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General Casey used derogatory slang “Haji”

March 18, 2008

Haji: Slang for an Iraqi, derogatory

Today on Democracy Now, portions of the testimony by the Winter Soldiers in Maryland this week:
http://www.democracynow.org/2008/3/18/winter_soldier_contd_us_vets_active

US veterans and active-duty soldiers from Iraq and Afghanistan testify about the horrors of war. For four days, soldiers convened at the National Labor College in Silver Spring, Maryland for Winter Soldier, an eyewitness indictment of atrocities committed by US troops during the ongoing occupations in Iraq and Afghanistan.

From Wikipedia:

General George William Casey, Jr., USA (born July 21, 1948) is the 36th and current Chief of Staff of the United States Army. General Casey previously served as Commanding General, Multi-National Force – Iraq from June 2004 to February 8, 2007. He assumed his current assignment on April 10, 2007.