Talk:Victor Ostrovsky

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Many of Ostrovsky's claims (like that the Mossad concluded that John Connally, rather than JFK, was the intended victim of mobsters wanting in on the oil business) are impossible to prove either way, however, it is not the responsibility of wiki editors and contributors to determine Truth. Identifying misinformation, disinformation, propaganda, opinion, and incendiary material is tough enough... "Just the facts, ma'am" - Jack Webb. Kcol 23:30, 21 July 2007 (UTC)

This post is VERY badly written by non-English speaker and appears to support Ostrovsky's claims, which are no longer taken seriously.

If that's the case, then why is Israel taking him seriously?

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The article is written in perfect English, and seems to be reasonably impartial. The only question is whether Ostrovsky's allegations have ever been investigated. This applies especially to the claim that Israel framed Libya in 1986 by placing a Trojan in a Tripoli apartment building that would rebroadcast seeming Libyan terrorist messages emanating from Israel. If no one has investigated this, why not?

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With regards to the first comment about how supposedly nobody takes Ostrovsky seriously, denigrating Ostrovsky's claims and printed evidence contained in his book, I would offer my comment that if you put the man down and then not sign your statement as a registered user on Wikipedia, then you're running the risk of making yourself look like someone who simply opposes him or his message for your own purposes or perhaps those of some organisation. Where is your proof that nobody believes Ostrovsky? Did you take an international census and publish it? And how come you will not identify yourself when you make statements for which you offer no evidence?

With regards to the second comment about investigating anything in Lybia: I would think that it would be sort of dangerous to go into denied territory and be snooping about. Lybia is not exactly a common vacation resort where everyone comes and goes as he or she pleases. If you are so eager to investigate it, I'm sure you can manage to go there and then report your findings. If you would not go, why would anybody else? I'd rather go whalegutting in Antarctica.--Achim 14:25, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Truth

Seeing as the Israelis tried to bring the book down in a court, I think it can be safely assumed that at least some of what he has written is true. The article should not read like a deproving of a hoax until his books are proven to be a hoax. Joffeloff 13:38, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Citation Needed Tags added

I tidies up some of these, but some of them are ridiculous, I think. Do you alse need a reference that the Pope is Catholic? --Achim 05:45, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Anonymous edits

http://wikiscanner.virgil.gr/f.php?pagetitle=Victor+Ostrovsky See who's attempting to edit anonymously. --Achim (talk) 04:05, 7 May 2008 (UTC)