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* The mortar attack is [http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5245581,00.html reported at The Guardian], as having killed 7 people, not 16. [http://www.aljazeera.com/me.asp?service_ID=9535 Al Jazeera] also reports 7 dead and 36 injured. Furthermore, are we comfortable with the use of the word ''terrorists'' to describe those who carried out the mortar attack? [http://www.aljazeera.com/me.asp?service_ID=9535 Al Jazeera] uses the term ''rebels'' and other sites may use the term [[insurgent|insurgents]]. -- [[User:Tyagi|Tyagi]] 21:06, 31 August 2005 (UTC) |
* The mortar attack is [http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5245581,00.html reported at The Guardian], as having killed 7 people, not 16. [http://www.aljazeera.com/me.asp?service_ID=9535 Al Jazeera] also reports 7 dead and 36 injured. Furthermore, are we comfortable with the use of the word ''terrorists'' to describe those who carried out the mortar attack? [http://www.aljazeera.com/me.asp?service_ID=9535 Al Jazeera] uses the term ''rebels'' and other sites may use the term [[insurgent|insurgents]]. -- [[User:Tyagi|Tyagi]] 21:06, 31 August 2005 (UTC) |
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** It should be [[insurgent]]s not terrorists. The [[mortar]] attack was part of an ongoing insurgency, not a terrorist incident, like the [[kidnap]]ping and [[beheading]] of individuals in [[Iraq]]. |
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Revision as of 22:46, 31 August 2005
bridge
It is said the bridge was 30 meters high over the river, so most people were killed instantly upon impact on water or the riverbed. User:195.70.32.136
- Citation? Cite your sources. --Fighter 18:29, 31 August 2005 (UTC)
- The Guardian article reports 30 feet, not meters -- Tyagi 20:57, 31 August 2005 (UTC)
- I've edited the article to reflect this. The 30 foot figure sounds much more accurate - from the photos of the bridge, it is most *definitely* not a 295 foot high bridge. — ceejayoz ★ .com 21:02, 31 August 2005 (UTC)
- Of course, 30 meters is just under 100 feet, not 295. *g* CanSpice 22:18, 31 August 2005 (UTC)
- I've edited the article to reflect this. The 30 foot figure sounds much more accurate - from the photos of the bridge, it is most *definitely* not a 295 foot high bridge. — ceejayoz ★ .com 21:02, 31 August 2005 (UTC)
Mortar Attack
- The mortar attack is reported at The Guardian, as having killed 7 people, not 16. Al Jazeera also reports 7 dead and 36 injured. Furthermore, are we comfortable with the use of the word terrorists to describe those who carried out the mortar attack? Al Jazeera uses the term rebels and other sites may use the term insurgents. -- Tyagi 21:06, 31 August 2005 (UTC)
- It should be insurgents not terrorists. The mortar attack was part of an ongoing insurgency, not a terrorist incident, like the kidnapping and beheading of individuals in Iraq.