Big_Bird
Joined: 31 Jan 2003
Location: Sometimes here sometimes there...
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 Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 1:40 am Post subject: Is the phase "War on Terror" encouraging terrorism |
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I strongly suspect it does.
'War on terror' phrase unhelpful, UK tells US
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The international development secretary, Hilary Benn, will today reinforce Britain's opposition to the phrase "war on terror", using a speech in New York to warn that it can actually strengthen insurgent groups.
Mr Benn will tell a meeting at a New York-based thinktank that the phrase, coined by the Bush administration after September 11 2001, can assist small, disparate groups with varying ideals "by letting them feel part of something bigger".
In December, the foreign office instructed cabinet ministers to stop using the phrase, and sent out advice to UK diplomats around the world that it should be avoided.
However, US President George Bush continues to use the words regularly, opening a speech last month commemorating the fourth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq by describing its current government as "an ally in the war on terror".
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