Terri
05-07-2007, 07:25 AM
By UPI Staff
United Press International
May 7, 2007
WASHINGTON (UPI) -- The phrase "war on terror" has been quietly ditched by U.S. and British officials who are emphasizing the ideological aspect of the struggle with al-Qaida.
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said in a speech this week that the west was battling a movement that sought to "advance a totalitarian world vision" and that terrorism was one tactic used to reach that goal.
"If we don't understand that and contend in the field of ideology, we cannot really match this enemy across the entire spectrum of the challenge," Chertoff said Thursday at Johns Hopkins University.
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United Press International
May 7, 2007
WASHINGTON (UPI) -- The phrase "war on terror" has been quietly ditched by U.S. and British officials who are emphasizing the ideological aspect of the struggle with al-Qaida.
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said in a speech this week that the west was battling a movement that sought to "advance a totalitarian world vision" and that terrorism was one tactic used to reach that goal.
"If we don't understand that and contend in the field of ideology, we cannot really match this enemy across the entire spectrum of the challenge," Chertoff said Thursday at Johns Hopkins University.
More (http://www.gopusa.com/news/2007/may/0507_terror_phrase.s html)