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2008-11-18 Iraq

U.S. Ban on Masks Upsets Iraqi Interpreters

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Posted by Fred 2008-11-18 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11127 views ] Top
File under: Iraqi Insurgency

#1 Why do this?

Posted by Penguin 2008-11-18 01:55|| 2008-11-18 01:55|| Front Page Top

#2 Maybe trying to lead by example? Might give the population more confidence in the situation if they see that the folks they trust (like the interpreters) are willing to forego the masks?

Just an idea.

Posted by gorb 2008-11-18 03:24|| 2008-11-18 03:24|| Front Page Top

#3 Also, hard to be sure if it is your guy under the ski mask -- unless you restrict the mask to the times you are off base only.

Posted by Shieldwolf 2008-11-18 03:49|| 2008-11-18 03:49|| Front Page Top

#4 We should send them rubber Obama masks to wear instead.

Posted by Free Radical">Free Radical 2008-11-18 05:34|| 2008-11-18 05:34|| Front Page Top

#5 It's post Halloween. Lots of Saddam masks gathering dust.

Posted by ed 2008-11-18 06:38|| 2008-11-18 06:38|| Front Page Top

#6 I'm sure we can scare up a few old Nixon masks.

Posted by WilliamMarcyTweed 2008-11-18 08:50|| 2008-11-18 08:50|| Front Page Top

#7 I suspect a lot of the interpreters are less than honest with the Americans, mistranslating both to reward friends and punish enemies.

Posted by Anonymoose 2008-11-18 13:08|| 2008-11-18 13:08|| Front Page Top

#8 Don't send Obama masks - it scares the children. Come to think of it it scares me !

Posted by Chief 2008-11-18 21:57|| 2008-11-18 21:57|| Front Page Top

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