Last but not least: Iraq retaliates with fake news
There’s been something to laugh about again on the streets of Baghdad recently. A new Iraqi comedy show called «Hurry Up, He’s Dead» is taking revenge on the U.S. occupation with an unconventional weapon: satire and misinterpreted news stories.
On Baghdad's streets, there has recently been something to laugh about again. A new Iraqi comedy show called "Hurry Up, He's Dead" is taking revenge on the U.S. occupation with an unconventional weapon: satire and misconstrued news. Host Saad Khalifa, reminiscent of Ali G. or American gangsta rappers with a huge Afro wig, starry sunglasses and countless gold chains, tries to extract the last bit of comedy from grim news. Thus, he announced in a broadcast that "Rums bin Feld" had announced the withdrawal of American troops. Clearly, misunderstood: They would rather leave "one by one." That's why it would probably take more than 600 years.Despite all the comedy, the broadcast had a serious intention, host Khalifa told the New York Times: "We want to put Iraq back in order - the public services, the government employees, the relations between people." Kahlifa confessed to the newspaper, however, that he had lost all hope in Iraq: those in power were incompetent, and the American experiment in introducing democracy was stillborn. But at least the Iraqi people now have a powerful weapon again: humor.
