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2008-05-28 Iraq

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Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2008-05-28 15:40|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 Perhaps he was a taxi driver. I didn't see anyone trying to explain that to the soldiers. When was this, and who was reporting?

Posted by trailing wife ">trailing wife 2008-05-28 16:00|| 2008-05-28 16:00|| Front Page Top

#2 Taxis in Iraq have a very distinctive two toned paint job. Sort of like Jake and Elwood's Bluesmobile only different colors.

This was obviously a lumber truck.

Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2008-05-28 16:25|| 2008-05-28 16:25|| Front Page Top

#3 Gotta luv Haji & Muji.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2008-05-28 17:11|| 2008-05-28 17:11|| Front Page Top

#4 "The Adventures of Haji & Muji" ranks right up there with "The Wonderful World of Gaza".

LOL.

Posted by Seafarious 2008-05-28 18:05|| 2008-05-28 18:05|| Front Page Top

#5 Does not look like the best approach to winning friends and influencing people; perhaps a Dale Carnegie refresher course is in order.

Posted by Glenmore 2008-05-28 18:16|| 2008-05-28 18:16|| Front Page Top

#6 My guess is this is old since the reference is to looting (immediate post-invasion stuff). The voice over / rapporteur sounds like PBS. It is made to have the US soldiers look like bad guys. Go figure.

Posted by remoteman 2008-05-28 18:27|| 2008-05-28 18:27|| Front Page Top

#7 If they WERE looters, the action is perfectly justified. How were the soldiers sure, though? I'd back them just because they're U.S. soldiers and I'd assume they wouldn't do such things unnecessarily. If those Iraqis WEREN'T looters though, this type of thing doesn't do much for the "hearts and minds" campaign.

Posted by Thaimble Scourge of the Pixies4707 2008-05-28 18:29|| 2008-05-28 18:29|| Front Page Top

#8 But it is precisely because it was not tied to the "hearts and minds" campaign that it is likely old and from the early days of the war. We are much more seeeeeensitive these days, where appropriate. And they sure would not likely do this in front of some non-mil camera.

Posted by remoteman 2008-05-28 18:35|| 2008-05-28 18:35|| Front Page Top

#9 "Later, the car's owner told us 'I'm a taxi driver. That car was my livelihood'"

Maybe next time he won't pile his looted stuff on top of his livelihood. Or maybe he'll have a brainwave and stick to taxiing.

Posted by Bulldog 2008-05-28 19:36|| 2008-05-28 19:36|| Front Page Top

#10 3 dollah bill, outa date, outa sequence, and passable only to the blind.

Posted by George Smiley 2008-05-28 19:58|| 2008-05-28 19:58|| Front Page Top

#11 It is old, I've seen that before, and I believe it does date to shortly after the capital was taken. Plus look at the body armor the tankers are wearing, that doesn't match what I've seen in more recent pictures and films of them.

Posted by Silentbrick">Silentbrick 2008-05-28 20:09|| 2008-05-28 20:09|| Front Page Top

#12 Old file footage used in the name of Artistic License for the Adventures of Haji and Muji.

Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2008-05-28 21:26|| 2008-05-28 21:26|| Front Page Top

#13 Adventures of Haji and Muji: almost as good as Tales from the Crossfire Gazette. Which unfortunately we don't see too much of anymore ...

Posted by Steve White">Steve White 2008-05-28 22:58|| 2008-05-28 22:58|| Front Page Top

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