None Dare Call It Terrorism

None in the U.S. media, that is. (And not just the U.S. media.)

There have been constant bombings of civilian targets for the past few weeks in Pakistan, Iraq, and Afghanistan. Today's news:

Multiple car bombs in Baghdad and Basra. 34 killed. Crowded markets, a restaurant, a bus stop targeted- i.e. random civilians are the targets of this terrorism. Labeled “sectarian violence” by U.S. and some other Western establishment media. They “have taken Iraq back to the worst days' of the recent past, says the BBC. “A horrific morning here in Baghdad.” Eight explosions in Shiite areas, seven car bombs. Four targeted markets. Bodies of ten people found, were kidnapped in Anbar province. And policemen murdered at checkpoint. BBC puts the two week death toll at 200. “T” word not uttered however.

Another suicide bombing in Afghanistan, this one killing a politician. A couple of days earlier another bombing killed about a dozen. NPR affiliate WNYC says “a provincial politician was killed after violence erupted.” [5/20/13 morning.] That's how they describe a terrorist bombing- and using passive verbs! No one killed or murdered anyone, rather the victim was killed. No one was violent- violence erupted, like sunspots I suppose. And there certainly aren't any terrorists.

“The” media feels to need to explain why some bombings that kill civilians in public places are “terrorism” and others that usually slaughter even greater numbers are not. The only pattern I can discern is that the victims have to be “white.” It's not by location: of the numerous bombings in Indonesia by Islamofascists there, the only “terrorist” bombing was the one that killed Australian tourists. It's not by perpetrator: again, see Indonesia. It's not by the death toll: only 3 were killed in Boston last month, and none were killed by the goony “underwear bomber” or the “Times Square bomber,” both of whose bombs were duds. But all three of those are “terrorist” bombings.

“The” media keeps its criteria secret, as do the various Western governments. If anyone can see any definition operating here other than rank racism, I'd like to hear about it.

You might try asking your favorite establishment media to explain this. We can have fun with the predictably evasive and logically incoherent replies.

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