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Dominant Social Theme: Now that we have an enemy we need to rename it.

Free-Market Analysis: This article appeared in The Guardian almost exactly a year ago. As you can see, it makes a case for renaming various Middle East terrorist groups "Daesh." The name apparently did not catch on right away because there has been a flurry of articles in the past few months about rebranding ISIS as Daesh.

Here's the UK Independent:

Downing Street announced on Wednesday that David Cameron and other Government ministers would start referring to the militant group known as "Isis" as "Daesh" ... What does 'Daesh' mean? "Daesh" is another name for the militant group which calls itself "Islamic State" which is often referred to in the media by its historic names Isis or Isil.


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