"The guide, which includes everything from Salvadoran gangs to Lebanon’s Hizballah to the Earth First environmental movement, appears to contain a lot of confused and incorrect information and careless categorizations typical of government agencies that lump all perceived enemies under the label “terrorist.” For example, it arbitrarily categorizes many groups as “Islamist,” including, bizarrely the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – both secular. The Jewish extremist group, Kahane Chai, the only Jewish group in the section, is labeled “Radical Israeli” with no mention of its explicitly Jewish ideology. The PLO’s dominant Fatah faction is described as “Sectarian Palestinian,” another nonsensical label. It is also bizarre that the PLO and its main faction Fatah should appear in a guide to “terrorist” groups at all. PLO security forces, dominated by Fatah, and nominally commanded by US-backed Fatah leader Mahmoud Abbas, have been trained and funded for years by the United States". electronicintifada.net/blogs/ali-abunimah/us-army-guide-designates-palestinian-flag-terrorist-logo
Posted on: Sat, 28 Sep 2013 16:17:14 +0000
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