Talk:2011 Frankfurt Airport shooting/Archives/2011/November

Inclusion in War of Terror article?

You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:War on Terror#Frankfurt. RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 15:23, 11 March 2011 (UTC) (Using {{pls}})

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The picture does not show the crime scene nor anywhere near it. This is in front of terminal 1, facing the sheraton hotel, while the shooting occured in front of terminal 2 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.28.194.12 (talk) 13:03, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

Thanks, removed.  Sandstein  14:57, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

First act of Islamist terrorism in Germany?

What about the Berlin disco bombimg in 1986?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1986_Berlin_discotheque_bombing — Preceding unsigned comment added by Breendix (talk • contribs) 13:24, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

Or the Munich Olympic Massacre?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munich_Olympics_massacre —Preceding unsigned comment added by 162.136.192.1 (talk) 14:43, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

We are required by Wikipedia's rules to only say what reliable sources say (see WP:NOR). In this case, our sources say that this is the first deadly Islamist attack, so we repeat that. Personally, I suspect that the previous attacks mentioned above are considered acts of political terrorism (by the secular dictator of Libya and the apparently secular Black September (group)) rather than acts of Islamist terrorism, and are thus not counted by our sources.  Sandstein  14:56, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

No, that was not Islamistic. In the Berlin disco bombimg reference is states for a fact that "Libya was blamed for the bombing … Gaddafi called for Arab assaults on American interests worldwide…" Libya did not harbor Islamistic interests; they were purely nationalistic. And in Munich, Black September was primarily a secular liberation organization. Alandeus (talk) 15:10, 16 March 2011 (UTC)