This is a few days old but I don’t think I’ve seen it here yet…
U.S. Reaches Cease-Fire With Terror Group](Yahoo News: Latest and Breaking News, Headlines, Live Updates, and More)
The U.S. cease-fire with an Iranian exile group it considers a terrorist organization allows the Mujahedeen Khalq to defend itself from Iranian-sponsored attacks and keep its artillery and other weapons, U.S. military officials said Tuesday. …
When asked how the United States could make deals with groups classified as terrorists, the U.S. military official said the cease-fire was a battlefield agreement that coalition commanders were entitled to negotiate.
“Like all other parties in Iraq we will use U.S. influence and power to establish and maintain a secure and stable environment,” the official said.
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So does this invalidate our distinction between a freedom fighter and a terrorist?