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This page was created as Sirhan Sirhan (militant), and moved to a page on the crime he committed as per usual practice with criminals known for a single event.E.M.Gregory (talk) 10:40, 30 April 2017 (UTC)
Why is the Palestinian Sirham Sirham responsible for killing 5 settlers labled as "terrorist" and the attack a "massacre"?
If there are no objections "terrorist" should be changed to "militiant" or "activist" and the conclusion drawing "massacre" to "battle" or something similar. - Greenguy
" Because both are inherently POV. " Militiant or activist is the term that the mainstream media uses. There are countless sources. Terrorist is a Israeli or Zionist POV. "Don't tell me that people building houses are threats to Palestine; its absurd) " It doesn't matter what they were doing specifically that is not why they died. What they were doing doesn't change the context of the act which happen as part of the overall Israeli-Palestinian conflict. And that has to be respected to maintain a neutral POV. If every murder of Palestinian children and unarmed civilians by IDF is labeled a massacre there would be a massive protest and cry of anti-semitism. Not to mention the significance of the word is decreased. Greenguy
This wasn't every act of aggression, this was the slaughter of 5 unarmed people, including two children. "Militant" has been used, but almost never for those who kill innocents. See the Iraq War coverage; Militants attack U.S. Troops, Terrorists blow up innocent people even though they are the same people. Sirhan Sirhan's attack was a purely terroristic one, designed to strike fear into the hearts of settlers, making him a terrorist by his own motives.--TheGrza 01:03, Apr 24, 2005 (UTC)
Try the Google test. Terrorist attack civilians brings up a page of rightwing, zionist and Israeli sites. "Militant Attack Civilians" Brings up a much broader range of American, British and world sources. "Militant Sirhan Sirhan kibbutz" as well brings up more diverse sources than "Terrorist Sirhan Sirhan kibbutz" which returns Pro-zionist and Israeli sites. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&safe=off&q=%22sirhan+sirhan%22+kibbutz+militant&btnG=Search
Finally, Sirhan Sirhan was a militant of Al-Aqsa Martyr's Brigades, a militant group recognized as a terrorist group only by Israel at the time. Not to mention the US recognized it as a terrorist group only later when they began attacking Israeli cities in response to Israel's occupation. --Greenguy 01:19, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)
I realize the large problems with (militant) as the sub name to differentiate... feel free to change it but I didn't know what was better and I felt this deserved to be separated and not just shoved at the bottom of the other article. gren 05:16, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Here's the history for GFDL:
(unsigned edit by brenneman(t)(c))
Which I now realize was a cut and paste from this, or perhaps just a page move without moving the talk page or something else I don't see.
Here's a short answer: quit stuffing around! Leave the page here, argue the content here, and quit with the ((d)) tags which reference the totally irrelevant Sirhan Sirhan. Grrr.
brenneman(t)(c) 05:26, 22 September 2005 (UTC)
Who called him as such WP:RS need or else this stub is WP:OR and the word should be removedRaveenS 19:34, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
As of 23:36, 3 July 2006, IP 69.143.253.186 inserted the word Christian in front of "Palestinian …" [1], thereby labeling Sirhan Sirhan as a Christian. Though 69.143.253.186 provided no source for this claim, it remained uncontested until now. Respecting AGF I suspect that 69.143.253.186 simply confused this Sirhan Sirhan with the RFK assassin Sirhan Sirhan, though the latter was only born as a Christian but later changed his religion several times. The CBS article (see external link 1) clearly states: “The Sirhans in the Tulkarem refugee camp are Muslims.” Therefore I have replaced the word Christian by Muslim. --Túrelio 09:56, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
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