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User talk:220.161.107.106

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User talk:80.229.198.75

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User talk:81.32.165.99

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User talk:208.242.14.150

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User talk:141.154.54.134

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User talk:63.163.229.165

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User talk:69.143.255.219

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User talk:84.56.226.94

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User talk:65.24.145.68

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User talk:172.166.191.154

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User talk:80.229.217.226

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User talk:155.104.239.16

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User talk:Pylambert

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User talk:128.146.231.224

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User talk:24.247.19.170

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User talk:59.167.3.100

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User talk:207.200.116.65

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User talk:24.46.115.48

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User talk:64.229.28.243

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User talk:141.151.16.7

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User talk:202.161.11.81

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User talk:194.237.142.10

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User talk:134.10.121.116

dangled participle
can't stop laughing, thx.... -Edbrown05 00:02, 31 August 2005 (UTC)

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User talk:Gfenley

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Yes I am Paddy from commons so OK, OK no big greetings I am OK! I see no reason to log in. That is all ;-) --84.131.68.91 01:23, 31 August 2005 (UTC)
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Total evacuation of New Orleans planned

August 31, 2005

A state of emergency has been enacted in New Orleans in the U.S. state of Louisiana today, after the devastating Hurricane Katrina made landfall on Monday. There were earlier erroneous reports by the news media that martial law had been imposed. Mayor Ray Nagin fears that there may be "thousands" of fatalities in his city alone. Many hospital staff are struggling without power and supplies. As many as 2,500 patients from hospitals in Orleans Parish were to be evacuated, according to US Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt, but where they could be sent was still uncertain.

Looters are roaming the city and have already ransacked the city's upscale shopping district on Canal Street. They have been seen on news reports carrying huge bags of stolen goods. Governor Kathleen Blanco announced plans to completely shut down New Orleans and move everybody left there out of the area. A rescue helicopter was shot at, temporarily halting all rescue operations.

Former mayor Marc Morial summed up his view by saying; "We've lost our city, I fear it's potentially like Pompeii."

Two of the city's levees on Lake Ponchartrain failed; one with a football-field size breach. Emergency workers dropped sandbags from helicopters into the levee's breaches, but the water kept coming.

"It appears that now the bowl is beginning to fill -- not rapidly but slowly," said Walter Maestri, an emergency operations manager. New floods swept through the center of New Orleans and water now covers 80 percent of the city with broken gas lines feeding raging fires. In some locations the water is now at a depth of 20 feet (six meters).

The famous French Quarter, initially less affected by flooding, finally also succumbed.

"Get out of town if you can." said Ed Freytag, a city worker at the temporary City Hall complex. "We're damn close right now to that worst-case scenario," said Dave Cohen, a local radio host.

For those that were staying in the Superdome, officials have begun moving them to the long-vacant Astrodome in Houston, Texas.

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Martial law? Are you sure that isn't POV? -- NGerda 01:52, August 31, 2005 (UTC)
 * It's the correct term when the military is the form of government - the Nat'l Guard, Coast Guard and possibly more branches will be in control of New Orleans (or what's left of it) for at least a week or so. At first hearing of the term, it did sound like a pushing of POV - but as for the article, it's fairly clean.  --Mrmiscellanious 02:19, 31 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Something about this is mentioned on the Wikipedia article on martial law. I wonder if the point needs clarifying in this report.
 * "Martial law" is the term the authorities and most media are using [] Paulrevere2005 12:11, 31 August 2005 (UTC)

I recorded a spoken version of the article, but I believe the sandbags that were to be used to plug the breeches in the levees were never delivered. Can't find a source immediately, but I thought I heard it on TV. --Chiacomo (talk) 04:54, 31 August 2005 (UTC)

Where's the nation's leader? Where's President Bush?
Still waiting for our President to show up (leaders should lead maybe? this situation needs to have someone in control giving orders); you'd think this would be the time a real kick-ass commander(if he really is one) would be of some use? The mayor said there is no coordination among the agencies(see Chiacomo's comments above) and you can see that on your tv with the levee breeches widening by the hour and absolutely noone around trying to plug the breeches. The mayor says that noone can find a helicopter to use to drop the huge bags of gravel typically used and noone can find a barge to use to plug the hole. No one can get an aircraft carrier or cruise boat in to help the people get out. It's now 100 degrees inside the superdome with 20,000 people and NO WORKING TOILETS. The water is still rising; 15 feet throughout the city now.Desperation is setting in.I'm not surprised at all by this big government f___up; in fact I predicted it before the hurricane even hit;[]. These people are poor AND black...not the Palm Beach/Boca Raton crowd...and this is not a "battleground" state. Our Whitehouse couldn't care less,imo. Paulrevere2005 12:11, 31 August 2005 (UTC)

 * these pages aren't for any discussion except for discussion about the article and how it can be made better. i can understand you have certain feelings about this situation but this isn't the place to express them. have a look at this link and then specially point #2 what wikinews is not Boneyard 13:44, 31 August 2005 (UTC)

 * If you don't allow some of it here, it will infect the article. If Wikinews has an Op-Ed section (not NPOV), or if it had seperate editorial and topical discussions, or if WikiDebate ever gets roling, you could make him move it to such places, but these features do not exist, so it should be left here.  Now, no body would mind if you move highly POV comments around to create segregation within the discussion page.  Nyarlathotep 23:10, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

Paul, I've discussed this with you before, and I'm still waiting for your reply on my talk page. -- Phyzome is Tim McCormack 14:13, August 31, 2005 (UTC)

 * Tim, thank you for your interest; rather than trying to continue to raise the alarm and stimulate "out of the box" thinking; I think I will simply withdraw from contributions. This story will be the biggest in my lifetime in terms of being able to see clearly the mentality of our society and its direction, so everything to come will be anticlimatic for me. Thanks again Tim; your timing, along with boneyard's, was perfect for me. I can take a hint(finally):)Paulrevere2005 17:05, 31 August 2005 (UTC)

Paul, here it is. You have a history of misdirection in dialogue. My comment on your talk page, your "move" of it to my talk page (compare and ), my response. You must remember these, and similar comments by others. Please don't waste my time. -- Phyzome is Tim McCormack 03:26, September 1, 2005 (UTC)

pure copy paste and missing info
a good portion of this article is pure copy paste of the first source, is that allowed? next to that is it missing sources supporting the fact there is gonna be an actual evacution as mentioned on the front page. i agree that what is happening in new orleans is important, but this article and the previous one about it aren't doing the matter justice in my opinion. Boneyard 14:10, 31 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Please edit or start a new story if you wish. Paulrevere2005 17:08, 31 August 2005 (UTC)

Story getting bigger
I've done too much on this New Orleans story, but mayor now estimating"thousands dead"Ivor van Heerden, Deputy Director of the Louisiana State University Hurricane Center and director of the Center for the Study of Public Health Impacts of Hurricanes just estimated(1 hour ago) on Wolf Blitzer/CNN "situation room" that 240,000 people were left in the city and that his models show that"one-third (80(Eighty) thousand) will be dead". Just saw Bush arriving with his dog;(in Washington) he's speaking at 5pm. Paulrevere2005 20:35, 31 August 2005 (UTC)

HA!HA! Bush announced he's ordered the EPA to waive their polution standards
on gasoline nationwide to help with the crisis!!!Wow; what a great way to deal with weird weather events; he never lets me down; that one was good for a 5 minute gut buster. Paulrevere2005 00:11, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

 * I think it's a great move, after all; anything that prevents the oil companies from mining and refining more oil means more pain at the pump. I'm already paying $3/gallon for gas - don't make me spend more.  After all, just two weeks of fillups would be about the same price as a new bicycle; which I see more and more frequent on the roads in my area.  --Mrmiscellanious 00:19, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

 * Didn't they (scientists) find a link between polution and number of huricanes (global warming->hotter ocean->more/stronger huricane). This is definitly cutting off their nose despite their face, not that them and the majority of all, if not all other governments (mine included) do that all the time. Bawolff 04:03, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

 * Oh yeah, I'm sure 'they' did. And then someone else probably found the complete opposite to be true. And what do we believe when we find that most scientific papers are wrong: http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn7915 I personally believe the hurricane was due to bush ordering karl rove to fire up ye ol' death ray in alaska (the same one used to take down the WTC towers!!!) or then maybe not...

 * Bawolff,you're absolutely right about the connection[] which is why I find the Bush admin's move to INCREASE air pollution, and fossil fuel company profits, at this point in time just so obscenely sadistic. It shows how completely docile and stupid the American people,like me, have become; that his admin. would have the gall to twist the knife right now. You assume Bush did this as just another blunder; I assume it's just taking advantage of the disaster to push forward admin. policy; just as they did post 9/11. Paulrevere2005 10:36, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

 * Paul is technicallly correct MrMisc. However, Paul is also guilty of hyperbole on a grand scale.  To get above all that, Paul is *trying* to say that Bush's failures to take other correct actions show that this correct action was really to help oil companies.  I expect Paul is right on some level, but no such statments can be made even remotely objective until all the people have retiired and published their memiors.  :)

 * We need a Paulrevere2005 getto for some Wikinews talk pages. Maybe we could have an op-ed points / onliners section on the discussion page?  Here people would be entitled to edit your comments within the confines of their original motivation, not to make the NPOV, but to make them more witty.  Nyarlathotep 23:27, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

A zero-cost plan could have prevented this problem
Very simple: When you open the inbound lanes for exodus traffic, you require the cars in the extra lanes to be full - no exceptions. This would encourage carpooling - as it does in SF and other places. Very likely everyone could have been evacuated using the private cars at full capacity. City management deserves to have this tragedy placed at their feet for lack of planning. Benjamin Gatti

states' rights
Here is my POV chest beating on the issue. Bush's people are tards when it comes to action. They only do what (a) they are paid to do by oil companies, or (b) their perverse unrealistic idiology says. What is wrong? Easy, not enough local control of the buddget. Reduce the federal budget (including millitary funding), push "enforcment" agencies (DEA, ATF, small part of EPA, etc.) down to the state level, and you suddenly Louisiana as lots of money for the things local people light notice as being important.


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Sixteen additional suspects revealed in Zotob worm case

August 29, 2005

Turkish investigators have connected sixteen more people to the havoc of the Zotob internet worm, which has been adversely affecting computers for the last two weeks. These people were found by analysing communications between them and the two hackers arrested four days ago.

By analysing the code of the Zotob worm, as well as its derivative works, law enforcement officials have found that three internet gangs were involved in the creation of the worm. Farid Essebar, aka 'Diab10', the 18 year old who wrote the worm, as well as others, like Mytob, was a member of the gang '0x90-Team'. The other gangs, 'BlackCarder' and 'MetalHit', wrote some of the variants of Zotob and Mytob.

The other of the two men arrested four days ago was 21 year old Attila Ekici. Turkish officials say that he was paid by Essebar to distribute Zotob. This type of financial relationship confirms theories that writing viruses has become a profit-making enterprise.


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User talk:Ari S.

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Advice
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Woah There
"I think that I'm a pretty skilled writer" - Ari S. After reading Roberts Avoids Tough Issues in Hearing, no offence, but I'm not so sure you're a very skilled reporter. Heard of NPOV yet? This isn't an editorial site. DardanAeneas 01:58, 15 September 2005 (UTC)

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Rhode Island District Court freezes Palestinian Authority assets in the US

August 31, 2005

A Rhode Island district court has frozen all the US assets of the Palestinian Authority (PA), prompting Palestinian finance minister Salam Fayyad to request the aid of US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.

The frozen assets include US holdings in an investment fund worth $1.3 billion, which was used to finance economic development, and $30 million from the Palestinian Monetary Authority.

The ruling was passed upon the PA when they refused to compensate the relatives of a Jewish couple shot dead by members of Hamas in 1996.

US citizen Yaron Ungar and his wife Efrat were killed while returning from a wedding near the West Bank, when their car was shot at repeatedly, killing the couple. Three Hamas militants were jailed as a result.

A lawsuit was filed in 2000 against the Palestinian Authority, the PLO, Hamas, and Yasser Arafat in Rhode Island.

Yasser Arafat hired lawyer and former attorney general Ramsey Clark as his defense. In the case, Clark argued that the PA was a sovereign state, and that it deserved immunity from prosecution accorded to most countries. The court disagreed with this, and in 2004 they ruled that Palestine is not a state, and ordered them to pay the Ungars $116 million. A federal appeals court upheld the verdict in March.

The head of Washington's PA office, Hasan Abdul Rahman said that his office had been "paralysed" by the verdict.

"It paralyzes the function of the office, and I think that is the intention of the plaintiffs." he told Associated Press shortly after the decision, and called upon the US administration to intervene.


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Several hundred killed after stampede in Baghdad

August 31, 2005

Ibrahim Jaafari, the Prime Minister of Iraq, has declared that Iraq will hold three days of national mourning following a stampede on a bridge in Baghdad which left nearly a thousand people dead. The railings of a bridge over the River Tigris gave way under the weight of the crowd, and many people fell into the waters below.

CNN now reports the death toll as 965 dead and 465 injured.

The people were walking towards the Kadhimiya mosque, a Shi'ite shrine. They were celebrating the martyrdom of Muslim religious figure Musa Al-Kadhim.

Some sources say the rush happened after a rumor of the presence of a suicide bomber passed through the crowd of up to one million.

Earlier, three to six mortar rounds were fired into the crowd, killing as many as 16 - a US Apache gunship helicopter returned fire on the attackers.


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CNN is really rubbish, isn't it? It's hard to keep track of their retractions, there's so many... (See the article's page history if you want to know what I'm referring too!)

Personally, I'd strongly recommend against using CNN as a source for any article. They seem to be extremely unreliabe - they were the source of the "timer fragments" story after the 7/7 bombing,s and they made a right mess of the Athens airliner crash too. Dan100 (Talk) 10:52, August 31, 2005 (UTC)
 * I think they at least could have added a notice along the lines of "Early reports that ... were later ..." (at least to "Breaking news"-articles, of course the don't have to include it in a later, proper articles). It sure makes it a bit difficult for others to verify what you're writing. (And really, what's to say I didn't make it all up, now that the claim is nowhere to be seen over att CNN?) -- Woseph 12:29:21, 2005-08-31 (UTC)

This article needs a new title.
 * One might try to work in that it was a religious pilgrimage. But I don't see a really good title off the top of my head.  Nyarlathotep 15:47, 1 September 2005 (UTC)


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Shoppers World hosts arts event

August 27, 2005

Shoppers World in Brampton, Ontario, Canada asks its visitors to "look up, look way up" this October.

The Highway 10 and Steeles Avenue mall is encouraging Bramptonians to paint a ceiling tile for charity this summer, for their upcoming "Looking Up to the Arts" event. The tiles should represent either what Brampton means to you, or the arts in Brampton.

Anyone can paint a tile for the event by buying one at the customer service desk for $5. Once tiles are completed and returned for the event, participants receive a gift certificate for $5. The ceiling tiles must be finished and returned by October 7.

The tiles will be auctioned off at the end of the event, with money going to the Brampton Arts Council.

Local dance, music, theatre and visual arts group will perform and promote at the mall's event, which will be held from October 12 to 22.

This isn't Shoppers World's only celebration of the arts. The mall is the permanent home of the Artway Gallery, a community exhibit space on the west side of the mall. Organized by Visual Arts Brampton, the space allows anyone in the community to exhibit publicly.

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Is this a promo?
Is it just me or does this read like an advertisement? If it's not, perhaps a rewrite in a more newsy style would help. --Iain 01:01, 30 August 2005 (UTC)

i agree
this reads very much like an ad. Jtgotsjets 04:28, 30 August 2005 (UTC)

Should not have been deleted
I have restored this page, because it should never have been speedy deleted. Ads are only to be speedy deleted if they are spam or press releases. This was a reasonably nice local interest story not spam or a press release.--Cspurrier 11:48, 31 August 2005 (UTC)

Why is this published?
This story still needs work. I agree that it does not deserve to be deleted -- I don't see it as a blatant advertisement or a press release. But style wise it reads a bit like an ad and not really a news article. Not to mention, the headline is incredibly unprofessional. We should take this back to development until somebody is willing to reword and rename. Cllewr 20:38, 31 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Also not wikified. This article is definitely not ready for prime time.  Cllewr 20:38, 31 August 2005 (UTC)

Wikified, new title. This is to be a call to action, not an "ad", and there's little other way to word it, in my opinion. -- user:zanimum
 * I wasn't suggesting that it was intended to be an advertisement -- I was merely saying that it read like one, such that it wasn't suitable to be published. It looks good now. Cllewr 02:13, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

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Where's the nation's leader? Where's President Bush?
Still waiting for our President to show up (leaders should lead maybe? this situation needs to have someone in control giving orders). The mayor said there is no coordination among the agencies and you can see that on your tv with the levee breeches widening by the hour and absolutely noone around trying to plug the breeches. The mayor says that noone can find a helicopter to use to drop the huge bags of gravel typically used and noone can find a barge to use to plug the hole. No one can get an aircraft carrier or cruise boat in to help the people get out. It's now 100 degrees inside the superdome with 20,000 people and NO WORKING TOILETS. The water is still rising; 15 feet throughout the city now.Desperation is setting in.

Ya just don't get it. These people are poor AND black...not the Palm Beach/Boca Raton crowd...and this is not a "battleground" state. Our Whitehouse couldn't care less,imo. Paulrevere2005 12:01, 31 August 2005 (UTC)


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Philippine impeachment unlikely to succeed

August 31, 2005 A Philippine congressional committee has voted to turn down all impeachment petitions against President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. The opposition to the president, on boycott, was not present. The vote seems to have greatly undermined any chance of an impeachment of Arroyo.

Arroyo's critics say that she committed fraud during last year's presidential election. She has also been accused of bribing lawmakers in order to stop them from supporting complaints against her.

Edmundo Reyes, a pro-impeachment congressman, revealed that only six more signatures are needed to trigger a trial in the Philippine Senate. One-third of the legislative body - 79 members - must consent to the president's impeachment in order for a trial to occur. Currently, 73 lawmakers side with the opposition.

"Is there no one else?" asked an emotional Reyes. "Is there anyone else signing this for truth?"

The opposition has threatened to organize citizen protests demanding the president's removal. But Arroyo's Congress allies appear confident that they have destroyed the impeachment bid.


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publication
Just saw the story you were referring to in the watercooler: I think you were right to change it back ClareWhite 09:59, 14 September 2005 (UTC)

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User:Bawolff/Sandbox

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Explosions hit waterfront in New Orleans, Louisiana

Fires are raging in New Orleans following a series of explosions along the waterfront. The cause and the effects of the blasts are not known. → Full story

Louisiana officials accused of blocking rescue volunteers State Police in Lafayette, Louisiana, have been accused of hindering attempts by private citizens to rescue people trapped by floodwaters in New Orleans. → Full story

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Chimpanzee genome sequenced

September 3, 2005

The Chimpanzee Sequencing and Analysis Consortium, made up of 67 scientists from the United States, Israel, Italy, Germany, and Spain, has released a draft version of its report on the chimpanzee genome in the September 1 edition of the scientific journal Nature. The researchers mapped 94% of the genome. The report centers on comparisons between chimpanzee and human DNA.

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Israel rules victims of Jewish terrorist not entitled to lifelong support

September 1, 2005 Israel's defence minister has ruled that the man who shot dead four Israeli Arabs is not a terrorist, because he is Jewish. The decision means that the families do not receive the compensation as family members of people classed as victims of terrorism. The laws governing compensation only recognise terrorism as being perpetrated by "organisations hostile to Israel".

Ariel Sharon had previously described the act as "a despicable act by a bloodthirsty terrorist," and The Jerusalem Post described the gunman as a "Jewish far-Right fanatic".

The families will receive a lump sum instead of a lifelong payment. Arab Israeli leaders described the law as racist.

"The decision raises a strong scent of racism, which distinguishes between a Jewish terrorist and an Arab terrorist," one member of parliament said.

The Anti-Defamation League, a US based organisation set up to combat anti-semitism, has also condemned the killing and described it as terrorism.

"We strongly condemn today's terrorist attack by a Jewish gunman in Shiloh. The perpetrator is in police custody and we are confident he will be punished to the fullest extent of the law," said Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director, in a statement released on the day of the attack.

Member of the Knesset Mohammad Barakeh, has demanded an amendment to the current law. He is asking that the law recognise as victims of terror anyone hurt by "hostile activities by a terror organization." According to the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, the Prime Ministers Office has requested that the Attorney General review the issue.

The 19-year old Nathan Zaada shot the four Israeli Arabs in an industrial area of the town of Shfaram on August 4th. He was later killed by a mob.


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Seems to be taking a prominant anti-Isreal slant, could use some neutralizing. Items like: The Jerusalem Post described the gunman as a "Jewish far-Right fanatic"

Not to mention, the statement below can easily be changed to use more appropriate terms: He was later lynched by a mob.

And, I believe this segment can be eliminated alltogether: because he is Jewish

--Mrmiscellanious 10:30, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

I don't understand why the first statement is anti-Israel? It was made by an Iraeli newspaper. The third statement is central to the story. The second could lose the word lynch, agreed ClareWhite 11:16, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

 * The first one (far-Right fanatic) is a statement of fact. The Jerusalem Post did indeed describe him as such. I've so far been unable to find an opposing opinion, i.e. anyone supporting the gunman, or the defence ministry's decision.

 * As for the "because he is Jewish" part, I suppose it is debateable. It could possibly be changed to say something like "because he does not belong to an organisation that is hostile to Israel", however I'm not sure that this is accurate. I think that the fact that he is Jewish makes it impossible, legally speaking, for him to be hostile to Israel. That is what makes this issue so controversial. - Borofkin 12:12, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

 * I agree it has an anti-Jewish slant, which appears to have been taken from the article in The Guardian. The Jewish court didn't declare that he "was not a terrorist" as the article claims, it only said he was not a member of an "organisation hostile to Israel".  The over simplification is what gives it the anti-Jewish slant.  The title and article should be made NPOV. StuRat 12:22, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

 * Please make the changes that you consider to be appropriate. Also, please provide a source for the statement 'The Jewish court didn't declare that he "was not a terrorist" as the article claims'. I haven't found any reference to a court's ruling, only a decision by the defence ministry. - Borofkin 12:27, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

 * I meant to say "defence minstry", not "court", but the term "rules" in the title tricked my brain, LOL. If you look closely at the quotes, you won't see any where they declared that he was not a terrorist.  Newspapers frequently intentionally misinterpret and exaggerate a story to sell papers, we should check for that and remove it.  The degree of exaggeration depends on how reputable the paper is (and vice versa).  The National Enquirer might see two people kiss at an event attended by Bush and print "Bush attends wild sex party !", LOL. StuRat 14:44, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

Permission to make changes
Quite right, Cspurrier. The "author" of an article is the Wikinews community, and anyone who is reading an article is a member of that community, therefore they have a right to make whatever edits they deem appropriate. When I say something like "Please make the changes that you consider to be appropriate," what I mean is, don't ask for permission just go ahead and do it. Preferably provide justification on the talk page, and if someone doesn't like it they will either discuss it, or make further changes. - Borofkin 02:32, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

 * What I was trying to say was "I believe a consensus had been reached between myself, the other commenters (Mrmiscellanious and ClareWhite), and the original author (just a way of identifying you, since I didn't recall your screen name at that pt), see talk page for discussion". I took your "please make the changes that you consider to be appropriate" statement to mean the change I proposed was acceptable to you.  Apparently I was mistaken in this. StuRat 03:19, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

Critcal reading of the article in The Guardian
Let's look at the first two paragraphs from The Guardian:

 * Four Arab Israelis shot dead by a soldier opposed to the closure of the Gaza Strip settlements are not victims of "terror" because their killer was Jewish, Israel's defence ministry has ruled, and so their families are not entitled to the usual compensation for life.

 * The ministry concluded that the law only recognises terrorism as committed by "organisations hostile to Israel" even though the prime minister, Ariel Sharon, described the killings by Private Eden Nathan Zaada, 19, as "a despicable act by a bloodthirsty terrorist."

Note that the first paragraph contains no quotes, other than the word "terror". Why ? Because that's not what the defence ministry actually said. The second paragraph does contain a quote, because that is what they actually said, at least the part quoted. Now a bit of common sense applies. Do we really believe that this law denies the existence of any terrorism, anywhere in the world, by people not in "organisations hostile to Israel" ? For example, they deny that the Chechen Beslan school massacre was terrorism ? This sounds highly doubtful. This law decides how to compensate people. It doesn't follow logically that just because they fail to include someone in the class of people to be compensated in a particular manner, that they also deny they have been a victim of terrorism. Who said this is supposed to be a global compensation package for all victims of terrorism ? It is only designed to compensate victims of "organisations hostile to Israel", as they quote shows. Ariel Sharon himself, formerly one of the most conservative leaders of the settlement movement and the current leader of Israel, called it terrorism. So to say that Israel denies it is terrorism is pure fiction. Now, why would The Guardian misinform their readers ? Quite simply, the truth is boring and won't sell papers. StuRat 03:33, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

Israeli flag
Please change the Israeli flag to Image:Flag of Israel.svg --ALE! 12:38, 19 September 2006 (UTC)


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