Talk:Iranian Embassy Siege

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Perhaps this should be expanded and moved to "Iranian Embassy Seige". Operation Nimrod as I undestand it is only the military operation carried out by the SAS. There is a considerable amount of additional information which would be pertinant to an encyclopaedic article, and a great deal of wha is already included is outwith the operation itself.

I agree. Dunc_Harris|☺ 17:01, 4 Jul 2004 (UTC)
- And i just moved it. I think its a lot better now. Dunc_Harris|☺ 21:42, 10 Sep 2004 (UTC)

I think "sponsored by Saddam Hussein's Iraq," is less NPOV than "sponsored by Iraq,". What do you think? Should we change it back? Edward 15:47, 28 Nov 2004 (UTC)

I think just 'Iraq' would be more NPOV. Possibly 'sponsored by the Iraqi Government'? (All truth be known, I'm not personally clear on the evidence of the connection).

- Why? Not everyone knows the history of Iraq and it is important to differentiate the Ba'athist Iraq from the current Iraq from whatever was before the Ba'athist regime. 88.105.246.110 21:16, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

- - Can anyone provide any evidence to support the "sponsored by Saddam Hussein's Iraq" claims?? 87.194.20.135 13:06, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

1 Dadgar
2 Parole for Fowzi Nejad
3 Copyvio
4 Rename

[edit] Dadgar

Who is this man? He's not identified by full name anywhere in the article, nor is it indicated that this is a code name. All it alludes to is the fact that he was there, probably as a hostage. Wally 22:12, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

He was a hostage. 88.105.246.110 21:16, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

I've added that he was a hostage in the last para, I know its already in the article elsewhere but I think it needs to be stated near the end also Murray.booth 08:50, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Parole for Fowzi Nejad

The article stated that Fowzi Nejad was to be eligible for parole in 2005. A quick Google search uncovered only articles looking towards 2005 considering his possible release. Does anyone know if Nejad's parole hearing took place in 2005 and if it did, what happened? --AStanhope 17:01, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Copyvio

I just searched the BBC's website for information about the Iranian Embassy Siege and found out that most of the text has been taken from the BBC's. It's nearly completly the same. The might by copyright trobles, but I do not know. Who knows some about this? Here's the link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/in_depth/uk/2000/iranian_embassy_siege/default.stm --M9IN0G 09:53, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

Bugger. It turns out that's been there for more than two years! I've had to take it out, but if anyone has the time to paraphrase the info and put it back in, that would be tremendous. Sadly, I don't. Henry ^Flower 20:27, 6 June 2006 (UTC)