Last week there was an AP article direct from Washington explaining there would be a whole new lingo  regarding the....I'm not sure what to call them now.......but were previously labeled "jihadists or al-Qaida" Anyhow this is what they said:

Don't call them jihadists anymore.  And don't call Al-Qaida a movement.

The Bush administration has launched a new front in the war on terrorism, this time targeting language.

Federal agencies, including the State Department, the Department of Homeland Security and the National Counter Terrorism Center, are telling their people not to describe Islamic extremists as "jihadists" or "mujahedeen."  Lingo like "Islamo-fascism" is out too.

The reason:  Such words may actually boost support for radicals among Arab and Muslim audiences by giving them a veneer of religious credibility or by causing offense to moderates. 

For example, while Americans may understand "jihad" to mean "holy war," it is in fact a broader Islamic concept of the struggle to do good, says the guidance prepared for diplomats and other officals tasked with explaining the war on terror to the public.  U.S. officials may be "unintentionally portraying terrorists, who lack moral and religious legitimacy, as brave fighters, legitimate soldiers or spokesmen for ordinary Muslims," says a Homeland Security report.

So I'm taking this to mean we can keep it simple and just call them terrorists?  I'm good with that.