Global terrorism thread

Daesh stands for "Dawla Alislamiyah fi Aliraq wa A-sham" (دولة الإسلامية في العراق والشام), "The Islamic State in Iraq and Greater Syria".

edited 19th Dec '14 3:55:51 AM by desdendelle

I just use it cuz the name is more accurate. ISIL/ISIS/IS are not for a variety of reasons, some aforementioned already.

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And it sounds cooler.

edited 19th Dec '14 5:10:21 AM by FFShinra

I use it partially 'cos to me it sounds less cool :)

edited 19th Dec '14 5:40:13 AM by betaalpha

Is it Daa-esh or Daysh or Day-esh? The apostrophe makes me think the former.

Da-esh, IIRC.

Actually, the English "Levant" and the Arabic "Al-Sham" are equivalent terms that denote the same geographic region as it was historically known, i.e. Palestine and Jordan are indeed part of "Al Sham" as a geographic region. You can even cross-check with the Arabic Wikipedia article, which is linked to from the English Wikipedia article via the "Languages" submenu at the left.

edited 20th Dec '14 1:34:02 AM by MarqFJA

What do you. The more you know etc.

Forgot to add this, there are many alternate names for the region in question.

Problem isn't whether the names are equivalent. The problem is no one settles on which one to use in the english translation.

Ah, that's true. But that list still provides for some interesting background on the whole name thing.

Anyway, back on topic... Any terrorism-related news?

Yeah. Financial Times says IS begun mass-executing foreign recruits who want to go back home instead of fighting.

edited 20th Dec '14 10:30:31 AM by amitakartok

Maybe that will help deter any people who are interested in joining them.

Unless they chalk it off as "they're deserters, they deserve to be mass-executed", if they believe in Daesh's ideology fanatically enough.

Looks like the Kurds are starting to retake Sinjar.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-30569313

If literally and maliciously shooting up a school does not convince the world of the evil of this kind of organized Islamic fundamentalism, nothing will.

-Shrugs, mumbles something about realpolitik-

'Allahu Akbar' attacker shot by French police

Dijon: Driver targets city pedestrians

Great now the crazy individuals who latch onto Islamic extremism are coming out of the woodwork in Europe, first Canada, then Australia and now France. The Met must be working overtime to stop something happening in London, we've had so many occurrences copy cats seem inevitable at this point.

I feel for those guys. It's enough that we have those bastards here, those poor, clueless Europeans need them as much as they need seven bad years...

Ours are of the Christian variety...different flavor of batshit.

Are we seeing the beginnings of a wave of copycat terrorism?

Terrorism being used as an excuse for those with existing delusions.

Just say you support 'insert group here' and there you go, international coverage. Some others will see it, rinse and repeat.

Not copycat. Just more efficient.

The US has long been in denial over our domestic terrorism problem. It is easier to make people afraid of the brown man way over there instead of the truth that the clean cut white man down the road is more likely to blow you up.

Mmm, a Muslim family had their business burnt to the ground in my community several years ago, with "This is for 9/11" spray-painted on the ground. Quickly ruled "accidental" by the local police.

I assume you live in America...? The only other thing that comes to mind is the Israeli police's dismissive attitude toward right wing vandalism ("Price Tag").