Saddam Hussein Tried Banning Children’s Franchise ‚Pokemon‘ Because Name of Character Means ‚Be a Jew‘ in Arabic Dialect | Algemeiner.com
Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein tried banning the popular children’s franchise Pokemon, since some of the characters’ names were deemed offensive when translated into a local Arabic dialect, The Sun reported. Saddam’s spies were suspicious of the popular Japanese cartoon, toy and video-game franchise, after it “flooded the market” in 2001, according to top-secret documents obtained by US forces in 2004. The franchise centers on fictional creatures called Pokemon, which …
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