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mithridates
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 Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2005 11:46 am Post subject: 'Terrorism'? What's up with CBC? |
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This is just a regular bit of news on the bombings, but why is terrorism in parenthesis?
Compare other headlines with the same word:
-Kiwis escape terror bombs
-Terrorist Strike Hits at Heart of Egypt's Tourist Industry
-We'll just face terrorism with more determination, says Mubarak
-Global Terrorist Hydra Hits Egypt
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Egypt denounces 'terrorism' as bombing death toll mounts
Last Updated Sat, 23 Jul 2005 14:51:12 EDT
CBC News
Egypt's president vowed to continue the fight against "terrorism" as the number of casualties continued to rise from a series of bombings in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh.
President Hosni Mubarak flew into the city on Saturday, hours after three explosions ripped through a luxury hotel packed with tourists, a coffeeshop and a busy marketplace.
"This cowardly, criminal act is aimed at undermining Egypt's security and stability and harming its people and its guests," Mubarak said during a nationally televised broadcast.
"This will only increase our determination in chasing terrorism."
The attacks, which all took place at about 1:15 a.m. local time, were the deadliest seen in the country in decades.
As a militant group that says it has links to al-Qaeda claimed responsibility, Egypt boosted security at other tourist destinations such as the Pyramids and Luxor.
By evening, the number of casualties had risen to at least 83 people, up from the 31 victims originally reported in the chaos that followed the bombings.
The Egyptian Interior Ministry said that at least 119 people were injured in the attacks, which it said appeared to have been coordinated.
'There was glass everywhere'
In the most devastating attack, a car plowed through heavy security and rammed into the four-star Ghazala Gardens hotel, which was packed with tourists.
The car exploded, tearing off the front of the building and collapsing its lobby, trapping people beneath the rubble.
A second car bomb went off three kilometres away, in a parking lot near another hotel and popular nightclubs and restaurants, while a third exploded near a café in the Old Market.
Tourists described scenes of chaos and hysteria after the bombings.
"We heard a terrible noise and after five minutes, we heard another terrible noise," a female tourist told CBC News.
She said the air filled with smoke, as people ran about in panic, many of them crying as they raced from the hotel.
A British tourist, Michael Shaw, said he and his family were sleeping in the hotel when they were shaken awake by the blast.
"There was glass everywhere. The main patio doors had been blown in, blown off their hinges," Shaw told CBC News.
He said he felt most sorry for people who live in the town.
"You don't think it's going to happen in your backyard, but it certainly did. You're not safe anywhere, I guess."
Tourists among dead
As evening fell, the bomb sites still teemed with police officers and troops.
Rescuers warned that they could yet find more bodies as they searched amid the piles of concrete rubble and the twisted and scorched skeletons of vehicles.
Most of the casualties were reported to be Egyptian, but police said they included tourists from Britain, the Netherlands, Qatar, Kuwait, Germany and Italy.
Medical officials said many of the people who survived had injuries that were described as "critical."
No Canadians have been reported dead.
Militant group claims responsibility
A group citing ties to al-Qaeda claimed responsibility late Saturday. The group, calling itself the Abdullah Azzam Brigades in Syria and Egypt, made the claim in a statement posted on a website.
The authenticity of the statement couldn't be immediately verified.
Egyptian Interior Minister Habib el-Adli warned that it was too early in the investigation to determine whether the attacks were linked to al-Qaeda or any other militant groups.
He and other Egyptian government officials said there was likely a link with a series of bombings at the Red Sea resort community of Taba in October 2004.
Those attacks killed 34 people, most of them at the Taba Hilton hotel.
Sharm el-Sheikh sits at the end of the Sinai Peninsula and is a popular destination for tourists from Europe, Israel and other Arab countries, who fill the area's hotels year-round.
It's also a frequent meeting place for world leaders, who have held a number of summits at the resort.
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bucheon bum
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| Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2005 1:48 pm Post subject: |
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maybe the Canadian gov't launched the attacks and someone in the CBC is aware of it, so giving a hint.
Either that or the CBC is way too politically correct; rather pathetic. How this could be deemed anything but a terrorist attack is beyond me. |
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Bulsajo
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| Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2005 6:03 pm Post subject: |
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| bucheon bum wrote: |
maybe the Canadian gov't launched the attacks and someone in the CBC is aware of it, so giving a hint.
Either that or the CBC is way too politically correct; rather pathetic. How this could be deemed anything but a terrorist attack is beyond me. |
I'm guessing it's a 'cover your ass' tactic because they lacked concrete facts when they ran the story, so if it turned out later to be a propane gas explosion or something they wouldn't be seen as having fueled terrorist hysteria.
But yeah it does seem to be lame. |
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Pyongshin Sangja
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| Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2005 7:18 pm Post subject: |
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| If you'd read the article you'd have seen that they were quoting the Egyptian president. |
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mithridates
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| Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2005 7:28 pm Post subject: |
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I prefer the way Reuters did it.
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| Egypt will not give into bombers-Mubarak |
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On the other hand
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| Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2005 8:01 pm Post subject: |
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If you'd read the article you'd have seen that they were quoting the Egyptian president.
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That was my immediate thought upon seeing the headline, without even having read the article. |
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mithridates
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| Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2005 8:16 pm Post subject: |
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Maybe it's just me, and I've seen a bit too much of this sort of thing:
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Bulsajo
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| Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2005 8:31 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah, didn't really pay attention to the article itself...  |
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VanIslander
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| Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2005 8:32 pm Post subject: |
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Fighting an -ism is a longstanding tradition in America, both good and bad.
But "A war against terrorism" deserves the conceptual questioning it receives in universities. It's hollow, widesweeping, self-serving, depending on how it's used.
Quote unquote. |
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On the other hand
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| Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2005 8:34 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah, didn't really pay attention to the article itself...
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Ah, don't kick yourself too hard. Quotation marks can be used for a variety of reasons. But I don't think newspapers usually use them in aticles to signify doubt about the accuracy of a word, because that would cross the line from reporting to editorializing. |
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Ya-ta Boy
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| Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2005 6:23 am Post subject: |
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Maybe it's just me, and I've seen a bit too much of this sort of thing:
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Someone please take another look at that picture of Joey that mith posted. Then tell me what I am seeing at the bottom center is not what it looks like. Please. |
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Pyongshin Sangja
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| Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2005 8:33 am Post subject: |
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| Red lipstick. |
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