Newspeak: What's in a name? U.S. rebrands Iraq ex-insurgents (Reuters)

[kpete]

What's in a name? U.S. rebrands Iraq ex-insurgents
Sat Aug 25, 2007 9:34AM EDT

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.

more at:
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSGRA54290420070825

[muriel_volestrangler]

1. or how about "Extreme Neighbourhood Watch"? (nt)

[treestar]

2. I remember when they changed them from resistance to insurgence

The MSM complied totally. It was because the term "resistance" brought up romantic WWII images, and they didn't want to have that when it came to Iraqis!

Another example of how the right thinks that labeling something can make it so.

[annabanana]

3. Yup. It's a-a-all PR, baby!. . . . n/t

[Amonester]

4. Herr bu$che 'n dic-k "rebranded" them all and now use the term

"all-CIAda" in each speach they catapult.

It's the K sound-effect... hear:

all-CIAda
viet-Kong
katapult

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