What is their name?

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  1. BruceK

    BruceK Active Member

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    This is not intended to be political post, so please don't turn it into one.

    I'm trying to figure out why we can't all agree on a single, simple name for the terrorist group taking responsibility for, among other things, the attacks in Paris last week.


    Much of new media calls the group ISIS

    Some of the news media calls the group IS (Islamic State)

    The US President calls the group ISIL

    Just today, I heard the US Secretary of State call the group DASH (apparently based upon an Arabic name for the group)


    It's damn confusing. And it's been going on the this way for years. Can't we just settle on a single name?

    What's with the various names?
     
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    A timely and succinct response. Seems the author of that article published just yesterday knew there was confused people like me out there. Thanks for the link.

    So now I know a bit more of what is behind the various names out there, but I repeat: Can't we just settle on a single name?
     
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    I just call it ISHole
     

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