NYT Afraid to call a Terrorist a Terrorist...

The NYT has a long article about the terrorist attack in Algeria without using the word "terrorists." To the NYT, the attackers are "militants," which makes them seem like armed missionaries. Of course, one sentence in the article does leave that impression:

One Algerian who managed to escape told France 24 television late Friday night that the kidnappers said, “We’ve come in the name of Islam, to teach the Americans what Islam is.” The haggard-looking man, interviewed at the airport in Algiers, said the kidnappers then immediately executed five hostages.

Yes, that's the so-called "Religion of Peace" alright...