Are Islamic Extremists Jihadists or Terrorists?

The West has been leading a long war on terror since the 9/11 terrorist attacks in 2001 on American soil by Osama bin Laden’s al-Qaeda. Even after the assassination of Osama bin Laden on May 2, 2011, by President Obama’s Special Forces unit, terrorist attacks have continued around the world. On January 16, 2013, an international crisis erupted when Islamic terrorists organized by Mokhtar Belmokhtar lay siege to an Algerian gas plant. After the Algerian government sent in a special forces unit, t