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Sirotnikov
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<--- Yes, It's a "kitty" in a boot.
Feb 2000
time: 07:33
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Originally posted by PLATO
Israeli intelligence gathering at work  |
I'm sure Israel has better ways to gather intelligence 
I'm just trying to settle a dispute here in Apolyton. Oerdin can now finally shed light on the issues we've been discussing on Apolyton for almost a year now:
1. Do the ordinary Iraqis see the US troops as occupiers or liberators?
I've always claimed that the Iraqi people mostly see US as liberators and most claims against prolonged US occupation are provoked by foreign influences, rather than by common Iraqis.
That is to say, western lefties are angrier at temporary US control of Iraq than real Iraqis are.
Oerdin's posts show that even local Tikritis seem to like US soldiers.
2. Are the terracts performed by regular pro-saddam / anti-US Iraqis, or by foreigners who hate to see America win?
I always claimed that most actions are probably provoked by neighbouring states who fear an American success in Iraq would kill their regime.
I also suspected that just like in Chechnia or Afghanistan, a good deal of the terrorist attacks in Iraq is performed by non-locals, who are muslim fanatics.
Oerdin's posts seem to show that a large groups of terrorists are actually foreign (syrian, saudi, egyptian and so on).
The question remains, who (if anyone) is directing this? Or is this a popular cross-Islamic thing?
I hope Oerdin manages to shed some light on this, and I finally will get to say a big, fat I told you so to all the war critics. 
Last edited by Sirotnikov on 01-03-2004 at 00:44
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Lancer
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Oregon Coast, USA! or Bohol, Philippines!
Apr 1999
time: 05:33
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Remember all the millions that were turning up in the beginning? Might be a few bundles strewn about...
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FrantzX
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Improvised Explosive Device
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pchang
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Cupertino?
Aug 1999
time: 05:33
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Originally posted by Oerdin
We've all had numerous classes on Arabic culture plus I've read nearly a dozen books on Middle eastern history, Arabic and Kurdish history, Islamic history, IRaqi history, Arav culture, etc...
We have both US citizens and locals who work as translators for us and they go every where we go so communication isn't a problem. Also every product we put out goes through an extensive pre-testing process to insure its message is clear, that its culturally sensative, and that it won't offend the target audience. |
So, a guy who knows the history, has actually been in the area before, and knows the language a little would really be in demand, eh? Good thing I'm too old to be drafted. (Actually, I'm pretty sure there is no way the Govt. would send me there in a regular army unit).
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Oerdin
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of Internet Music.
Sep 2001
time: 21:33
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It's been a busy time here in Iraq full of work, co-worker intrigue, and even a bit of interaction with the locals. Corky has been acting true to form and got bent out of shape with me the other day. You see we've been having organizational difficulties with each of our teams not talking to or knowing what the others are doing because Corky doesn't really know how to manage and office full of people. To help solve this a few of the other NCOs and I decided to make a list of common sense suggestions (a daily 10 minute briefing about what products are most important, a tracking bord to help us see what products are in what phase of construction/approval, etc. Plus there has been multiple cases of Corky claiming he's ordered numerous people to do things which no one ever heard him say thus we suggested he please write or e-mail use important orders so that there would be no more misunderstandings) to help improve efficiency and increase the quality of our work. I took great pains to make sure it was written in the most diplomatic phrasing possible and stressed that these were only constructive suggestions designed to help us all work better but of course Corky, ever insecure, took it as an attack upon his management skills.
He told us to shove our suggestions up our collective asses and then claimed he would have me court martialed for attempting to "undermine his command authority". Luckily, the Major stepped in and told Corky he was very dissatisfied with the way things are being run and that he wanted our suggestions implimented.  I'm glade things are now running more smoothly but I'm afraid Corky is still holding a grudge against me. 
In other news I got to spend three days up in Kirkuk and I have to say I like that city much better then Tikrit. Kirkuk is 80% Kurdish so there were no mortor attacks while we were there (unlike the 4-8 mortors per night we recieve in Tikrit) and the people seem to genuinely love the US & UK. In Kirkuk people always smiled and waved at us plus it seemed like every man, young or old, wanted to practice their English with us even if the only phrase they knew was "Hello, sir". Several of the kids have been learning English from the American soldiers and have become quite proficient; we're talking about them using American slang and even having the right accent. I've decided that I really like Kurdish food, which is much like Arabic food, which contains alot of spiced lamb, onions, and tomatos. You can get a gyro like lamb sandwitch for about $0.25 and often times they'll even throw in an orange fanta for $0.10 more. Heck, I even had one Kurdish father invite me over to his house to meet his daughter once I told him I wasn't married.
Back in Tikrit it seems the other GIs didn't feed Roscoe very well while I was gone because the dog got hungry and ate one of the chickens. I guess its no really loss since neither of them have layed eggs for the past month and all they seem to do is poop every where. Still it sucks to have to clean up feathers and chicken guts.
Last edited by Oerdin on 12-03-2004 at 14:55
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