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6958: Dominique not "assassinated"? Re: 6941 (fwd)
From: amedard@gte.net
> Jean Dominique was killed...and that was terrible, but he was
> not assasinated. There is a difference between assasination and
> killing/murder. I agree with you, the murdering of old persons
> is surely terrible, but the murdering of anyone is likewise
> terrible: old or young.
I've been trying all day, but I can't get the aforementioned
statement out of my mind. I'm trying to understand how it is
that Jean Dominique was "killed ... but ... not assassinated".
The AND Concise Dictionary
assassinate:
to murder, especially for political or religious
reasons.
The Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
assassinate (v.t.,) as·sas·si·nate
1. to kill suddenly or secretively, esp. a
politically prominent person; murder premeditatedly and
treacherously.
the AND Concise Dictionary
murder
the act of unlawfully and intentionally killing a
person
>From The Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
murder (n.) mur·der
1. Law. the killing of another human being under
conditions specifically covered in law. In the U.S.,
special statutory definitions include murder committed
with malice aforethought, characterized by deliberation
or premeditation or occurring during the commission of
another serious crime, as robbery or arson
(first-degree murder), and murder by intent but without
deliberation or remeditation" (second-degree murder)."
Excerpt from #3103
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti ?? Two gunmen shot and killed
Haiti's _most prominent radio journalist_ as he
pulled into the courtyard of his radio station for a
Monday morning newscast.
Excerpt from #3165
According to Marie Raphaelle Pierre, a journalist at
Radio Haiti Inter, the killer presented himself at the
gate of the station at around 6 am on Monday, and asked
Louissaint to speak to Dominique.
"The man said _he didn't know Dominique_, but
that he needed to speak to him. He asked the caretaker
to point Dominique out to him," said Pierre.
When the unsuspecting caretaker duly pointed Dominique
out, the man approached the station manager, who was
just getting out of his car, and fired several shots at
him. The gunman then returned to the gate, shot the
caretaker and left, explained Pierre.
Speculation is rife about the motive behind the
killing.
"The murder of Jean Dominique _can only be a
political one_," said Jean-Claude Bajeux, former
culture minister and a member of Dominique's wife's
family. He, however, did not specify what particular
sector might be responsible.
<snip>
Haiti's recent history has seen numerous
_assassinations_ of major
personalities -- ...
Excerpt from #3111
Press Release
3 April 2000
The OAS Electoral Observation Mission expresses its
outrage at the _assassination_ this morning of
the Director of Radio Haïti-Inter, Jean Léopold
Dominique and Jean-Claude Louissaint, the radio?s
janitor. The Mission categorically condemns this
apparently pre-meditated crime executed in cold blood
and calls on the authorities to open a serious enquiry
as soon as possible.
Excerpt from #3112
The Haitian journalist, Jean Dominique, was
assassinated today, Monday 3rd April, at around 6.30am,
on the forecourt of his radio station: Radio Haiti
Inter. Armed men knocked down the station's
nightwatchman, and then riddled the journalist with
bullets. He was taken to Community Hospital at Freres
where he died from his wounds (6 bullet wounds).
Following the news of this _assassination_, the
Prime Minister Alexis, President Preval and former
President Aristide, as well as other officials, were at
his bedside.
Excerpt from #3113
The victim, who died at the Hôpital de la Communauté
Haïtienne in Frères, a suburb of Port-au-Prince, had
received _many bullets_, one of them in the
neck.
Excerpt from #3115
Published Tuesday, April 4, 2000, in the Miami Herald
Radio commentator shot dead_____ Death adds to Haiti's
vote turmoil
BY DON BOHNING
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- Gunmen ambushed and
killed _Haiti's best known radio journalist_
early Monday, further fueling a deteriorating
political and economic situation in the country. Jean
Dominique, also an informal advisor to President Rene
Preval, was shot by two gunmen who were waiting for him
in what appeared to be a well-planned attack about
6:10 a.m. (7:10 Miami time), after he pulled into the
station grounds and was preparing to park. The
_assassin_ hit him with _at least seven
bullets_, then fled. Dominique died in an ambulance
en route to a hospital. A station security guard was
also killed. It was the third _high-profile
assassination_ in Haiti in a little over a year:
Excerpt from #3116
But many are questioning whether the
_assassination_ of Dominique signals ...
Excerpt from #3118
Haitian-Americans in New York including Ricot Dupuy,
the manager of Radio Soleil, the Brooklyn cable radio
station that carried Mr. Dominique's broadcasts, and
Jean-Claude Bajeux, a former culture minister and a
human rights advocate in Haiti, called it an
_assassination_. "He was killed to silence his
voice,"
<snip>
The United States Embassy in Port-au-Prince expressed
"great concern" over "the _brutal slaying_."
Excerpt from #3126
The local media, not all of whom were admirers of
Dominique, showed a rare display of unity in condemning
the _assassination_ and expressing condolences
to his family and concern about his death and the
implications for free speech. The Roman Catholic and
Protestant churches came together in a joint appeal for
legislative elections in time to seat a new Parliament
on June 12, and questioned why democracy had to be
built on blood. Police said they were working around
the clock on the _ assassination_ and would not
stop until they had identified the killers
and the people behind them.
Excerpt from #3130
an excerpt from a statement of Jean Dominique alluding
to the fact that his life might be in danger. How
coincidal is it that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr and Jean
Dominique, among others, made speeches announcing
their _assassination_?
Excerpt from Le Monde April 4, 2000
Jean Dominique, qui, depuis plus de vingt ans,
symbolisait la lutte des journalistes pour une société
démocratique en Haïti. Les _assassins_ qui
l'ont abattu de sept balles, lundi 3 avril, ne lui ont
pas laissé le temps de piquer l'une de ses colères
proverbiales.
And finally, in excerpt from #3164 the House International
Relations Committee announced
"As long-time supporters of Haiti and its people, we
are outraged by the recent _political
assassinations_ in that country. Yesterday, the
director of Radio Haïti-Inter, Jean Léopold Dominique
and Jean-Claude Louissaint, the radio's janitor were
murdered.