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Arab speakers call them Daesh. It's an acronym for something or other. Comrade Grumpy Sep 2014 #1
... It's complicated. politicat Sep 2014 #8
Bogeyman #332? Tierra_y_Libertad Sep 2014 #2
Actually, just now on MSNBC where I heard Power say 'ISSLE' there was a ChisolmTrailDem Sep 2014 #6
Khorasan. Just a new name for an old member of Al Qaeda. CJCRANE Sep 2014 #9
Thanks, CJCRANE! Appreciate the help with that. nt ChisolmTrailDem Sep 2014 #10
How about Boogeyman Du Joir? 99Forever Sep 2014 #13
They're about as subtle as a turd in a salad. Tierra_y_Libertad Sep 2014 #14
Right? And something else that's change today vs. yesterday is that ChisolmTrailDem Sep 2014 #15
It is important that we keep a timeline going dixiegrrrrl Sep 2014 #18
WE should call them "result of 50 years of absurd interference in the Middle East by USA" randys1 Sep 2014 #3
When you translate a word from a foreign language tritsofme Sep 2014 #4
How about calling them NEW and then stick with it? sabrina 1 Sep 2014 #17
It's not another name,both simply pronounced ISIL using sufrommich Sep 2014 #5
Exactly my point... so... Why? If everyone is using the long-form pronunciation, why ChisolmTrailDem Sep 2014 #7
It rhymes with missile and fissile. CJCRANE Sep 2014 #11
It does, but my first impression was that it's just stupid. TPTB need to decide on ChisolmTrailDem Sep 2014 #12
Toyota must be happy... KurtNYC Sep 2014 #16
Something like fadedrose Sep 2014 #19
Be patient, we're still focus testing n/t whatchamacallit Sep 2014 #20
ISIS is Islamic State of Iraq and Syria fadedrose Sep 2014 #21
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