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The Hatred Behind 'Hadji Girl'

If you want to understand why the war is going so badly in Iraq, it may help to examine the recent reaction to “Hadji Girl,” the videotaped song about killing Iraqis by U.S. Marine Corporal Joshua Belile. The song became controversial when the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) discovered it on the internet and objected to its lyrics. “Hadji Girl” tells the story of a soldier “out in the sands of Iraq / And we were under attack”:

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