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To: pompsander who wrote (764144)	8/6/2007 8:06:04 PM
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In the winning hearts and minds catagory.. ________________________________ 22:03 GMT +00:00 The risk of peeing together Posted by: Economist.com \| NEW YORK Categories: Iraq IN 1948 Harry Truman ended racial segregation in America's armed forces. But the troops at Forward Operating Base Warhorse, just west of Baquba in Iraq, must not have gotten the memo. Here at this searing, dusty U.S. military base...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. No one is quite sure why the rules are in place. Major Raul Marquez told McClatchy that security was the main reason. "We are at war, and operational security (OPSEC) and force protection are critical in this environment. We screen all our local nationals working and living in the FOB, however, you can never know what's in their mind." economist.com

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