White House Accused Of Censoring Hollande Saying ‘Islamist Terror’

[Purveyor]

e White House came under fire over the weekend for seemingly censoring the phrase “Islamist terrorism” uttered by French President Francois Hollande when he spoke during a meeting with President Barack Obama on Thursday.

However, administration officials insisted the omission was the result of a technical glitch.

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A White House transcript of Hollande’s comments showed him saying that “we’re also well aware that the roots of terrorism, Islamist terrorism [emphasis added], is in Syria and in Iraq. We therefore have to act both in Syria and in Iraq, and this is what we’re doing within the framework of the coalition.

“And we note that Daesh (Islamic State) is losing ground thanks to the strikes we’ve been able to launch with the coalition.”

A White House video of Hollande’s comments featured a translator, whose audio was abruptly cut just after the words “roots of terrorism,” resuming only to “note that Daesh is losing ground.”

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[Nye Bevan]

1. What an amazingly coincidental "technical glitch",

to remove the only phrase in the entire speech that Obama doesn't like to use.

[840high]

2. yep

[Legends303]

3. Yawn...

Such a BS story whether he used the word or not is not defeating ISIS.

[gratuitous]

4. But if they don't say the magic words, ISIS will never be defeated!

It's sort of like getting rid of Mr. Mxyzptlk or summoning Beetlejuice.

And how pathetic am I that I didn't even have to look up that first name, even though I haven't opened a Superman comic book since Nixon was in office?