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\n scary insight into the level on which our fighting men and woment are
\n trying to overcome the language and culture gap on the ground in Iraq.
\n Most of these brave American boys and girls are in their teens and early
\n twenties, and are relying on these fold-up cheat sheets to cheat death,
\n stay alive, and husband Iraq down the garden path to enlightened democracy.<\/em><\/p>\n
\n company named Kwikpoint<\/a> makes them, and the military hands them out to
\n personnel. The guides help English-speaking personnel communicate with
\n prisoners, would-be-detainees, interrogatees, and so on. Don’t speak
\n Farsi or Iraqi Arabic? Need to tell a prisoner to drop trou and get horizontal
\n beneath your boot, pronto? Point to the infographic.<\/p>\n
\n signs or web UI buttons, so they reflect a simplified aesthetic — like
\n early childhood
\nstorybooks. The subject matter is violent, but the look is "see spot run" or "happy
\nLego people at play." The funniest one is a two-part diagram where a man
\nis asked to remove his toupee so the interrogator can determine whether or not
\nany weapons are stashed beneath (shown in thumbnail here).<\/p>\n
\n jardin<\/strong><\/a> at Boingboing<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"