Arabs Warn:They shaved his beard.Saddam humiliation could fire up resistance

gogov ^ | December 15, 2003 | Al Jazeera

[TheBigB]

"By shaving his beard, a symbol of virility in Iraq and in the Arab world, the Americans committed an act that symbolizes humiliation in our region, where getting shaved by one's enemy means robbing him of his will," he said.

Well, he never even HAD a beard before the war. Why is he humiliated by looking exactly the way he did before?

[EggsAckley]

Um....If I'm not mistaken, Saddam never HAD a beard before. What is this Arab whining about.

[onedoug]

"On the contrary, the resistance will grow and change shape...."

Like Saddam's beard.

[dirtboy]

Well, he never even HAD a beard before the war. Why is he humiliated by looking exactly the way he did before?

Facts are lost on these folks.

[claudiustg]

---"I felt extremely humiliated," said Egyptian writer Sayyid Nassar---

The capture of Saddam is already paying dividends!

[mountaineer]

He's humiliated now, sans beard, when he wasn't for the previous 50+ beardless years of his life? Well, that's Arab logic for you.

[luckodeirish]

Just wait until we put him on "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy".

[dirtboy]

He's humiliated now, sans beard, when he wasn't for the previous 50+ beardless years of his life? Well, that's Arab logic for you.

All that's left is for PETA to chime in about the plight of all those lice left homeless by giving Saddam a shower and shave.

[AmericanInTokyo]

Yep. They will have as much resistance and Uday and Qusay had when we shaved THEIR beards off, for the cameras. What a joke. These people are past any hope.

[Argus]

The Egyptian Islamist lawyer Muntasir al-Zayyat agreed that Saddam's capture would "open the door wide to the resistance." "It is true that we all deplored the humiliating way Saddam was arrested and his capture added to the feelings of frustration. However, the positive side is that it will intensify the resistance," he said.

Sounds like a press release from the Dean campaign.

[Alberta's Child]

By shaving his beard, a symbol of virility in Iraq and in the Arab world, the Americans committed an act that symbolizes humiliation in our region, where getting shaved by one's enemy means robbing him of his will," he said.

I see. So that fact that Saddam Hussein was found lying face-down in a rat-hole meant absolutely nothing in terms of his "will," but once that beard got shaved off he was thoroughly emasculated.

Lest anyone doubt that we are dealing with some of the most primitive, superstitious people ever to inhabit this planet . . .

[smith288]

The Arab street will rise up!!!

Nothing ticks an arab off more than shaving off a beard...

I guess...

[weegee]

Yep. This guy that the press is holding up is nothing but a lying liar.

Dental exams are also a "horror" of the Great Satan.

[BushMeister]

I'm really starting to believe that a lot of these arabs are just congenitally stupid.

[wizardoz]

"By shaving his beard, a symbol of virility in Iraq and in the Arab world, the Americans committed an act that symbolizes humiliation in our region, where getting shaved by one's enemy means robbing him of his will," he said.

Mmm... good to know. Wait till we get yer buddy Osama. We're gonna shave him as smooth and pretty as a teen-age boy on prom night. Yeah, we're gonna lather 'im up and shave him .... real.... slow.... and film it. Oh yeah, baby. Smooth, smooth, Osama. Shaved naked like a baby. Maybe we'll let one of our female soldiers do it. Oh yeah. That'd be good...

[AmericanInTokyo]

Ohhh. Don't forget also the eco freaks who will complain we used electric razors on him and (that we) should have used solar powered ones...and that we did not clean up the whiskers afterwards.

[Dog Anchor]

" As long as the Arabs are thieves and murderers they will
remain a little people...a silly people."

- T. E. Lawrence

[HarleyD]

Would a bikini wax been better? :O)