Paper Bullets – an example
- Published
- in all, Paper bullets
In conjunction with the Paper Bullets exhibition that’s on display right now at Hatch Kingdom, I included an example of an actual paper bullet to show people what they look like (see lower right). This “confetti soldier” was probably dropped from the sky by U.S. military forces during the Gulf War in 1991.
My colleague at SLU, Gisele El Khoury, helped again with the Arabic translations. Here is the front.
تحذير!
هذه البداية فقط!
فعسى أن
تكون هذه قنبلة حقيقية
نرغب في المحافظة
على الأناس الأبرياء
وصدام يقودهم في
طريق الدمار والموت
المحتوم. نريدعإغلامهم
بالحقيقة!
صدام هو
السبب
نعم، إن القوات المتعددة الجنسيات على
قدرة تامة بشن هجوم صاعق في أي آن أو مكان!
تحذير!
Warning!
This is only the beginning!
Hopefully
this will be
a real bomb
We would like to protect
the innocent people
and Saddam is leading them
to the road of destruction and inevitable death.
We want to inform them
With the truth!
Saddam is
the reason
Yes, the multinational forces are fully able to launch a terrible attack at any time and in any place
Warning!
Here is what’s on the back.
الحقيقة
لقد عزلكم صدام عن العالم
الجامعة العربية
الجامعة العربية الإسلامية
وجمعية الامم المتحدة
جميعها أدانت أعمال صدام
وحشدت ٢٨ بلداً قوات لها
وذلك نتيجة لأعماله. وتشارك
بلدان أخرى في حشد قواتها
لا تجعل صدام سبباً لجلب الدمار
عليك!!
The truth
Saddam isolated you from the world
The Arabic League
The Islamic Arabic League
And the United Nations
All condemned Saddam’s actions
And 28 countries mobilized its forces
As a result of his work (I think they mean “actions”).
Other countries participate by mobilized its forces
Don’t let Saddam be a reason for bringing destruction on you!
I’ve done a fair amount of research on paper bullets, but one great source to begin with is anything by retired SGM Herbert A. Friedman, and in particular this essay called Falling Leaves. He was also interviewed about paper bullets in Cabinet Magazine in 2003. More to follow.