At 07:00 PM 5/31/02, Stan wrote:
>Re:
> > In reality, the term "homicide bomber" is an American invention. The phrase
> > was coined in April 2002 by White House Spokesman Ari Fleischer when he
>
>Nope (the "coined by" part)
>
>Although he certainly popularized it, when he used it on 2002-04-13.
>
>I can find three apparent original older references to it via searching:
>
>http://www.uscj.org/neweng/framingham/mission1.htm has 2001-12-09:
>    "That is the location where the suicide (homicide) bomber blew himself"
>
>http://www.honestreporting.com/Critiques/2002/25_bombers.asp
>(allegedly 2002-03-27):
>    "Pathology of the Homicide Bomber"
>
>http://groups.google.com/groups?q=+%22homicide+bomber%22&start=190&hl=en&lr=&sco
>ring=d&selm=PM00039DC9BEA6E276%40dhcppc0.cox.net&rnum=192
>2002-04-04 01:56:54 PST
>    "They might just as well been some crazed homicide bomber"
>
>
>Does it matter much?  Nope...but it was interesting to research :)
>Stan Sieler                                           [log in to unmask]
>www.allegro.com/sieler/wanted/index.html          www.allegro.com/sieler

Thank you, Stan, for your effective web sleuthing! I stand corrected.

It appears it doesn't take a White House Press Briefing to popularize a
phrase. Does "eroding ecosystem" ring a bell?

Joe Berliner

* To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, *
* etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html *