[BenW]

The story is at the link, and I believe the general political implications are being discussed on another thread, but I found the following excerpt from the story interesting:

...was shot in the chest by two large caliber sniper bullets...
I'm wondering what exactly a "sniper bullet" is supposed to be? If a ban on "sniper rifles" won't fly, I suppose a commie news organization like Reuters can just come up with the trendy anti-gun term of the week "sniper bullets" to add to the anti lexicon.

I think a ban on all nasty "bullets" that are shot at targets more than 25 feet away is in order.:rolleyes:

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=578&e=1&cid=578&u=/nm/20030312/ts_nm/serbiamontenegro_djindjic_dc

[seeker_two]

...was shot in the chest by two large caliber sniper bullets...

And being shot in the chest by a small caliber bullet would have been better? (hint: read your WWI history...)

Or, to paraphrase Archie Bunker, would it have been better if he'd been pushed from a window?...:rolleyes:

[Blackhawk]

If I had to name a "large caliber sniper bullet", it would be a .50 BMG, which of course, has a lot of other uses.

In any event, I'm sorry about him. He seemed to be a good guy.Djindjic, married with two children, took office as Serbian prime minister in February 2001 after December elections, and often pledged to clamp down on corruption and widespread organized crime.

[geekWithA.45]

I think they probably meant sniper's bullets, as in the possesive.

It is true he was shot by a sniper.
It is also true that the sniper used bullets.

In that light, it seems fairly neutral.