Most of the Rest Were Civilians!

I'm sorry, but I simply cannot make this up.

This Reuters (yes, the news agency that will not use the word terrorist) piece titled "Israel Kills Militant in 6th Day of Mass Gaza Raid" contains this linguistic laugher:

The militant who was killed was from the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, an armed wing of Palestinian President Yasser Arafat's Fatah movement, raising the Palestinian death toll in Israel's bloodiest raid in Gaza in four years of conflict to 67.

Forty of the Palestinians killed were militants, and most of the rest were civilians.

Leaving aside the obvious question as to what were those who were not "most of the rest" [Non-militant civilians? Perhaps non-civilian militants? Hmmm, let me get back to you. -- Ed.], is a "militant" less emotive than a "terrorist"?

George Orwell, please, please, please call your office.