"I have never heard anyone in this country call London Londonistan. I suspect you've made that up. "
>From wikipedia: *Londonistan* is a pejorative <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pejorative> sobriquet <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sobriquet> in use by parts of the media <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_media> referring to the British<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom> capital of London <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London> and the British Government's tolerance of the presence of various Islamist<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamism> groups in London and other major cities of Britain as long as they carry out their controversial agendas, ideologies or terror campaigns<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_terrorism> outside of Britain.[1] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Londonistan_(term)#cite_note-1> The word is a portmanteau <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portmanteau> of the British capital and the Persian<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_language> suffix -stan <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/-stan>, meaning "land" (used by several countries in South <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Asia> andCentral Asia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Asia>).[2]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Londonistan_(term)#cite_note-2> The term has been used in a number of publications, including *The New York Times <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times>*,[3]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Londonistan_(term)#cite_note-After-3> *Vanity Fair <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanity_Fair_(magazine)>*,[4]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Londonistan_(term)#cite_note-Calling-4> *The Weekly Standard <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Weekly_Standard>,* [5] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Londonistan_(term)#cite_note-5> and in the 2006 book *Londonistan: How Britain is Creating a Terror State Within<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Londonistan:_How_Britain_is_Creating_a_Terror_State_Within> .*[6] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Londonistan_(term)#cite_note-6> According to Omar Nasiri The mid- to late 1990s were the years when Britain's capital earned the sobriquet of `Londonistan,` a title provided by French officials infuriated at the growing presence of Islamist radicals in London and the failure of British authorities to do anything about it. Raids in France and Belgium had produced phone and fax numbers linked to the United Kingdom, and names of suspects were passed on. Some French officials believe that if more had been done by Britain at the time, the network behind the summer of 1995 bombings <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995_Paris_Metro_bombing> might have been broken up and the attacks prevented.[7]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Londonistan_(term)#cite_note-7> The bombings <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995_Paris_Metro_bombing> and attempted bombings, mostly in Paris, in summer and autumn of 1995 by Armed Islamic Group <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armed_Islamic_Group> (GIA), killed eight and injured more than 100.[8]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Londonistan_(term)#cite_note-Barling-8> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Londonistan_(term) J - Ninety percent of politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation. - Henry Kissinger Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, go out and buy some more tunnel. - John Quinton ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:363776 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
