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Date Posted: 17:42:47 02/26/02 Tue
Author: Gabriela Torres
Subject: Re: Guerillas...terrorists...now REBELS?
In reply to: Cynthia Boaz 's message, "Re: Guerillas...terrorists...now REBELS?" on 15:35:48 02/20/02 Wed

>I think that it is also safe to say. that we the people dub these groups as terrorists, and guerrillas mayb eeven rebels depending on where they fall into our lives and just how badly they have hurt us. In the case of Bin Ladin, is very powerful to say that they are a terrorist group. It gives them almost a source of power and gives us a a negative conotation with which to label him and his group.

>>I think it's the powerful
>>political groups that dub these groups with names that
>>they deem appropriate.
>
>On what basis are they labelled, and why does it
>matter?

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Re: Guerillas...terrorists...now REBELS? -- jerry, 01:18:50 03/06/02 Wed