Iraq: Rumsfeld Bans the Word 'insurgents': "'The US defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld has banned the use of the word 'insurgents' when referring to the militants operating in Iraq. 'Over the weekend I thought to myself. 'You know, that gives them a greater legitimacy than they seem to merit,' he told journalists during a Pentagon briefing on Tuesday. 'It was an epiphany,' he said, throwing his hands in the air.'"

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