To: areafiftyone
The official said it appeared the car's driver did not understand signals from the American troops, and that the Americans didn't understand what the car was trying to do. The driver doesn't understand 'STOP', 'GO', and 'GO THIS WAY' handsignals? It's not like the Army is giving a shopping list through hand signals.... To me is sounds like "I'm way too important to take instructions from a grunt, besides what are they gonna do about it ...
5 posted on
09/19/2003 7:03:16 AM PDT by
Hodar
(With Rights, comes Responsibilities. Don't assume one, without assuming the other.)
To: Hodar
To me is sounds like "I'm way too important to take instructions from a grunt, besides what are they gonna do about it ... I think you hit the nail on the head.
To: Hodar
A previously posted article on FR stated that the hand outstretched, palm forward signal that westerners use to mean stop is not known to Arabs. This has apparently led to several misunderstandings at roadblocks.
I can't speak to the veracity of this but the article was supposedly quoting a US serviceman.
24 posted on
09/19/2003 11:08:14 PM PDT by
Straight Vermonter
(We secretly switched ABC news with Al-Jazeera, lets see if these people can tell the difference.)
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