Posted by
Boris Tiraspolsky on Friday, May 02, 2008 2:00:15 AM
"In developing any blueprint strategy in an "ideological struggle", the first and most fundamental action must be shared, agreed-upon definitions. In a war strategy, such definitions are literally of life-and-death importance. Yet our leadership on this issue continues to send out mixed, confused messages as to who and what the enemy is."
Is this man "jihadist" or extremist?
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The Continuing Debate Over "Jihadists" As The Enemy
By Jeffrey Imm
Last week, the Associated Press
reported that the State Department approved National Counter Terrorism Center (NCTC) guidelines for terminology in defining the enemy created by NCTC's Extremist Messaging Branch, based on a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) report "Terminology to Define the Terrorists: Recommendations from American Muslims". In these new guidelines, the term
"jihadist" (among others) was not to be used in defining the enemy or its actions.
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