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discntnt_irny_srcsm

(18,479 posts) Wed Sep 24, 2014, 06:12 PM Sep 2014

Daesh? [View all]

According to Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius of France:

"This is a terrorist group and not a state," ... "I do not recommend using the term Islamic State because it blurs the lines between Islam, Muslims and Islamists. The Arabs call it 'Daesh' and I will be calling them the 'Daesh cutthroats.' "

Any opinions?

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Daesh? [View all] discntnt_irny_srcsm Sep 2014 OP

You say Daesh, I say ISIS, let's call the whole thing off. Comrade Grumpy Sep 2014 #1

We could just call them... discntnt_irny_srcsm Sep 2014 #2

Duzy! FSogol Sep 2014 #9

the article below attempts to explain it ("daesh" seems to only be used by opponents of ISIS) rollin74 Sep 2014 #3

Some folks have a problem with... discntnt_irny_srcsm Sep 2014 #6

Al Qaeda, ISIS, ISIL, Cortisone, Daesh... 951-Riverside Sep 2014 #4

So it would seem discntnt_irny_srcsm Sep 2014 #7

Daesh is the correct name, why is the major media adopting the version that sounds the scariest? Fred Sanders Sep 2014 #5

Works for me discntnt_irny_srcsm Sep 2014 #8

Interesting you would say that Blue_In_AK Sep 2014 #10

I missed your earlier post discntnt_irny_srcsm Sep 2014 #11

Here's my question, posted late last night. Blue_In_AK Sep 2014 #12

Thanks n/t discntnt_irny_srcsm Sep 2014 #13