Commentary: Bush administration misuses the word `caliphate'

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RENEE MONTAGNE
Morning Edition (NPR)
01-04-2006
Commentary: Bush administration misuses the word `caliphate'

Host: RENEE MONTAGNE
Time: 10:00-11:00 AM

RENEE MONTAGNE, host:

A number of US politicians and generals have quoted a letter purportedly written by Osama bin Laden's chief deputy, Ayman al-Zawahiri, to al-Qaeda's main operative in Iraq. The letter says one of al-Qaeda's main goals after US troops leave Iraq is the establishment of a caliphate in the Middle East. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and others have invoked the word `caliphate' as a warning to the West about terrorist ...

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