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packer@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov (Charles Packer) writes:

>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:

  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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