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re: What's the difference between ISIS and ISIL?

Posted on 11/18/15 at 2:31 pm to
Posted by TIGERSandFROGS
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Posted on 11/18/15 at 2:31 pm to
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Is it some sort of kinder, gentler reference to mass murderers?


Sort of the opposite, actually. The term "Levant" is an archaic term for the area going back to the crusades. Using the word for the region that crusaders used is probably a bit more offensive than using the name of a country.
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