OscailtWas Michael Collins assassinated?New book re-opens the case
Breaking news: Italian MP, Sgarbi denounces the Statistical Fraud on COVID-19. The speech of the Member of Parliament Vittorio Sgarbi in the session of the Italian Camera, Meeting no. 331 of Friday 24, April, 2020. Vittorio Sgarbi, denounces the closure of 60% of the businesses for 25,000 COVID-19 Deaths, of which the National Institute of Health says 96.3% died NOT of COVID-19 but of other pathologies. That means only 925 have died of the virus. 24,075 have died of other things.2013-12-22T14:54:31+00:00Indymedia Irelandimc-ireland@lists.indymedia.iehttp://www.indymedia.ie/atomfullposts?story_id=104372http://www.indymedia.ie/graphics/feedlogo.gifa problem of definition?http://www.indymedia.ie/article/104372#comment2981992013-12-22T14:54:31+00:00Mike NovackThe problem here is with the term "assassination". We do not usually apply this ...The problem here is with the term "assassination". We do not usually apply this term when the forces engaged are above a certain size. Questions like this can perhaps best be addressed by approaching from extremes.<br />
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Thus, those leading the forces of A might hope a particular leader of the forces of B might be killed in a attack of an army of A against an army of B where this leader of B can be expected to be present. But we never call such an attack an "assassination attempt". <br />
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On the other hand, an attack against the leader of B who at the time is accompanied by only a few body guards we would call an "assassination attempt". <br />
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What I am saying here is that we can for the moment leave "intent" out of it and simply consider the size of the groups engaged to determine if the term "assassination" could be applied even if the intent (that Collins got killed) was there. In my opinion, far too large for the term "assassination". irreversiblehttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/104372#comment2982012013-12-23T00:49:21+00:00Janus eyeThe past is irreversible although re-interpretive. What happened at Beal-na-Blat...The past is irreversible although re-interpretive. What happened at Beal-na-Blath was a military ambush by the irregulars on the regulars, in a lousy civil war. What happened cannot unhappen. Move on and prepare for the 2014 local elections.