[WikiEN-l] Disputed news of Mideast Violence (was: Viajero/Zero and Lance6 - POV terms)

[Poor, Edmund W]

It's only murder, if there's a 'state' to accuse the perpetrator of the
crime. Do areas under PA administration have laws and courts? Is
interfering with anti-Israeli military operations a crime, or is killing
someone for interering a crime? Sounds like a Point Of View (POV) any
way you look at it.

An American soldier who deliberately shot a civilian for nothing more
than arguing about the placement of heavy weaponry near that civilian's
residence, would be court-martialed. But I've heard that the PA and
militias associated them operate under different rules. (something like,
if you get in our way we'll kill you)

So I suggest these news snippets be divided into two parts:

1. Headline and a couple of sentences, like "16-year-old boy is shot by
Arab militants during argument over heavy weapons, according to initial
reports by This News Source. The report was later amended to say blah,
blah, blah."

2. A longer version of the incident somewhere deeper inside the
Wikipedia, like on an [[Arab-Israeli Violence Timeline]] or [[Violence
in Gaza & the West Bank]] article.

I wrote about an incident between Coalition troops and
non-uniform-wearing Iraqis several months ago, which also had
conflicting and changing news reports. That incident alone took me 3
days of research and editing, before everyone was satisfied. (I'd look
it up, but I'm at work now...)

Ed Poor
Scarce but still chuggin' away