Dangerous Games For Iraqis

But at least they won't be wimps!

Today, toy weapons are among the best-selling items in local markets, and kids play among armored vehicles on streets where pickup trucks filled with masked gunmen are a common sight. On a recent day, a group of children was playing near a camouflage-colored Iraqi Humvee parked in Baghdad's upscale Karrada neighborhood. One boy clutched a thick stick and placed it on his right shoulder, as if he were handling a rocket-propelled grenade launcher. He aimed it at cars passing by, pretending to blow them up. Two soldiers pointed at the children and laughed.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/25/AR2007062501952_pf.html

(Via Tbogg: http://tbogg.blogspot.com/)