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Thread ID: 14990 | Posts: 5 | Started: 2004-09-13
2004-09-13 10:04 | User Profile
Jason Burke in Baghdad reports on the confused psychology of the Iraqi resistance and meets a Sunni guerrilla who welcomed the Americans at first but is now happy to have black GIs in his sights
Jason Burke in Baghdad Sunday September 12, 2004 The Observer
'There is no greater shame than to see your country occupied'
Early one morning this week, when the police have yet to set up too many checkpoints, Abu Mujahed will strap a mortar underneath a car, drive to a friend's in central Baghdad and bury the weapon in his garden. In the evening he will return with the rest of his group, sleep for a few hours and then take the weapon from its hiding place. He will calculate the range using the American military's own maps and satellite pictures - bought in a bazaar - and fire a few rounds at a military base or the US Embassy or at the Iraqi Prime Minister's office. Then Abu Mujahed will shower, change and, by 10am, be at his desk in one of the major ministries.
[url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1302718,00.html] Well worth the read![/url]
2004-09-13 13:52 | User Profile
[I]"To have Negroes occupying us is a particular humiliation."[/I]
Interesting. I wonder how all the amerikan black "Muhammeds" and "Ahmeds" and "Akbars" who consider themselves "Muslims" will feel about that.
Oh, that's right -- the amerikan governmedia aren't going to tell them, are they?
2004-09-13 18:08 | User Profile
[QUOTE]'To have Negroes occupying us is a particular humiliation'[/QUOTE]
I know exactly how he feels.
2004-09-13 19:42 | User Profile
Walter Yannis,
I would call it a War Crime too! [QUOTE] "To have Negroes occupying us is a particular humiliation" I know exactly how he feels. [/QUOTE]
2004-09-17 02:46 | User Profile
"Black soldiers are a particular target. 'To have Negroes occupying us is a particular humiliation,' Abu Mujahed said, echoing the profound racism prevalent in much of the Middle East. 'Sometimes we aborted a mission because there were no Negroes.'