Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Iraq...

Found on Cynical-C:

The Iraq Culture Smart Card is published by the Marine Corps as a quick-reference guide for potential communication and cultural issues that may arise during a soldier's tenure in the Middle East. Some interesting facts about Iraqis:

• Muslim men who have made the Hajj, or the pilgrimage to Mecca, wear a different color of head covering than those who have not.
  
• A "quick upward head snap with tongue click" is apparently equivalent to our negative head-shake.
  
• Both the "OK" sign and the thumbs-up gesture are considered obscene in Iraq.
  

On one hand, I find some of the basic cultural and religious information completely fascinating. On the other hand, I find it almost insulting to reduce an entire culture to a 16-panel how-to pamphlet. Kind of makes you wonder what kind of basic cultural information citizens of other countries would reference before coming to America.

Oh, and by the way? I found the typo. Can you?