NP Codename embarrassment

[David Morris]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/wtccrash/story/0,1300,555564,00.html

Codename embarrassment

Julian Borger in Washington
Friday September 21, 2001
The Guardian

An embarrassed Pentagon yesterday was forced to rethink its choice of 
codename for the war on terrorism declared by President Bush after Muslims 
complained that the name Infinite Justice was blasphemous.
The defence secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, distanced himself from the offending 
phrase, saying it had been thought up by "someone, somewhere", but doubting 
it would last.

He said: "Obviously, the United States does not want to do or say things 
that create an impression on the part of the listener that would be a 
misunderstanding."

A White House official said it was likely the name would be withdrawn after 
complaints from "Muslim clerics" that infinite justice could only be 
provided by God, not the US government


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