[Vision2020] Head Scarves and the 9-11 Hijackers

J Ford privatejf32 at hotmail.com
Fri Feb 9 13:19:49 PST 2007


Thank you for letting me know.  I didn't want to use the term that Tony has 
been using so I went with one I was more familiar with.  So what is the 
proper terminology used today for what they wear?



J  :]





>From: "Andreas Schou" <ophite at gmail.com>
>To: "J Ford" <privatejf32 at hotmail.com>
>CC: vision2020 at moscow.com
>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Head Scarves and the 9-11 Hijackers
>Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2007 10:21:36 -0800
>
>On 2/9/07, J Ford <privatejf32 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>Correction:  When you review the tapes of the killers of 911 at the 
>>airport
>>and the other several photos and videos that have been shown of them, not
>>one of them has anything on their heads - not even a ball cap.  So, at 
>>least
>>in these cases, the turban-wearing of the culture was not observed.
>
>Weirdly, given this stereotype, "turbans" are not commonly worn by
>Arabs anymore, though, historically, they have been. More common is
>the keffiyeh*, which is a little more like a do-rag than the
>elaborately wrapped tuban.
>
>-- ACS
>
>* Also known as "that thing Yasser Arafat wore."

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