Digby addresses the misuse of the term terrorism. Now, I think Digby goes to far in saying Rumsfeld doesn’t expect them to fight. What the Iraqis are doing in the fake surrendering is wrong and violates commonly held rules of war.
Rumsfeld is debasing the language as many others have taken to over the last many months in calling such actions terrorism. Terrorism is the attacking of civilian populations to further political goals. The Iraqis involved in these battles are fighting a war against armed forces and while they may be considered to be violating laws regarding fighting wars, they are not terrorists.
Being out of uniform is a violation of the Geneva Conventions as well, though we violate it quite a bit–that is the point of relaxed grooming standards.