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[IP] Gulf War II's new name for the enemy: Hajji




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Date: Sun, 02 Nov 2003 15:58:12 -0500
From: greg allen <greg@xxxxxxxx>
Subject: Gulf War II's new name for the enemy: Hajji
To: Dave Farber <dave@xxxxxxxxxx>

Hey Dave,

The Raleigh NandO's Jay Price is still embedded with the 82nd Airborne in Iraq. He wrote a month ago about the US troops' broad derogatory use of the term "hajji" when referencing Iraqis, even Kuwaitis and East Indian contractors in Iraq.

While it's tempting to dismiss the name as a reference to the cartoon character, Jonny Quest's best friend, it's alarming to note that unlike gook or kraut or towelhead before it, hajji is not originally a derogatory term: it's an honorific, applied to Muslims who have made the pilgrimage to Mecca (aka, the hajj).

http://www.newsobserver.com/iraq/82nd_embed/story/2906050p-2674806c.html

Use if for IP if you like. The article's a month old, but it's only shown up in a few weblogs recently, and no other media appears to have addressed it at all.

Regards,
Greg Allen
greg.org
bloghdad.com

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