online.wsj.com - 12/2/2008
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[Commentary] Reuters Murder in Mumbai: The work of 'practitioners.'
seattlepi.nwsource.com - 12/8/2008
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seattlepi.nwsource.com —
Overall, the number of criminal cases investigated by
the FBI nationally has steadily declined. In 2005, the...
bureau brought slightly more than 20,000 cases to federal prosecutors, compared with about 31,000 in 2000 -- a 34 percent drop. White-collar ...
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The FBI's terrorism trade-off
littlegreenfootballs.com - 11/28/2008
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littlegreenfootballs.com —
World | Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 8:30:53
am PST Bad news from Mumbai about the hostages...
at the Chabad center, contradicting earlier reports that they had been freed: Five hostages killed at Mumbai Chabad House . Israel s ZAKA rescue service earlier said ...
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Mumbai Terrorism Updates
article.nationalreview.com - 12/4/2008
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Does the New York Times think that the
seeking out and murder by Muslim terrorists of the...
only New York rabbi in Mumbai and his wife was an accidental target?
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Gross: If This Isn't Terrorism, What Is?
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Little Green Footballs —
Tom Gross asks the question: If this Isn’t Terrorism, What Is?
So why are so many prominent Western media reluctant to call the perpetrators terrorists? Why did Jon Snow, one of Britain’s most respected TV journalists, use the word “practitioners” when referring to the Mumbai terrorists? Was he perhaps confusing them with doctors?
Why did Britain’s highly regarded Channel 4 News state that the “militants” showed a “wanton disregard for race or ...
Quick note about the Mumbai terrorists
Jim Treacher's Blog That Is on the Internet —
Quick note about the Mumbai terrorists They were terrorists . The people who are funding and training them are terrorists . Sure, they're also "militants," and "gunmen," and I guess if you're feeling particularly euphemistic, you could even describe them as "practitioners." But the word so many people keep dancing around is terrorists . Oh, and they were Muslims too. How about that! And they targeted Jews, who make up something like 0.005% of the population of India. What a weird coincidence that these "militants" just so happened to stumble upon the handful of Jews in the ...
Mumbai myopia
Yourish.com —
Tom Gross asks:
What is the motivation of journalists in trying to mangle language — such as going out of their way to refer to terrorists as “militants,” as one Mumbai story on yesterday’s Times of London Web site seemed to do? Do they somehow wish to express sympathy for these murderers, or perhaps make their crimes seem almost acceptable? How are we going to effectively confront terrorists when we can’t even identify them as such?
(via memeorandum)
Dry Bones notes some context ...
Still Asleep After Mumbai
Daniel Pipes :: Writings —
... such as Islamist , Islamic , and Muslim become unmentionable. My blog titled " Not Calling Islamism the Enemy " provides copious examples of this avoidance, along with its motives. In short, those who would replace War on Terror with A Global Struggle for Security and Progress imagine this linguistic gambit will win over Muslim hearts and minds. Post-Mumbai, analysts such as Steven Emerson , Don Feder , Lela Gilbert , Caroline Glick , Tom Gross , William Kristol , Dorothy Rabinowitz , and Mark Steyn again ...
AFP Says Cubans Fleeing Island for US, Merely 'Depart' Not Defect
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias —
... Language matters to the media. News services frequently debate word usage and the controversy over the terrorist/insurgent/militant/gunman kerfuffle ...
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