The Syrian government has once again been accused of attacking a rebel-held area with chemical weapons:
A suspected Syrian government chemical attack killed scores of people, including children, in the northwestern province of Idlib on Tuesday, a monitoring group, medics and rescue workers in the rebel-held area said.
The Syrian military denied responsibility and said it would never use chemical weapons.
The head of the health authority in rebel-held Idlib said more than 50 people had been killed and 300 wounded. The Union of Medical Care Organizations, a coalition of international aid agencies that funds hospitals in Syria, said at least 100 people had died.
The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the attack killed at least 58 people and was believed to have been carried out by Syrian government jets. It caused many people to choke, and some to foam at the mouth.
White House press secretary Sean Spicer blamed the attack on the "weakness and irresolution" of the previous U.S. administration.
Also at BBC, NYT, Fox News, the Washington Post, and The Hill.
(Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Wednesday April 05 2017, @02:39PM (8 children)
"Allegedly" and the scare quotes are redundant...and "score" is 20 so 50 would be 2.5 scores. I think the headline is just wrong.
"Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"
(Score: 3, Informative) by takyon on Wednesday April 05 2017, @05:24PM (7 children)
It's not wrong. "Scores" is a direct quote from the Reuters headline. The early death count was 58, so 2.9 "scores". "Allegedly" because we aren't 100% sure who did it. My headline is absolutely correct.
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(Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Wednesday April 05 2017, @06:54PM (2 children)
Why not just go all the way and say
(Allegedly Syrian Government) (Allegedly Kills) (Alleged Scores) with (Alleged Chemical Attack)
I'm reading the "allegedly" as applying to the entire event, which would make additional protestations of unsuredness redundant.
"Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 05 2017, @08:23PM
(Score: 2) by takyon on Wednesday April 05 2017, @10:17PM
Only one 'allegedly' is needed.
Syrian Government Allegedly Kills "Scores" with Chemical Attack
Syrian Government (Does|Does Not) Kill "Scores" with Chemical Attack
Either way, it's correct.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 05 2017, @08:26PM (3 children)
I'm not questioning having the word "scores" in your title, I'm asking why you put the word in quotes to begin with? The Reuters article title says that scores were killed, but you say "scores" were killed. Why?
(Score: 2) by takyon on Wednesday April 05 2017, @10:16PM (1 child)
Another article said something like 100+ killed, and I believe another article put it around 15.
Let's not read too much into it.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 06 2017, @12:16AM
As time passes, more bodies are found and more survivors succumb to their injuries, the death count increases.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 06 2017, @09:03AM
Yeah, why would anyone put a quote in quotes? Especially when quoting an old word he would probably never use himself...