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Why So Many Iraqis Hate Us?

Try "Towel Head" On for Size

Posted April 11, 2008 | 07:50 PM (EST)

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In the five years that the U.S. military has occupied Iraq, the reasons for hating Americans have mounted: the looting of Mesopotamian treasures, rising violence and crime in the streets, Abu Ghraib, Haditha, the leveling of An Najaf, and also add "sand nigger" and "camel jockey" to the list.