Resources

"War of Ideas" Sources on the Debate over the Identity of the Jihadist Enemy:

May 14, 2008 - Daily Kos and Others on Jihad - by Jeffrey Imm
http://counterterrorismblog.org/2008/05/daily_kos_on_jihad.php

May 13, 2008 - National Review: The Government's Jihad on Jihad -- Still lookin' for love in all the wrong places -- by Andrew McCarthy
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ODZhZDkyMzc3NDBlNDMxMjM3MDkyOTdlYTU5MmExNjA=

May 13, 2008 - The American Muslim: Thank God Someone Is Listening to Us - Terrorism Is Not Jihad -- by Sheila Musaji
http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/thank_god_someone_is_listening_to_us_terrorism_is_not_jihad/0016153

May 12, 2008 - UPI: Analysis: Terror lexicon reveals GOP split
http://www.upi.com/International_Security/Emerging_Threats/Analysis/2008/05/12/analysis_terror_lexicon_reveals_gop_split/4393/

May 12, 2008 - Daily Kos: "Who Speaks for Islam? Part 3b: Jihad, Religion & Politics"
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/5/12/121215/726

May 11, 2008 - The American Muslim: Words Do Matter! -- by Dr. Hesham A. Hassaballa
http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/dr_hesham_a_hassaballa/0016204

May 8, 2008 - Jihad and U.S. Intelligence Resources - by Jeffrey Imm
http://counterterrorismblog.org/2008/05/jihad_and_us_intelligence.php

-- Related Petition to U.S. House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence on Hoekstra Amendment
http://www.petitiononline.com/usajihad/petition.html

May 8, 2008 - Hoekstra Effort to Strip Earmarks from Intelligence Bill Successful - Bill Still Fails to Close Terrorist Loophole
http://hoekstra.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=90778
 - to "prohibit the intelligence community from adopting speech codes that encumber accurately describing the radical jihadist terrorists" - fails to pass House Intelligence Committee

May 8, 2008 - It's Islamic Jihad, Not Extremism, Uncle Sam -- by Diana West
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DianaWest/2008/05/08/its_islamic_jihad,_not_extremism,_uncle_sam&Comments=true

May 7, 2008: JihadWatch.org: US urges officials to stop linking Islam with terrorism -- now if they could only convince the jihadists to stop also
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/020914.php

May 6, 2008 - UPI: U.S. officials urged to avoid linking Islam, jihad with terrorism
http://www.upi.com/International_Security/Emerging_Threats/Analysis/2008/05/06/analysis_us_drops_islam_in_terror_talk/9370/
http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080507/FOREIGN/725367235/1003
http://www.metimes.com/Security/2008/05/06/analysis_us_drops_islam_in_terror_talk/54ad/

May 4, 2008 - Strategic Collapse in the War on Terror -- by Joseph Myers
http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/05/strategic_collapse_in_the_war.html

May 4, 2008 - JihadWatch.org: Who is teaching Chertoff and the DHS about jihad?
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/020880.php

May 2, 2008 - zTruth Blog posting: Government memos: The U.S. and the world faces a grave threat from the now unnamed enemy
http://ztruth.typepad.com/ztruth/2008/05/the-investigati.html
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/06/05/MNGPOQ7IRT1.DTL&hw=amanullah&sn=001&sc=1000
http://www.altmuslim.com/a/a/m/2567/

May 2, 2008 - Investigative Project Releases Gov't Memos Curtailing Speech in War on Terror - by Steven Emerson
http://www.investigativeproject.org/article/659
-- National Counter Terrorism Center (NCTC) Memo
http://www.investigativeproject.org/documents/misc/127.pdf
-- Department of Homeland Security Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Memo
http://www.investigativeproject.org/documents/misc/126.pdf

May 1, 2008 - Purging "Jihadism" from Bushisms
http://securitydebrief.adfero.com/purging-jihadism-from-bushisms/

April 30, 2008 - Flying Blind in the War on Terror - by Patrick Poole
http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/04/flying_blind_in_the_war_on_ter.html

April 30, 2008 - The Continuing Debate Over "Jihadists" As The Enemy - by Jeffrey Imm
http://counterterrorismblog.org/2008/04/jihadist_or_not.php

April 30, 2008 - Thailand's The Nation: "US govt may be getting the message - finally"
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2008/04/30/opinion/opinion_30071932.php

April 30, 2008 - Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) - MPAC Applauds Gov't Initiative to stop using "jihadist" terminology
http://app.e2ma.net/app/view:CampaignPublic/id:2785.1058146269/rid:1e7e9e963d40188484a48afa3a1ec001

April 29, 2008 - No Jihadis Here! - by Robert Spencer
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=26256

April 29, 2008 - WOE Is Us - by Diana West
http://dianawest.net/Default.aspx?tabid=36&EntryID=287

April 29, 2008 - Transcript: Press Conference by the President
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/04/20080429-1.html

April 29, 2008 - Wait a minute: Bush just said "jihadist" -- by Michelle Malkin
http://michellemalkin.com/2008/04/29/wait-a-minute-bush-just-said-jihadist/

April 27, 2008 - Muslim American Society (MAS) Web Site - "Homeland Security Report Sharply Rebukes McCain's 'Islamic Extremism' Rhetoric"
http://www.masnet.org/news.asp?id=5070

April 26, 2008 - The Soft [INSERT J-WORD WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO SAY] Continues -- by Andrew McCarthy
http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=MGM2ODBiNGQ2MWJlMGUwZDRlOWJkM2VmYzI3YThlYWY=

April 26, 2008 - Real World Complications From the Jihad Lexicon Business - by Jeffrey Breinholt
http://counterterrorismblog.org/2008/04/real_world_complications_from.php

April 25, 2008 - ThreatsWatch - To Name An Enemy - by Marvin Hutchens
http://threatswatch.org/rapidrecon/2008/04/to-name-an-enemy/

April 25, 2008 - The New American Lexicon: Jihad, We Hardly Knew You - by Jeffrey Breinholt
http://counterterrorismblog.org/2008/04/the_new_american_lexicon_jihad.php

April 25, 2008 - PipeLineNews.org - State Department Funding ISNA's Propagation Of Islam - by Beila Rabinowitz and William Mayer
http://www.pipelinenews.org/index.cfm?page=statedept4.25.08%2Ehtm

Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) - Citizen Exchange Project
http://www.isna.net/Interfaith/pages/Citizen-Exchange.aspx

April 25, 2008 - The Carpetbagger Report - Bush administration re-writes the script on terrorism foes
http://www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com/archives/15334.html

April 25, 2008 - IPT - Dangerous Word Games - by Steven Emerson
http://www.investigativeproject.org/article/653

April 25, 2008 - Re: Re: Jihad on Jihad  - by Andrew McCarthy
http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=Njc0MmUwZjE3ZTY4NjhmYWI2YTNmYzA4MTAyN2RjODc=

April 24, 2008 - Who is America Fighting - Jihadists or Extremists? - by Jeffrey Imm
http://counterterrorismblog.org/2008/04/war_on_extremists.php

April 24, 2008 - JihadWatch.org: 'Jihadist' booted from government lexicon
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/020777.php

April 24, 2008 - AP: Terms to use and avoid when talking about terrorism
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080424/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/jihad_lingo_dos___don_ts
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2008/04/24/terms_to_use_and_avoid_when_talking_about_terrorism/

April 24, 2008 - AP: 'Jihadist' booted from government lexicon
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5i3X6Gha4z-MCq9pU0vC4FWqDCXrwD908CUGO0
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2008/04/24/jihadist_booted_from_government_lexicon/?rss_id=Boston.com+--+Latest+news

April 22, 2008 - JihadWatch.org: New State Department lexicon forbids use of the words "jihad" or "jihadist"
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/020756.php

April 21, 2008 - Washington Times: McCain pressed on 'Islamic' terror label
http://washingtontimes.com/article/20080421/NATION/438135169/0/FOOD

April 18, 2008 - Precision in the Global War on Terror: Inciting Muslims through the War of Ideas -- Strategic Studies Institute of the U.S. Army War College - Dr. Sherifa D. Zuhur
http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/PUB843.pdf
-- "the effort to pursue 'militant Islam' instead of simply opposing 'terrorism,' is too grand a project" - p. 9
-- Karen Armstrong referenced as source on problems with the "term 'Islamic terrorism'" - p. 109
-- "Planners and policymakers should avoid essentialist and reductionist interpretations of key concepts like the Caliphate." p. 117
-- "The United States (even along with Europe) cannot undo the Islamic awakening, the growth of Islamist movements and principles, and popular support for them. Work with Islamists instead of engaging them in what surely will be a very long war."  p. 118
-- "It is time to abandon the assumptions of a clash of civilizations between Islam and the West" p. 115
-- Dr. Sherifa D. Zuhur bio
http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pubs/people.cfm?q=555

March 14, 2008 - National Counter Terrorism Center (NCTC) - Counter Terror Communications Center (CTCC) Memorandum, Volume 2, Issue 10 - "Words that Work and Words that Don't: A Guide to Counterterrorism Communication"
http://www.investigativeproject.org/documents/misc/127.pdf

February 5, 2008 - Jihadists, Islamists, and "Extremists" - what's in a name? -- The Counterterrorism Blog - Jeffrey Imm
http://counterterrorismblog.org/2008/02/terms_matter.php

January 2008 - Department of Homeland Security Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties - Terminology to Define the Terrorists: Recommendations from American Muslims
http://www.investigativeproject.org/documents/misc/126.pdf

December 18, 2007 - Remarks by Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff at the Institute of European Affairs -- fighting "ideology of takfirism"
http://www.dhs.gov/xnews/releases/pr_1198010026310.shtm

September 18, 2007 - What's in a Name? 'Jihad' vs. 'Hiraba' - by Patrick Poole
http://www.americanthinker.com/2007/09/whats_in_a_name_jihad_vs_hirab.html

September 14, 2007 - Washington Times: Jihadist threat - by Bill Gertz
http://washingtontimes.com/article/20070914/NATION04/109140086/1008

September 10, 2007 - The Muslim Brotherhood in America Defined as "Threat Organization" in DOD Memo
http://www.douglasfarah.com/article/245/the-muslim-brotherhood-in-america-defined-as-threat-organization-in-dod-memo.com 

August 10, 2007 - Why We Must Label Al-Qaeda Terrorism "Jihad Martyrdom" - by Robert Spencer
http://frontpagemagazine.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=C105F976-5800-492A-8331-E907684A685F

August 6, 2007 - Response Re: "Irhabi Murderdom" - Jim Guirard -- TrueSpeak Institute
http://www.truespeak.org/content.php?id=accuracyinmediaresponsereirhabimurderdom
http://www.aim.org/guest-column/is-aq-style-terrorism-jihadi-martyrdom-or-irhabi-murderdom/

July 17, 2007 - Preventing the West from Understanding Jihad - by Robert Spencer
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/017408.php

July 17, 2007 - Preventing the West from Understanding Jihad - by Dr. Walid Phares
http://www.americanthinker.com/2007/07/preventing_the_west_from_under.html
http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/terrorism.php?id=1157956
http://www.aim.org/guest-column/preventing-the-west-from-understanding-jihad/

June 28, 2007 -  Petraeus Aide's Call For A "NEW LEXICON" - Jim Guirard - TrueSpeak Institute and TrueSpeak.org
http://www.truespeak.org/content.php?id=petraeusaidescallforanewlexicon

June 22, 2007 - PipeLineNews.org - Bush Administration Moves To Legitimize The Muslim Brotherhood? by William Mayer and Beila Rabinowitz
http://www.pipelinenews.org/index.cfm?page=brotherhood62107.htm

June 20, 2007 - New York Sun: Bush Weighs Reaching Out To 'Brothers'
http://www2.nysun.com/article/56899

June 5, 2007 - San Francisco Chronicle: Security agency enlisting Muslims to rebut radicals -- article lists 4 Muslim leaders that Chertoff reportedly met with last year -- Shahed Amanullah, Akbar Ahmed, M.J. Khan, Reza Aslan
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/06/05/MNGPOQ7IRT1.DTL&hw=amanullah&sn=001&sc=1000
http://www.altmuslim.com/a/a/m/2567/

April 7, 2007 - "War on Terrorism" (AQ-style Terrorism) Is the Correct Label - Jim Guirard -- TrueSpeak Institute
http://www.truespeak.org/content.php?id=waronterrorismisthecorrectlabel

April 1, 2007 - Washington Post - The War of the Words - by Peter Beinart
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/30/AR2007033001923.html

January 29, 2007 - "IRHABI MURDERDOM" - not "Jihadi Martyrdom" - Jim Guirard -- TrueSpeak Institute
http://www.truespeak.org/content.php?id=irhabimurderdomnotjihadimartyrdom

July 22, 2004 - 9/11 Commission Report: Cluster References to "Jihad" in U.S. Final Report of the 9/11 Commission
http://clusty.com/search?input-form=simple-clusty-gov&query=Jihad&v%3Aproject=clusty-gov&v%3Apersonality=&v%3Asources=911

July 22, 2004 - 9/11 Commission Report: Cluster References to "Jihadist" in U.S. Final Report of the 9/11 Commission
http://clusty.com/search?input-form=simple-clusty-gov&query=Jihadist&v%3Aproject=clusty-gov&v%3Apersonality=&v%3Asources=911

July 22, 2004 - 9/11 Commission Report: Cluster References to "Islam" in U.S. Final Report of the 9/11 Commission
http://clusty.com/search?input-form=simple-clusty-gov&query=Islam&v%3Aproject=clusty-gov&v%3Apersonality=&v%3Asources=911

April 21, 2003 -  Properly Condemning the Al Qaeda Blasphemy - Jim Guirard -- TrueSpeak Institute
http://www.truespeak.org/content.php?id=properlycondemning

September 18, 2001 - Authorization for Use of Military Force (Enrolled Bill), September 18, 2001
http://news.findlaw.com/hdocs/docs/terrorism/sjres23.enr.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authorization_for_Use_of_Military_Force_Against_Terrorists
-- "That the President is authorized to use all necessary and appropriate force against those nations, organizations, or persons he determines planned, authorized, committed, or aided the terrorist attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001, or harbored such organizations or persons, in order to prevent any future acts of international terrorism against the United States by such nations, organizations or persons."