Monday, August 14, 2006

Is Jill Carroll lying?

"Adnan was gone. The rotund man was in the driver's seat now. Other men jumped in sandwiching me between them. We sped away, out onto the main road, then turned right.

"Jihad! Jihad! Jihad!" my abductors shouted, excited and joyful. "Jihad! Jihad!"

My captors peppered me with questions in Arabic. I played dumb, fearful they would think I understood too much and kill me.
This from the first of many interviews with freelance reporter Jill Carroll.

I find this very strange. Yelling Jihad over and over sounds out of touch with Arab mannerisms. Have you ever seen videos of Iraqi fighters downing Apache helicopters or Abrams tanks or even blowing up US armored vehicles?

Listen to the audio. They never shout Jihad, Jihad, Jihad."
Truth about Iraqis
I find this almost hard to believe, but well after three years, nothing really surprises me any more. Truth, those videos are productions, Hollywood, meant for your consumption, tested in front of groups to make sure they reach the right audience.
I think this one post shows us much more about Truth, than about Jill.

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