To them its not what you do it's what you say. This article does not have much to do with the above posts but since this war is becoming more Poli Psy by the day it's relevant to the current events.

Young Arab toughs cannot tolerate insults to their manhood. So, as American armored columns pushed down the road to Baghdad, 400-watt loudspeakers mounted on Humvees would, from time to time, blare out in Arabic that Iraqi men are impotent. The Fedayeen, the fierce but undisciplined and untrained Iraqi irregulars, could not bear to be taunted. Whether they took the bait or saw an opportunity to attack, many Iraqis stormed out of their concealed or dug-in positions, pushing aside their human shields in some cases, to be slaughtered by American tanks and Bradley fighting vehicles." -- The Secret War, , 4/13/2003

The rest here.

http://www.scalzi.com/whatever/archives/000075.html