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Communication in Iraq
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Anyone know what efforts have been made to improve communications in Iraq between the everyday people and the occupying forces?
All I hear is about leaflet drops, do they do anything else like broadcast on Radio or TV to let the people know what their plan is for Iraq?
Do they teach American soldiers to say please and thankyou in Arabic and other basic words like that?
It seems to me that the people of Iraq would be less prone to violence, uprising, etc if they knew what was going on and were kept imformed.
I wonder how many of the people of Iraq would feel if they knew some of the foreigners kidnapped were Children's Aid Workers, or there to help build waste systems to take away the waste that might otherwise spread diesease.
I just think that there doesn't seem to be much effort put into communications.
All I hear is about leaflet drops, do they do anything else like broadcast on Radio or TV to let the people know what their plan is for Iraq?
Do they teach American soldiers to say please and thankyou in Arabic and other basic words like that?
It seems to me that the people of Iraq would be less prone to violence, uprising, etc if they knew what was going on and were kept imformed.
I wonder how many of the people of Iraq would feel if they knew some of the foreigners kidnapped were Children's Aid Workers, or there to help build waste systems to take away the waste that might otherwise spread diesease.
I just think that there doesn't seem to be much effort put into communications.
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Their only other efforts seem to have been creating a Fox News-style propaganda news channel to blurb out all the good news and how well Iraq is doing thanks to the American saviours. Oh, and when they impose curfews and no-go areas they record a tape in Arabic and blast it out of their Hummers- so at leat the locals can understand whether they are about to be shot on sight for being in the wrong place at the wrong time.
But otherwise the US soldiers appear to show the same communication skills as they've always had, shouting 'move move!' or 'get the fuck down/away/off' in English whenever they need to communicate with the locals.
They're also not nearly as trigger-happy as the Americans, which helps if you're trying to communicate with others.
US Soldier to British Soldier: umm, okay but i refuse to go around asking for a "fag"!
I'm watching the BBC 1pm News and just saw a female American Soldier warning Iraqi's to stand away or they might get shot ... of course she was shouting the whole thing in English :eek2:
Really I can't understand why every troop in Iraq doesn't have at least one translator with them, if a little bit of understanding can save 1 life then it's worth it... I'm sure there are enough English/Arabic speakers in Iraq they could hire.
Most of the problems now with uprisings seem to be cos of the slow response to fix things and get systems in place like an Iraqi government.
Are posters aware that 14 US military bases are under construction in Iraq and that our withdrawal from Saudi Arabia continues apace?
Bringing "Democracy" to Iraq has always been a bogus facade for our true intentions of securing a permanent base of operations there. Necessary, of course, for long term control of the oil production and distribution.
Just another way of quietly establishing the new status quo for the region.