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2006-10-31 Africa Horn

Somalia: Rival injured militia members executed by Islamists

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Posted by Steve White 2006-10-31 00:17|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "Executed"? No, I'd use the word "murdered". But hey, I'm not a journalist trying to equivocate murder with a fair trial resulting in the death penalty.

Posted by gromky 2006-10-31 03:26|| 2006-10-31 03:26|| Front Page Top

#2 That's ok, gromky. They were finished and terminated, too. It sounds like the journalist did a creative writing course, the kind where they have to substitute active verbs for said.

Posted by trailing wife 2006-10-31 07:01|| 2006-10-31 07:01|| Front Page Top

#3 Somewhere in the MSM book of style, when terrorists kill someone, they "execute" them. When the US kills terrorists, the victims are always "innocent civilians."

Posted by Slaviger Angomong7708 2006-10-31 12:14|| 2006-10-31 12:14|| Front Page Top

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