08-25-2014, 03:41 PM | #11 |
Wielder of Smart Pants
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Ventura CA
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Re: Roleplaying flavour and guide to Iraq in 2011
Some observations of Al Anbar:
People just dump trash in an empty lot or all over the place. Occasionally someone burns it. Groups of 2-3 men will stand around talking by the road all day long, all over the place (rather than say, in the shade of a building 3 meters off the road. Most physical labor (farming, road crews) seems to be done by women, older men or boys. Men 16-50 or so seem to either be in the IPs, the Army, a profession or just stand around all the time looking suspicious. Obviously men are more physically affectionate than Americans are comfortable with. Young hip men dress in a disco kind of way, which also seems odd and effeminate to young American men. Nobody seems to be aware that MGs and Assault Rifles are dangerous but they are terrified of pistols (probably a relic of the Hussain regime and summary executions; Americans being more likely to kill you with a rifle round hasn't really been noticed). While the IPs are a bunch of unemployable idiots, and the IA is a bunch of thuggish gear-queers, the tribal shieks clearly keep their best guys back on the ranch. Also the private security guys employed by mayors and other officials are generally well equipped pros (usually from Saudi Arabia or the UAE). |
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