Talk:Layla Al-Attar

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This page requires immediate editing for uncited, inflammatory statements[edit]

Is there any proof for this article's statements that the Clinton administration targeted Al-Attar intentionally in retaliation for a George Bush mural?

According to Steve Coll's Ghost Wars, (ISBN: 1-59420-007-6 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_Wars), Al-Attar's house was struck by accident and her death disturbed Clinton deeply, leading him to second-guess other missile strikes later on.

https://books.google.com/books?id=ToYxFL5wmBIC&lpg=PA422&ots=CCst9F0I97&dq=one%20of%20the%20most%20prominent%20female%20artists%20in%20the%20Arab%20world.%20steve%20coll&pg=PA422#v=onepage&q=one%20of%20the%20most%20prominent%20female%20artists%20in%20the%20Arab%20world.%20steve%20coll&f=false

This inflammatory and unsourced statement should be removed immediately. I will do so unless a citation can be found and posted to the page. Editors, please advise.

2601:B:AC80:9CE:1428:1D76:3EFB:2D0E (talk) 21:36, 10 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I found out what happened to her daughter, but can we use this source?[edit]

Her daughter's name is Rema and aid workers saved her life. She eventually came to the Canada & USA for facial reconstruction surgery and now lives in the Bay Area. However, since so few English language sources exist on the deaths of Al-Attar and the wounding of her daughter, the only sources we have to rely on are anti-war sites or sites that some editors might believe are one-sided or too POV. This article may not be entirely even-handed but it has some real facts about the case that other editors might be able to cross-reference. Can we use it at least to name the daughter and describe the aftermath? I'd like some input. I became interested due to Kris Kristofferson's song about her. Here is the article: Losing Sleep Over Layla Al-Attar (And Countless Thousands Of Other Dead Iraqis) Thanks. LiPollis (talk) 18:16, 17 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

  • I edited the link to include an archived link since the old link was dead. LiPollis (talk) 13:31, 5 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]