[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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