Britain drops 'War on Terror' label
"The words 'war on terror' will no longer be used by the British government to describe attacks on the public, the country's chief prosecutor said Dec. 27.
"Sir Ken Macdonald said terrorist fanatics were not soldiers fighting a war but simply members of an aimless 'death cult.'
"The Director of Public Prosecutions said: 'We resist the language of warfare, and I think the government has moved on this. It no longer uses this sort of language.'
"London is not a battlefield, he said.
"'The people who were murdered on July 7 were not the victims of war. The men who killed them were not soldiers,' Macdonald said. 'They were fantasists, narcissists, murderers and criminals and need to be responded to in that way.'
"His remarks signal a change in emphasis across Whitehall, where the "war on terror" language has officially been ditched."
Military.com
Categories: uk, war+on+terror
"Sir Ken Macdonald said terrorist fanatics were not soldiers fighting a war but simply members of an aimless 'death cult.'
"The Director of Public Prosecutions said: 'We resist the language of warfare, and I think the government has moved on this. It no longer uses this sort of language.'
"London is not a battlefield, he said.
"'The people who were murdered on July 7 were not the victims of war. The men who killed them were not soldiers,' Macdonald said. 'They were fantasists, narcissists, murderers and criminals and need to be responded to in that way.'
"His remarks signal a change in emphasis across Whitehall, where the "war on terror" language has officially been ditched."
Military.com
Categories: uk, war+on+terror
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