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Iraqis are having a hard time dealing with American soldiers' ethnic diversity.
...Corpsman Benedict Bito, 19, of Alameda, Calif., may have gotten the strangest question while at his post in Numaniyah.
"One kid asked me was I related to (martial artists movie star) Jackie Chan," said Bito, who is Filipino. "I was standing guard in the square and the people started to stare at me. At first they told me I was Chinese, then they said Korean and finally one guy thought I was Vietnamese.
"They just couldn't believe I was American."
Posted by Rand Simberg at April 14, 2003 08:47 AM
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