http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/04/09/MN188241.DTL"The military has a tendency to demonize the enemy, and Muslims are on the receiving end of that hostility," said Hammad, a Palestinian American who served in the Marines from 1990 to 1994.
Hammad heard his faith disparaged dozens of times during his four years of duty. There were battle cries like "Kill ragheads," and "Let's go Muslim hunting."
These are not easy times for U.S. military personnel of the Muslim faith or Middle Eastern heritage.
According to some Muslim soldiers and sailors, the invasions and occupations of Afghanistan and Iraq -- along with the hostility many Muslims have felt directed against them in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks -- are taking their toll on Muslims in the military.
Hammad, who was born in the United States, has a younger brother now in the Marines and an older sibling in the Texas Air National Guard.
"Nobody wants to talk about it," Hammad said, "but it's getting progressively worse."
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