The European fetish of not naming terrorist attacks as such

NY Times:

Trump’s Remarks on Attack ‘Unhelpful,’ British Officials Say

President Trump suggested that British intelligence officials were aware of whoever was behind a terrorist attack on in the London subway.
Perhaps there is a concern that discussing the facts of a terrorist attack might tip the terrorists that police are on to them.  In this case, ISIS is eager to confess its guilt in the attack so the chances that Trump statement was "unhelpful" are remote.

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