Dear kevo1957-ga;
As I mentioned, we may not know the full extent of this issue until
troops begin returning in larger numbers and we hear more of their
stories. But since you are agreeable to accepting the ones I could as
an official answer I am posting these references to ?un-official?
slang terms for you. I hope these help you better understand the
military slang specific to the region and the times:
It appears that the nickname for local Iraqi?s and indeed any Iraqi
whether he is friendly or not has become: ?Haji? or ?Hajji? and
[plural] ?Hajis? or ?Hajjis?:
Hajji, of course, originally derives from those who have made
pilgrimages to Mecca, but the name the name ?Hadji? probably comes
from the East Asian character in the cartoon ?Johnny Quest? who always
seemed to find himself in trouble and had to be saved by the lead
character, an American boy named Johnny Quest. Hadji can been seen
here:
http://www.angelfire.com/realm/jonnyquest/images/hadji.jpg
?I asked him what they call the Iraqis, he said "hajis". It seems that
every time we send troops to foreign lands, they end up being very not
impressed by the native populations they meet and tacking nicknames
onto them.?
FREE REPUBLIC.COM
http://209.157.64.200/focus/f-news/974771/posts
?One of First Recon's officers, Capt. Stephen Kintzley, puts it this
way: "We get a few random shots, and we fire back with such
overwhelming force that we stomp them. I call it disciplining the
Hajjis," he says, using a nickname for Iraqis common among U.S.
military personnel.?
ROLLING STONE
http://www.rollingstone.com/features/featuregen.asp?pid=1707
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Considered more offensive by some are these slang terms occasionally
used for locals:
?The American soldiers refer to any number of Arab people as "Rag
heads," "Towel heads," "Dune coon," and "Camel jockey."
SCREEN IT
http://www.screenit.com/movies/1999/three_kings.html
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The wealthy suburban area of Baghdad is known as ?The Million Dollar Zone?:
?The soldiers call Baghdad's Al-Kindi section "The Million-Dollar
Zone" because of its villas owned by former members of the old
regime's Baathist Party.?
PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review/columnists/hiel/s_154986.html
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Unexpected delays are called ?speed bumps?
?How fast they can cover the distance depends on the "speed bumps"
they encounter, military slang for obstacles big and small, such as
Iraqi resistance, a chemical attack and logistical problems of the
Pentagon's own making.?
GROUND TROOPS IN IRAQ MAY FACE UNKNOWN NUMBER OF OBSTACLES IN PUSH TO BAGHDAD
http://www.globalsecurity.org/org/news/2003/030315-iraq01.htm
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Former Regime Loyalists (FRL?s) of all types and those sympathetic to
their cause are called ?Wahhabi?:
?The FRLs include Baath loyalists, criminal elements and some
religious groups. These called Wahhabi, largely as local slang??
THE CURRENT MILITARY SITUATION IN IRAQ
http://www.csis.org/features/031114current.pdf
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The country of Iraq is affectionately known by many as ?The Sandbox?:
?The Sandbox is military slang for Iraq.?
MOCK WARFARE PREPARES GUARD FOR REAL THING
http://www.avpress.com/n/sp/troops/2003-03-19-588296.hts
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Friendly Iraqis are called ?"cooperatives?:
?They're called "cooperatives" in the slang of Baghdad and they are
found in most neighborhoods.?
NEWSDDAY
http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/iraq/ny-wobagh0315,0,1799554.story?coll=ny-top-adrail
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Highway 10 ? Highway of Death
Highway 10 interchange ? The Cloverleaf
The bridge over the Euphrates River ? The George Washington Bridge
The area where the bridge is located ? The Triangle of Death
THE OBSERVER
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,1120518,00.html
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The US attempt to rebuild the infrastructure of Iraq is known as
?Improving the foxhole?:
PETRIFIED TRUTH
http://www.petrifiedtruth.com/archives/001289.html
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Mosul City hall was called ?Fort Apache?:
?Afterward, U.S. soldiers had to retreat into the equivalent of City
Hall, nicknamed "Fort Apache" by the soldiers.?
LEAVE OUR COUNTRY
http://www.socialistworker.org/2003-1/450/450_02_Resistance.shtml
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Interestingly, but not surprisingly, the Iraqi?s also have some
nicknames for American Troops ? ?Ulooj? and ?Tarateer?:
?"Ulooj," they say, and while some use it with disdain and others more
lightheartedly, it's unmistakably not a nice reference - though what
precisely the ancient term from Arabic literature means depends on
whom you ask. Among the translations offered: pigs of the desert,
foreign infidels, little donkeys, medieval crusaders, bloodsuckers and
horned creatures.?
KR WASHINGTON BUREAU
http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/7638729.htm
??Referred to Americans and Brits as, Tarateer; Iraqi slang for
someone full of farts??
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