Monday, October 09, 2006

Sample threat letters from Iraq

"Threat letters and fliers are a common everyday experience in Iraq these days. Below are several samples from different areas of the country, including one that was posted on the door of the health centre I used to work at. Some of them contain shameless spelling and grammatical mistakes, and a few were even pointed out as obvious fakes. I cannot absolutely prove that these are authentic, but they were distributed in areas in which the threatening parties had no qualms about carrying out their threats. The sample letters were collected from various Iraqi message boards. An interesting feature is the common language used in the fliers and the strong religious tone, even though they were issued by different groups, both Sunni and Shi'ite. "
Healing Iraq

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