Urban legends in Baghdad
Crazy stories are all over Baghdad. A popular one, according to the NYT: The US soldiers' fancy sunglasses give them xray vision.
The rumors became so numerous that Al Sabah, a new daily paper run by Iraqis with financial backing from the Coalition Provisional Authority, the American-run administrative organization, printed a supplement debunking them. "It will take awhile for people to reject the conspiracy theories," said its editor, Ismael Zayer. "Under Saddam, people had to depend on rumor because they could not trust the media."
I see. Almost like the blogsphere.
8:43:35 PM 
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