'Joke' song about Iraq killings to be recorded
A radio talk-show host is to record and release a song written by a US Marine corporal about killing members of an Iraqi family. The author, Cpl Joshua Belile, will not sing "Hadji Girl" but he may receive royalties if The Mike Church Show charges for downloads, a spokesman for the show said. The right-wing presenter will sing and release the song on air next week (...) The song prompted an outcry from the Council on American-Islamic Relations. Its spokesman, Ibrahim Hooper, said that the song was insensitive and glamorised the killing of Iraqi civilians. Marine Corps officials said that Cpl Belile did not violate military law. Cpl Belile said that his song was a joke and not connected to any wrongdoing...
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'Joke' song about Iraq killings to be recorded
Mike Baker
Raleigh, North Carolina
07 July 2006
A radio talk-show host is to record and release a song written by a US Marine corporal about killing members of an Iraqi family.
The author, Cpl Joshua Belile, will not sing "Hadji Girl" but he may receive royalties if The Mike Church Show charges for downloads, a spokesman for the show said. The right-wing presenter will sing and release the song on air next week.
The producer, James Parker, said: "We originally wanted Josh to sing the song, but the Marines are kind of gagging him on it."
"Hadji Girl" first surfaced in a four-minute video on the internet. In the clip, Cpl Belile sings about a marine who falls in love with an Iraqi woman and is attacked by her family. The marine kills the family.
The song prompted an outcry from the Council on American-Islamic Relations. Its spokesman, Ibrahim Hooper, said that the song was insensitive and glamorised the killing of Iraqi civilians.
Marine Corps officials said that Cpl Belile did not violate military law. Cpl Belile said that his song was a joke and not connected to any wrongdoing.
Alan Grossman, head of the studio producing the song, said it was clearly a joke. "It's harmless. It's a spoof," he added.
Hadji Girl
I was out in the sands of Iraq
And we were under attack
And I, well I didn't know where to go
Then the first thing that I could see
Was everybody's favorite Burger King
So I threw open the door and I hit the floor
THen suddenly to my surprise
I looked up and I saw her eyes
And I knew it was love at first sight
And she said 'Dirka dirka Mohammed jihad, sherpa sherpa bakala
Haji girl, I can't understand what you're saying
And she said 'Dirka dirka Mohammed jihad, sherpa sherpa bakala
Haji girl, I love you anyway
Then she said she wanted me to see
Wanted me to go meet her family
But I, Well I couldn't figure out how to say no
Cuz I don't speak Arabic, so
She took me down an old dirt trail
And she pulled up to a sod shanty
She threw open the door and I hit the floor
Cuz her brother and her father shouted:
'Dirka dirka Mohammed jihad, sherpa sherpa bakala
They pulled out their AK's so I could see
And they said
'Dirka dirka Mohammed jihad, sherpa sherpa bakala
So I grabbed her little sister
And I put her in front of me
As the bullets began to fly
The blood sprayed from between her eyes
And then I laughed maniacally
Then I hid behind the tv
And I locked and loaded my M-16
I blew those little fuckers to eternity
And I said:
'Dirka dirka Mohammed jihad, sherpa sherpa bakala
They shoulda known they were fuckin' with a Marine
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:: Article nr. 24469 sent on 08-jul-2006 05:28 ECT
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