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Saudi Arabia and state sponsored terrorism was nominated for deletion. The discussion was closed on 14 May 2013 with a consensus to merge. Its contents were merged into State-sponsored terrorism. The original page is now a redirect to this page. For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected article, please see its history; for its talk page, see here.

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Omer Benjakob (April 26, 2018). "Revealed: The Four Articles That Got Wikipedia Banned in Turkey". Haaretz. Retrieved May 3, 2018. These demands pertained to two specific Wikipedia articles: "State-sponsored terrorism" and "Foreign involvement in the Syrian Civil War."Both articles have subsections that address Turkey, and both contain claims that Turkey has supported ISIS.
Stephen Harrison (May 21, 2019). "Why China Blocked Wikipedia in All Languages". Slate (magazine). Retrieved May 23, 2019. As Omer Benjakob reported for the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, Turkish officials reached out to Wikimedia several times in 2017 to request that content be changed in two Wikipedia articles: "State-sponsored terrorism" and "Foreign involvement in the Syrian Civil War."
Mark Lowen (May 23, 2019). "Wikipedia petitions ECHR over Turkey ban". BBC. Retrieved May 25, 2019. Ankara complained about the content of two articles: on the Syrian war and on state-sponsored terrorism, demanding they be removed. In meetings with the Turkish authorities, Wikipedia bosses explained that articles could be edited - and that removing them contravened values of democratising knowledge.
Laura Pitel (May 23, 2019). "Wikipedia takes Turkey to European human rights court". Financial Times. Retrieved May 25, 2019. According to the Wikimedia executives, the ban followed a demand from the Turkish authorities to remove two articles: one about the Syrian civil war and another about state-sponsored terrorism.
Stephen Harrison (January 29, 2020). "Wikipedia Has Been Unblocked in Turkey, Finally". Slate (magazine). Retrieved January 30, 2020. As Omer Benjakob reported for Haaretz, Turkish officials had previously contacted the Wikimedia Foundation in the United States to request that content on articles such as "State-sponsored terrorism" and "Foreign involvement in the Syrian Civil War" be removed.

Questionable opinion pieces about the US as a state sponsor of terror

This quote is very subjective and opinionated, probably written by people with a bias against the US.

"The U.S. Government, which has repeatedly engaged in sponsorship of terrorism as a feature of its foreign policy,"

If you actually read the sources, they say things like "the US supported the South African apartheid government". While supporting the apartheid government was morally questionable at best, its completely illogical to say that the government itself was a terrorist force. Just because a government is immoral doesn't mean its synonymous with terrorism. Calling it a feature of foreign policy is even more absurd. This is like calling the US a state sponsor of terror because it does trade with China which has subjugated the Tibetans and Uyghur Muslims.

You can certainly criticize US foreign policy mistakes in droves, but it's an entirely different statement to claim that US used terrorism as a feature. The author, Edward S. Herman, is incredibly biased and has an axe to grind. The source is trash basically. Supporting a government you don't like isn't terrorism. A country that supports Iran for example wouldn't itself be a state sponsor of terror even though Iran is. It's not like a communicable disease.

https://www.jstor.org/stable/29766326 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.128.59.115 (talk) 06:14, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Citation issue in "India" section

Section claims Sri Lanka has accused India of sponsoring terrorism but the linked citation shows exactly the opposite; an errant minister redacting his statement [Citation 13]

China is supporting northeast india terrorist group

https://indianexpress.com/article/india/chinese-agencies-helping-north-east-militants-in-myanmar-4468384/

Right Wing Indian politicians and their role with state sponser terror

Many Indian riots was program by State to target and kill people from a community. We may include that also in India section. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 103.48.108.42 (talk) 18:06, 14 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]