Talk:Costas Georgiou

message: Pls. see the categorisation at bottom:
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Categories: Articles lacking sources from June 2006 | All articles lacking sources | 1951 births | 1976 deaths | Anglo-Cypriots | British Army soldiers | People executed by Britain | Mercenaries | Greek Cypriots
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particularly the subcategory:
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Wasn't Costas Geourgiou executed by Angola (instead of 'Britain'? The categorisation would be untrue even in a broad sense -Angola was a Portuguese -not British- colony.
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/paratrooper-took-aim-and-shot-at-me-says-witness-1.1121194
 http://www. bloody-sunday-inquiry.org.uk  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.41.53.61 (talk) 21:17, 25 August 2017 (UTC)
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message: I believe there is a book about the Angola Mercenaries written by two of those who served with Callan. If I am correct, it is "Firepower" by Chris Dempster.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.13.39.98 (talk) 12:58, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Book about the Angola Mercenaries

message: In "Georgiou in Angola," the first paragraph states that "this group were all excellent, experienced soldiers." If "this group" encompasses only the new group being introduced to the reader, then I don't see any problems here; however, if "this group" is supposed to include Costas and his three comrades then I think we have a problem, as at least two of these "excellent" soldiers were dishonorably discharged. One would think that "excellent" soldiers would have managed not to get kicked out of the military. intooblv (talk) 22:34, 22 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: By context, I understand the writer means that regardless of his troops' experience, he'd end up with an "excellent" team after some training. I don't think it's too relevant if the soldiers were discharged or not, since one could argue that a corporal wouldn't make an "excellent" colonel either, yet here we are. Korosuke (talk) 18:45, 9 April 2017 (UTC)
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message: This sentence in last paragraph:
>The new government sought and received help in the form of Cuban military advisors, combat troops and material to fight against rival factions
Is it material or materiel?
Material is things that are used to make other things, or what something is made out of.  Materiel is military equipment. 167.154.72.80 (talk) 16:02, 6 July 2022 (UTC)
replies: text:  Materiel seems correct in this context. Does the source say something different? Otherwise, I'd say go for it. Betsybugaboo (talk) 05:46, 27 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Material or Materiel?