Saturday, May 06, 2006

Omar if you want to*

but why would you?

Chicago Tribue 5/5/2006: The name no Iraqi wants.

Omar is a Sunni name.
And Omars are turning up dead.

"We hear so many reports of people being killed or arrested just because their name is Omar," said Omar al-Jibouri, who heads the human-rights department of the Sunni Islamic Party.

[...]

"The Sunnis offend the Shiites when they call their sons this name," al-Kaabi said. "But it's not a reason to kill a person. If it's happening, it's happening out of ignorance."
via georgia10.dailykos.com

Know what name I find offensive? Take a guess. I'll give you a hint - it's a surname that starts with 'B' and ends with 'H' and rhymes with 'miserable failure'.

*apologies to The B-52's

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