Call it GWOT or GSAVE, it is still rather SIIC

The newest front in the abbreviation conundrum is in Iraq. The administration is setting out to rename its closest Shia ally, the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq SCIRI, one of the most powerful Shia parties, which changed its name a few months ago. SCIRI, in what some observers saw as an effort to distance itself from its Iranian mentors, decided in May to drop the word 8220;revolution8221; from its name and to become known as the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council SIIC. But SIIC, or 8220;sick8221;, is not an appealing name for winners.

It8217;s even more unfortunate since its leader, Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, is suffering from lung cancer. No matter. Administration officials are mulling a more appropriate name, even though the organisation and everyone else calls it the SIIC. One possibility under consideration is calling it the Supreme Council of Iraq 8212; SCI, or 8220;ski8221;.

Some officials refer to it as the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq 8212; ISCI, or 8220;iskey8221;. We were told that people just seem to be confused about what to call it. Well, the policy8217;s a bit confused, so 8230;