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1. Halligan Leaves as U.S. Attorney After Mounting Pressure From Judges The
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2. Lindsey Halligan departs Justice Department hou...
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"Whenever I was at a public place or a restaurant, there would be TV monitors with tickers at the bottom: 'ISIS warns,' 'ISIS kills,' 'ISIS threat,'" she said. "Every word after my name is incredibly negative."
Until the terror group surfaced, Isis was best known as an ancient Egyptian goddess in mythology.
The petition has gained about 1,800 signatures since Martinez started it in late August, many of them in the last week since it sparked attention from local and national media outlets. On Saturday, in the latest horror, the group beheaded a British aid worker, following the murders of two American journalists.
Martinez and other supporters say ISIS is an inaccurate name and that the media should follow President Barack Obama's lead in calling the group ISIL.
But the question isn't one of accuracy as much as transliteration from Arabic to English, said South Miami-based foreign policy analyst Marsha Cohen.
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