Militants in Pictures & Captions

I just noticed that not only headlines and news stories have been biased and misleading in their use of the term "militants" instead of "terrorists", "gunmen" or "outlaw militias", for example, but even when people can plainly see the weaponery, the men-in-arms are still referred to as "militants.

Example One:-



The Caption:-

Palestinian militants march with their guns in Gaza city June 27, 2006. Assault rifles, pistols, hand grenades, pipe bombs and assorted ammunition are now on sale in Gaza's bustling used car market.

Example Two:-



The Caption

A Palestinian masked militant holds his weapon as he passes members of the Palestinian security forces in the streets of Gaza City, late Wednesday, May 9, 2007

Example Three



The Caption

A Nigerian militant brandishes his weapon in February 2006. Three South Korean and eight Filipino hostages seized last week at a Daewoo construction site in southern Nigeria have been released


Example Four


The Caption

Palestinian militants from the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, an armed wing of President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah movement, take position during clashes with Israeli soldiers in the Jenin refugee camp near the West Bank city of Jenin, May 6, 2007


Example Five



The Caption

Militants patrol the creeks of the Niger delta region of Nigeria, January 30, 2007. Heavily armed gunmen kidnapped four U.S. oil workers from a barge off the Nigerian coast