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Why are they called "insurgents"?

Sure, there were traditionally-defined insurgents in the beginning of this conflict (the "Baathist holdouts", mostly). Now these car bombers and death squad psychopaths are often hate-filled thugs out to kill people following the wrong branch of Islam. Yet the media refers to them all as "insurgents". Are the media simply trying to be inoffensive?
Old 03-22-2007, 01:02 PM
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