No more 'War on Terror'?

Last Modified: 28 Jul 2005
By: Channel 4 News

Now it's 'a global struggle against violent extremism'. Find out why.

Now it's 'a global struggle against violent extremism'

No more 'war on terror' . Now the United States is fighting a 'global struggle against violent extremism'.

As America's defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld made a surprise visit to Iraq, urging a swift transition to Iraqi control, the White House wants to show it is not engaged in a purely military struggle.

Instead it is now depicting the fight in Iraq and elsewhere as part of a worldwide battle of ideas.

Channel 4 News' Washington correspondent Jonathan Rugman reports.

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