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Catchword for “haji”
Catchword: haji
Part of Speechn.
The part of speech reflects that used in the full entry, and not necessarily the part of speech as it is used in the quotation below.
Quotation: We were pretty much told that they were nobodies, that they were just enemy combatants. I think that giving them the distinction of soldier would have changed our attitudes toward them. A lot of it was based on racism, really. We called them hajis, and that psychology was really important.
Article or Document Title:
“Cuba Base Sent Its Interrogators To Iraqi Prison”
Author:
Douglas Jehl, Andrea Elliott
Article, Document, Publication, Web Site:
New York Times
Dateline:
Afghanistan
Date of Publication:
May 29, 2004
Page Number:
1
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