(**) "Popular names" of Islamic terrorists and murderers:
* Assailants - National Public Radio.
* Attackers - the Economist.
* Bombers - the Guardian.
* Captors - the Associated Press.
* Commandos - Agence France-Presse refers to the terrorists both as "membres du commando" and "commando."
* Criminals - the Times (London).
* Extremists - United Press International.
* Fighters - the Washington Post.
* Group - the Australian.
* Guerrillas - New York Post editorial.
* Gunmen - Reuters.
* Hostage-takers - the Los Angeles Times.
* Insurgents - in a New York Times headline.
* Kidnappers - the Observer (London).
* Militants - the Chicago Tribune.
* Perpetrators - the New York Times.
* Radicals - the BBC.
* Rebels - in a Sydney Morning Herald headline.
* Separatists - the Christian Science Monitor.
* Activists - the Pakistan Times.
* The Clintonoids in the US State Dept call them .... "allies".
* The Clintonoids in the CIA call them ..... "patriots".
[ partially ased on Daniel Pipes]