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- From: adams@spss.com (Steve Adams)
- Subject: Re: Sarajevo: No new bullet holes
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- Date: 21 Jul 92 15:28:47 GMT
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- packer@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov (Charles Packer) writes:
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- >In article <adams.711647470@spssig>, adams@spss.com (Steve Adams) writes...
- >>LITERALLY destroyed? No. Effectively destroyed? Yes.
-
-
- >Well, the NY Times said, on June 7, "Almost every major building...
- >has been severly damaged, some by more than 100 hits by high-explosive
- >shells." This seems pretty literal to me, and is the reason why
- >the Yugoslavian thing is of special interest now.
- Well, defined 'major'. If you define major as those buildings used for
- commerce, such as major shopping areas, or for government services, such as
- ministry buildings, fire stations, police stations, etc. then perhaps this
- is absolutely true. If I were shelling a city, I wouldn't waste a whole
- lot of ammo shelling individual residences or apartment buildings....
-
- >Before, the Times only created an impression that something terrible was
- >happening, by noting deaths or something similarly difficult for an
- >outsider to verify. Now they've said that "almost every major building" in
- >a major city is "severely" damaged. I think with this statement
- >they've gone too far and I intend to call their bluff, so to speak,
- >by verifying with my own eyes and camera whether it's a fiction or not.
-
- Your definition of 'major' may well have to do with size. I don't know
- theirs, but mine would include the following:
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- Ministry Buildings (ie Govt. Agencies)
- Police Stations
- Schools/Universities
- Fire Stations
- Shopping areas
- Industrial areas
- Transportation centers
- Hospitals
-
- and other target of opportunity...
-
- By no means would this consist of a majority of buildings...but it would
- effectively ruin the city...
-
- -Steve
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