Palestinian Islamic “Internal Struggle” Claims Responsibility for Murdering Two Israeli Guards

By Bill West

The AP has reported three terrorist organizations...well, in the official PC lexicon of the Bush Administration, extremist groups...have claimed responsibility for the Friday shooting attack at a factory in Nitzanei Shalom, Israel that left two security guards dead. Among those claiming responsibility was the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ).

But wait...”Jihad” is now a forbidden word in the Federal counter-terrorism vocabulary because our fearless Federal Leaders have bought into the Politically Correct “larger” meaning of the word. Jihad, of course, can mean something beyond “holy war” and the violence attached to such an interpretation. It can mean an “internal struggle” attempting to better oneself with no violence attached. So, in an effort not to confuse nor offend peace loving Muslims anywhere, our intrepid Feds should avoid using the term “Jihad.”

Another term they should try to stay away from is “Mujahadin” and, presumably, its variants. In the past, we Neanderthal Crusading Americans took this term to mean a “Holy Warrior” fighting “Jihad”...essentially Islamic terrorists wanting to do us in...because, well, it’s what they told us they were (and still do). Disregard all that, say the Men and Women Behind the Curtain...they know better, of course...Mujahadin has a larger and more expansive meaning in the Muslim world and can relate to those seeking Jihad as a peaceful quest for betterment.

OK then. When, as the AP reported, PIJ spokesman Abu Mujahed made the PIJ claim of responsibility for the noted attack, the Feds should say in their official reports that it was the extremist group Palestinian Islamic Internal Struggle and their spokesman Abu Seeker of Betterment who claimed to have murdered two innocent Israelis on Friday. Yes, now it all makes perfect sense. No one is offended nor confused and we are all on our way to peace, love and understanding. As for the two Israeli victims and their families...perhaps the authors of the 1984-ish Newspeak Federal policy memo can dream up some feel-good terms for them.

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