Iraq War

Army's Iraq Handbook: Avoid War Crimes And Beware Arab Paranoia

Justin Elliott | February 26, 2010, 2:40PM

US soldiers talk to Iraqis in Abu Garab Hail

A 2003 handbook for the U.S. 1st Infantry Division in Iraq exhorts soldiers to "Do your best to prevent war crimes" and warns that "when an Arab is confronted by criticism, you can expect him to react by interpreting the facts to suit himself or flatly denying the facts."

The document, obtained and posted by the National Security Archive at George Washington University, runs nearly 100 pages outlining on the history of Iraq, the customs of Arabs, and the rules of war.

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