A TERRORIST GLOSSARY Watching the news has become an educational challenge for me lately. Even though I am a word and language person, I find myself constantly confronted with a new word or phrase I have not encountered before, so I thought I would use this column to share some of my language research with you if you are having the same problem. I guess we can call it a glossary for the times in which we are living. Let’s start with ISIS or ISIL. They are both used as an acronym to describe the terrorist organizations we are currently facing. You may also see IS or DAISH. As best I can determine, IS stands for Islamic State. ISIS stands for the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. ISIL stands for the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. The Levant is a word for a region including but not necessarily limited to modern Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Israel, the Palestinian territories, parts of Cyprus, Turkey, Iraq and the historic area of Greater Syria. There are those who