At U.S. base, Iraqis must use separate latrine

[Philosoraptor]

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/iraq/story/18685.html

Here at this searing, dusty U.S. military base about four miles west of Baqouba, Iraqis — including interpreters who walk the same foot patrols and sleep in the same tents as U.S. troops — must use segregated bathrooms.

Another sign, in a dining hall, warns Iraqis and "third-country nationals" that they have just one hour for breakfast, lunch or dinner. American troops get three hours. Iraqis say they sometimes wait as long as 45 minutes in hot lines to get inside the chow hall, leaving just 15 minutes to get their food and eat it.

It's been nearly 60 years since President Harry Truman ended racial segregation in the U.S. military. But at Forward Operating Base Warhorse it's alive and well, perhaps the only U.S. military facility with such rules, Iraqi interpreters here say.

"On one hand we're asking Iraqis to help us," often at great risk, said Laila al Qatami, spokeswoman for the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee in Washington. "But at the same time we're saying, 'We want to keep you at a distance.' It's a mixed message we're sending.

[aquart]

1. Then maybe we should leave.

[saigon68]

2. Time to get out

[UKProPeace]

3. Can't allow the "Untermenschen" to use the same facilities as the great crusaders!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/03/12/nsas12.xml&sSheet=/news/2006/03/12/ixhome.html

"An SAS soldier has refused to fight in Iraq and has left the Army over the "illegal" tactics of United States troops and the policies of coalition forces.

After three months in Baghdad, Ben Griffin told his commander that he was no longer prepared to fight alongside American forces.

He said he had witnessed "dozens of illegal acts" by US troops, claiming they viewed all Iraqis as "untermenschen" - the Nazi term for races regarded as sub-human.

The decision marks the first time an SAS soldier has refused to go into combat and quit the Army on moral grounds."

[Philosoraptor]

7. Them good ol' Jim Crow Laws are back!

[bigtree]

4. nasty American habits . . .

[treestar]

5. The freepers just love this chance to recreate the 50s

That's why they support * and his war.

It's so obvious, their glee at having a group ("Islamofascists") that they, in their sick world, can freely hate as a group without fear of "political correctness."

This is the obvious and natural result.

[harlinchi]

6. Ahhh! The old 'Yusif Crow' Laws! n/t

[The Vinyl Ripper]

8. No mixed message at all...

The message is loud and clear..

Actions speak louder than words.

Far louder.

[Philosoraptor]

9. ..............