Naming The Enemy
By Daniel Pipes (08/17/2004)
In a striking admission, George W. Bush said the other day that that "We actually misnamed the war on terror. It ought to be [called] the struggle against ideological extremists who do not believe in free societies and who happen to use terror as a weapon to try to shake the conscience of the free world."
This important concession follows growing criticism of the misleading term "war on terror" (how can one fight a tactic?) and replaces it with the more accurate "war on ideological extremists." With this change, the battle of ideas can begin. (snip)
http://www.americandaily.com/article/4685
Taken at Gunpoint, U.S. Journalist and His Interpreter Are Missing in Iraq
By JOHN F. BURNS
Published: August 17, 2004
BAGHDAD, Iraq, Aug. 16 - Micah Garen, an American journalist who was investigating the looting of ancient artifacts in Iraq, was missing along with his Iraqi interpreter on Monday after the two were led at gunpoint on Friday from a shop in the southern city of Nasiriya, according to news reports and the men's families.
Mr. Garen's family, in New Haven, said they had received information that he was still alive, but declined to release any further information, saying that his well-being required them to say as little as possible. (snip)
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/17/international/middleeast/17journalist.html