McGeough may have lived in Baghdad but he's no linguist, given you are quoting him accurately.
If you apply yourself to some of the words below you should, given your sharp wit, quickly be able to ascertain three things. 1.These Iraqi guerrilas or insurgents are also terrorists. 2. Mr McGeough is terrorising our language. 3. Mr.Carlton is an ignoramus. (And those who awarded Mr McGeough his prize are either lefties or fools).
guer·ril·la or gue·ril·la "A member of an irregular, usually indigenous military or paramilitary unit operating in small bands in occupied territory to harass and undermine the enemy, as by surprise raids".
[Spanish, raiding party, guerrilla force, diminutive of guerra, war, of Germanic origin. See wers- in Indo-European Roots.] Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
\Gue*ril"la\, a. See Guerrilla. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. 1996
guerilla adj : used of independent armed resistance forces; "guerrilla warfare"; "partisan forces" [syn: guerrilla(a), guerilla(a), underground, irregular] n : a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment [syn: guerrilla, irregular, insurgent]
ter·ror·ist "One that engages in acts or an act of terrorism". Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
\Ter"ror*ist\, n. [F. terroriste.] "One who governs by terrorism or intimidation; specifically, an agent or partisan of the revolutionary tribunal during the Reign of Terror in France". --Burke. (Probably why Saddam was no turn off for the Froggies). Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. 1996 terrorist adj : "characteristic of someone who employs terrorism (especially as a political weapon); "terrorist activity" n : a radical who employs terror as a political weapon".
ps. Hope you've been been a good little leftie, while I've been flitting around, and not been straying too far from the same tired old doctrines of boring old reactionaries. I might, otherwise have to do a little bit of reading.
