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Title: so, how do you say bribe in Arabic?
Post by: Rictor on May 17, 2004, 05:43:01 pm

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/85193/1/.html

Title: so, how do you say bribe in Arabic?
Post by: Corsair on May 17, 2004, 05:48:44 pm

ÈóÑúØóáó = Bribe according to http://dictionary.ajeeb.com/en.asp

Actually, I'm planning on learning some Arabic this summer.

EDIT: Damn. The characters didn't come out. Go clicky and type in bribe.  :D

Title: so, how do you say bribe in Arabic?
Post by: Flipside on May 17, 2004, 05:52:06 pm

From the report :-

"Have you been mistreated?" the governor asks the detainees, dressed in orange boilersuits.

"No. We have never been tortured," chorused those behind bars as some 50 soldiers stood nearby.


LOL! :D

Title: so, how do you say bribe in Arabic?
Post by: Rictor on May 17, 2004, 06:04:35 pm

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Schnell says his officers, and the military police, are fully versed in the Geneva Conventions and are properly trained.

"Here isn't Abu Ghraib", he said.

So, these guys are going to have almost limitless power over the treatment of prisoners, and they don't have grammar skills equal to those of a 10 year old? Hmm....

Title: so, how do you say bribe in Arabic?
Post by: Knight Templar on May 17, 2004, 06:09:24 pm

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Originally posted by Flipside
From the report :-

"Have you been mistreated?" the governor asks the detainees, dressed in orange boilersuits.

"No. We have never been tortured," chorused those behind bars as some 50 soldiers stood nearby.


LOL! :D

Quiet you! :p

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He is also given a note in Arabic. "You have not been maltreated. Return to your home in peace and know that the Americans are working for a better life for the Iraqi people," it says.

See, we are good guys. :)

Title: so, how do you say bribe in Arabic?
Post by: Rictor on May 17, 2004, 06:10:52 pm

Damnit, wrong button. This always happens.