New Orleans "insurgency"

[Dave Wilton]

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> Why Army journalists have chosen the word "insurgents" is a
> puzzle to me. Maybe they were trying to avoid the more

Note, the "Army Times" is not a government publication and its journalists
are not in the military. It is a commercial publication that reports on
stories of interest to people in the US Army.

"Stars & Stripes" is the government-run, military newspaper, but it does
little of its own reporting, relying mainly on wire service stories. And
unlike the Army Times, S&S does not focus on articles about the military;
it's a general newspaper for soldiers stationed overseas.

--Dave Wilton
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