Operation Iraqi Freedom Newspeak Lexicon

For those whose Newspeak reading skills are double-plus-ungood, we offer the following excerpts from the Newspeak-English Dictionary, 1984 Edition (Digby and Tristero, eds.)

Sectarian violence (see also Killing and Kidnappings, Sectarian; Sunnis and Shiites, Tension Between): Civil war
Staying the course: Driving around in the desert waiting to be blown up
Training accident: Shootdown
Terrorist: Dead Iraqi
Insurgent: Man shot while complaining about mistreatment by coalition forces
Information gathering: Beating the shit out of a Hajii with a Louisville Slugger
Security concerns: All hell has broken loose
Reconstruction: Excuse for a fatcat crony to make a killing with a sweet no-bid contract

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