What's in a name? U.S. rebrands Iraq ex-insurgents ("concerned local nationals")

[Barrett808]

Source: Reuters

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. forces have rebranded one of the main insurgent groups in Iraq and now use the term "concerned local nationals" to refer to a group that once claimed responsibility for killing scores of Americans.

The updated vocabulary for referring to the 1920 Revolution Brigade, described by a U.S. commander on Saturday, is a sign of the abrupt change in tactics that has seen U.S. forces cooperate with former Sunni Arab enemies.

The 1920 Revolution Brigade was one of the main anti-American Sunni Arab insurgent groups in Iraq in the years after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion and has claimed responsibility for killing scores of U.S. troops in ambushes and bomb attacks.

But for the past several months its members have cooperated with U.S. forces to help drive the strict al Qaeda Islamists out of Sunni Arab areas, part of a new U.S. tactic of cooperating with former Sunni Arab foes against al Qaeda.

Colonel David Sutherland, the U.S. commander in Diyala Province, said his men prefer not to call the group by its name.

"The 1920s as they're called, we call them 'the Baquba Guardians', we call them the 'concerned local nationals'," he said. "These are patriots who have come forward and have joined the security process. They are working with my soldiers and they are working with the Iraqi security forces," he said.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070825/ts_nm/iraq_name_dc

[AlCzervik]

1. What's in a name? U.S. rebrands Iraq ex-insurgents

Source: Reuters

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. forces have rebranded one of the main insurgent groups in Iraq and now use the term "concerned local nationals" to refer to a group that once claimed responsibility for killing scores of Americans.


The updated vocabulary for referring to the 1920 Revolution Brigade, described by a U.S. commander on Saturday, is a sign of the abrupt change in tactics that has seen U.S. forces cooperate with former Sunni Arab enemies.

The 1920 Revolution Brigade was one of the main anti-American Sunni Arab insurgent groups in Iraq in the years after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion and has claimed responsibility for killing scores of U.S. troops in ambushes and bomb attacks.

But for the past several months its members have cooperated with U.S. forces to help drive the strict al Qaeda Islamists out of Sunni Arab areas, part of a new U.S. tactic of cooperating with former Sunni Arab foes against al Qaeda.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070825/us_nm/iraq_name_dc;_ylt=As4asY0EbVVGP.RFU8v2nTOs0NUE

[Double T]

2. Good to know that the bushco marketing department is 'hard at work.'.........

re-branding the 'customers' THEY have been selling nearly 200,000 missing weapons to; 'hard at work' needs to be re-branded to 'committing fraud'.

[TroubleMan]

3. Oceania has always been at war with Eurasia.

LOL....not again.

[Supersedeas]

4. and 2 + 2 = 5, if we say so....enemy combatants = unlawful enemy combatants

[Javaman]

5. Boy if those Iraqi's were any more "concerned" we would be in really

deep shit.