take significant -- to use those significant tax losses to lower its own tax rate.