Second US journalist beheaded

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http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/islamic-state-video-claims-to-show-steven-sotloff-being-b...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iraq/11071159/Steven-Sotloff-beheaded-by-Islami...

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/steven-sotloff-beheaded-by-islamic-state-according-to-new-video/sto...

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Greens Senator: don’t call the Islamic State head-cutters “terrorists”

Greens Senator Peter Whish-Wilson seems to have trouble asserting that Australian soldiers, unlike the Islamic State’s genocidal beheaders and rapists, are not terrorists:

I think we need to find better words than ‘terrorist’ and ‘terrorism’ because, to me, this implies a very one-sided view of the world. Often our forces could be seen by Iraqi civilians as being terrorists. ‘Terrorist’ is a word that is very commonly used against us by those same people in Iraq who have been radicalised—anything that creates terror is, by definition, terrorism. We use that word because it is a very simple word to use and it demonises people.

No, we wouldn’t want to demonise people who are crucifying and beheading men and selling women into slavery. It might hurt their feelings. 

http://blogs.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/andrewbolt/index.php/dailytelegraph/comments/greens_senator_...

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OMG, how horrific. These murdering barbarians have to be stopped.

The more they publish their atrocities the more the west and the neighbouring middle eastern countries have to do something.

PM Abbott called them a death cult, I call it a movement that threatens the world and threatens our humanity.

[lightningdance]

The speech Wish Wilson made in the parliament yesterday was a window on the Greens true colours but if you all don't know that by now read a book, find out about them, they are not the innocuous environmental party they like to put out, they are subversive socialists determined to destroy.

One only has to look the utterings of Milne yesterday to get a wake up call, she actually is on the side of terrorism.

[karliandjacko]

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@nero_wulf wrote:

Greens Senator: don’t call the Islamic State head-cutters “terrorists”

Greens Senator Peter Whish-Wilson seems to have trouble asserting that Australian soldiers, unlike the Islamic State’s genocidal beheaders and rapists, are not terrorists:

I think we need to find better words than ‘terrorist’ and ‘terrorism’ because, to me, this implies a very one-sided view of the world. Often our forces could be seen by Iraqi civilians as being terrorists. ‘Terrorist’ is a word that is very commonly used against us by those same people in Iraq who have been radicalised—anything that creates terror is, by definition, terrorism. We use that word because it is a very simple word to use and it demonises people.

No, we wouldn’t want to demonise people who are crucifying and beheading men and selling women into slavery. It might hurt their feelings. 

http://blogs.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/andrewbolt/index.php/dailytelegraph/comments/greens_senator_...

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Senator Whish-Wilson was not talking about the beheading, as you well know.

Senator WHISH-WILSON: On the point of order, Mr Acting Deputy President: that is not what I imputed. You are now playing politics with my speech, Senator Fawcett. I said any soldier in any country can be seen as a terrorist by their enemy, and that the word 'terrorism' is a word we should consider not using—that we should come up with a better explanation. Now that you have deliberately put that on the record, you will probably want to take it out of this chamber and give it to the media and say that I have called our soldiers terrorists. That is neither what I said nor is it the context of what I said, Senator. I do not believe that I have to withdraw that comment and you should go back and have a look at the Hansard. (Time expired)

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@karliandjacko wrote:

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So what are your thoughts on this latest beheading? 

[lightningdance]

So what are your thought on the latest atrocity perpetrated by isil??  

[debra9275]

no-one  would think it's ok, no matter who they vote for  

[ufo_investigations]

You wont hear from a imam saying this is wrong.

Religion of peace. http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/

[debra9275]

do they vote lib or labor?

sorry i don't read those kind of links